It was the old, old story. Bored bank clerk falls in love with punk rock, writes a few pages about it, Xeroxes a fanzine, sells it at gigs, creates a monster, starts a new fashion. The first issue of Sniffin' Glue featured the Ramones and Blue Öyster Cult; the Punk Reviews page hit the Flamin' Groovies and the Stranglers, and the intro hinted at treats to follow: the Nazz, Roogalator, the Raspberries, and the Count Bishops. There really wasn't much punk around in those days.
These are photos from concerts where Alternative TV played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Festival Set Plan. For "MEKON", read "The Manchester Mekon".
Deeply Vale Free Festival 1978 Jul 20 - 25, 1978 Near Bury, England, United Kingdom Uploaded by Aesthete
Poster
