My parents would have never believed that the photos I was taking in 1976 until 1982 would end up being reprinted in the very newspaper they both read every day, The Guardian! And my son, Max, was impressed when they showed up in AnOther magazine.
I wish my 20-year-old self could see the magazine below! The Dolls on the cover & my photos inside 🤯Â
Big shout out to Russ Bestley for writing the incredible review of CRASH BANG, and thanks to VIVE LE ROCK MAGAZINE for publishing the article.Â
In 1975 when the New York Dolls came to London for the first time they played at a shop called Biba. I believe that little event started a chain reaction that had such massive musical & cultural ramifications they are still being felt today. Firstly it infected a certain population with a love for glam chaos and punk energy, and secondly, with a smaller set of people a love of heroin & its image. Even though I wasn’t even at that gig, that attraction fully infected me in 78. I finally shook that monkey off my back in 82. I still really love of the music of the Velvets, Stooges, Dolls etc and I’m still a sucker for their style/image, even if I will never do dope again.
