Playing in and around their home town Birmingham, the beasts, fronted by singer Garry Dalloway (nick-named "the original fat bastard" by the Kerrang! direktory of heavy metal), quickly became local heroes. consequently Paul Birch, who rated the band very highly, tried to get them a record deal asking numerous major labels if they would be interested. They weren't, so he founded his own label to put out the first handsome beasts single "all riot now" / "the mark of the beast" in early 1980.
These are photos from concerts where The Handsome Beasts played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Rock & Blues Custom Show 2007 Jul 26 - 28, 2007 Pentrich, UK Uploaded by Thekilburnoracle