The Consumers are a punk rock band from Phoenix, Arizona. Back in Phoenix, The Consumers were originally just three guitar players with no rhythm section, including Paul Cutler and Mikey Borens, plus lyricist-lead singer, the late David Wiley, all bonded by love of psychedelic Euro-prog jazz like Henry Cow, Gong, and Robert Wyatt, who’d stopped listening to rock ‘n’ roll after Bowie’s Spiders from Mars came out around 1972. By ‘77 our guys had re-discovered rock through Britpunk pub raunch like The Sex Pistols and The Damned.
These are photos from concerts where Consumers played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Alley Cats / Flesh Eaters / Consumers Jun 20, 1978 West Hollywood, California, United States Uploaded by Keith Morris
The Cramps / Diane Diamond / Consumers Jun 6, 1978 West Hollywood, California, United States Uploaded by Keith Morris
