ON THIS DAY ... in 1983 - SPECIMEN

28 photos from the Lyceum in London on February 14th 1983

SPECIMEN were a hard-working, visually dramatic band who knew how to get places. A Lyceum support this early in their existence was pretty impressive. I posted the 49 black and white photos from this gig last year on my substack (searchable for paid subscribers), and now here’s the colour.

Tomorrow I bring you 42 photos of Suck Henry from the Underworld in February 1992.

My Goth, Punk and Indie photobooks - including four devoted to Specimen) can be perused here » PHOTOBOOKS LIST

FIFTEEN PER CENT OFF all photobooks until midnight on Friday 14th Feb. Look for the ‘+’ top right of checkout page, click that and the box opens for the discount code - VALENTINE15 (keep all in CAPS as it’s case-sensitive there).

Some classic shots (Siouxsie, Rozz, Cocteaus, Damned, Bauhaus, Vega, Sex Gang, AAE, ASF, Lush, Jordan, Carter, Clash, Slits, PTV etc) can be obtained here as photos or posters. Even the wonderful Gothic Rock book cover as a t-shirt (page 3 in shop) »

MICK MERCER PHOTOS - REDBUBBLE

Goth classics (GRBB, Gothic Rock, Hex Files etc) on Kindle can be found here » GOTH KINDLE

Twenty-three more photos from this gig follow, for paid subscribers only.

Paid subscribers get access to every post and photo gallery posted since January 2023, while free subscribers can only see what’s been posted during the past two weeks. Photos listed now go into my Substack archive, searchable by paid subscribers, and will never be listed as galleries again.