ON THIS DAY ... in 1991 - THE BUTTERFLIES

27 photos from the Falcon on July 13th 1991

No online evidence exists of THE BUTTERFLIES so you’ll have to take my word for it that a) something approximating Sonic Youth in Hell made for a very fine sound and b) Danya was a dynamic performer. Sadly, there were simply far too many line-up changes and they slowed down over time to quite a sludgy sound, whereupon the energy dissipated. For a while though they were a striking, exciting band. Here we find them playing to a busy Falcon, with some great crowd shots (genial Daisy Chainsaw roadie Fuzz churning away in the background there!) Maybe one day someone will upload those ‘Give Head To The World’ demos? I think I probably still have a copy, so maybe one day I will work out how to do that.

It would appear I also have a live tape!

If you don’t wish to become a paid subscriber then please consider leaving a tip to help towards my ongoing work here, as I post every day.

My Goth, Punk and Indie photobooks which include Adam & The Ants, Alien Sex Fiend, All About Eve, Ausgang, Bauhaus, Beast, Blur, Carter USM, Christian Death, Creaming Jesus, Daisy Chainsaw, The Damned, The Dancing Did, Flesh For Lulu, Gitane Demone, Gun Club (with Patricia Morrison), Jazz Butcher, Junior Manson Slags, Lush, Marc Almond, Penetration, PJ Harvey, Rosetta Stone, The Ruts, Sex Gang Children, The Slits, Specimen, Johnny Thunders, Toyah, TV Smith/The Adverts, UK Decay, Alan Vega and Virgin Prunes can be found here » PHOTOBOOKS LIST

Photos or posters? Click here » MICK MERCER PHOTOS - REDBUBBLE

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

Twenty-two more photos of the gig follow (for paid subscribers). Paid subscribers get permanent access to everything posted since January 2023, while free subscribers can only see certain posts and material posted during the past seven days.