ON THIS DAY ... in 1988 - SOHO + 2 LOST SONS

33 photos from Chat's Palace in Hackney, January 7th 1988

Both bands were on great form but a strange gig, photos-wise. It was quite dark and then these powerful white lights would pulse on and off and I was testing out a stop gap compact camera after my nice one got nicked at the Bull & Gate. Weird results, unfortunately. Couldn’t see a thing through the viewfinder, which is why so much crap appears in some pictures. Got a batter Minolta SLR shortly afterwards.

My Goth, Punk and Indie photobooks, including one on Soho, can be perused here » PHOTOBOOKS LIST

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