I was recently going through old pictures, slides and infinite contact sheets from my photographic debut in Vancouver and it was like leafing backwards through time. From the late 70's and on, the vancouver punk scene dominates my photo collection. Bands, Vancouver friends, acquaintances and snapshots from Smiling Buddha nights. Then there are pictures of Gore Street, where I happened to be on its very last day, taking pictures with Dave Gregg (DOA), before the bulldozers arrived to tear it all down, a symbolic end to an era.
Here are just a few pictures to start with, I plan to scan lots of slides and negatives which I will be posting sometime soon. Enjoy !
John Armstrong, (Buck Cherry) The Modernettes
Jim Cummins, I Braineater
LOS POPULAROS
Art Bergmann and Tony Bardach
Bill Scherk, Zippy Pinhead,
Ian Tiles, Braineaters, Planet x
Ian Tiles, Buddy Selfish
54-40
Phil Comparelli
Neil Osbourne
GORE STREET PUNK HOUSE
Dave Gregg, DOA
Dave Gregg
Ian Tiles
SMILING BUDDHA BAR
Young Canadians concert
Young Canadians concert
Wimpy, Subhumans Concert
FACES
Kathren Blakeley
Kathren with Pointed stick pictures covering walls of her basement pad
Mike Racevick
Todd Bower
Chris
Frank Morris
Glen Macdonald
John Robert Mingo
I thought I'd end this post with a few pictures
which friends took of me in Vancouver
Photo by: Glen Macdonald
Photo by: Glen Macdonald
Photo by: Gordon Bennett
Photo by: Gordon Bennett
Photo by: Glen Macdonald
