ON THIS DAY ... in 1988 - PLAYGROUND
39 photos from the George Robey in 1988
These noisy urchins were a raucous post-punk/industrial hybrid that still had sufficient seismic sense to appeal to people who wouldn’t normally entertain the idea of listening to the noise sector. Singer Richo and guitarist Andy, wonderful characters both, were responsible for the awesome Grim Humour fanzine (which I was honoured to contribute to) that veered from Goth to Noise, with Andy still responsible these days for the long-running Fear & Loathing zine, while Richo runs various labels, most notably Fourth Dimension.
Tomorrow I bring you 68 photos of SPECIMEN at the Batcave in 1983.
My Goth, Punk and Indie photobooks can be perused here » PHOTOBOOKS LIST
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