ON THIS DAY ... in 1977 - THE DAMNED, MOTORHEAD and THE ADVERTS

19 photos from the Roundhouse, April 24th 1977

This will obviously come as a complete shock to you but there have been times in my life when I have been a complete idiot. The worst of these remarkably rare events came when I offered to lend some negatives to a Canadian fanzine, and got off the bus when popping down to the post office, and left the package on the bus! A huge amount of my best photos from 1977- 1980 went missing in one fell swoop. The biggest regret of my life.

Included in that package were all the photos from this incredible gig, one of those delirious 10/10 nights. What we have here are desperate scans from my only remaining copy of my fanzine Panache (issue 3) in which some of the photos appeared. That said, I guess you’ve been spared the sight of the good Captain disrobing. Small mercies.

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