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ON THIS DAY ... in 1977 - BERNIE TORME and BOOMTOWN RATS

ON THIS DAY ... in 1977 - BERNIE TORME and BOOMTOWN RATS

15 fairly rancid photos from the Marquee in 1977.

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ON THIS DAY ... in 1977 - BERNIE TORME and BOOMTOWN RATS
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Taken on one of those poxy old instamatic cameras with little flash cubes on top. Nightmare!

Bernie Torme was interesting. He was clearly rock but turned up at quite a few Punk gigs. Punk audiences were well known for either totally ignoring or simply abusing bands who weren’t Punk, but he always went down a storm, which wasn’t that surprising as if you imagine a punchier version of Thin Lizzy that does fit in easily.

Boomtown Rats were clearly on the way up, catchy and dead energetic.

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