There seems to be a resurgence in nearly all things dating back
to the 1980's (the pre-'Live Aid' parts in particular) around now,
so when Jairo and Nicoela invited me and good friend of mine named Michelle to a (new?) New Romantic club that occurred monthly down in Camden, I thought I'd bring the Zenit along to
get a pic or two of what was happening there. Starting off,
here's the vocalist of the first band I saw that evening -
she reminds me of Toyah (pre-Teletubbies!).
Here's
the band's bassist, looking
suitably
androgynous (as did most of
the
blokes who were there that evening).
The Toyah-alike did Nico-esque vocals....
....while
the band's guitarist gives a
suitably
icy-cool pose (as is required, when you're
found to be on that New Romantic tip).
Mo' pouting from the Toyah-alike.
After
the first act had departed, the headliners
came
on and did their stuff. This is their keyboard
player
(and club night promoter - Gary Numan
was
obviously a major role model when he
was at
a most impressionable age, it seems).
Here's
the band's
vocalist snapped during a
rare moment that he was still (according to
Michelle,
he worked in a greengrocers round
the corner from where she lives. Oh well,
Will
& Gareth had to start somewhere)....
...and
giving it some soul later on (he also
did
an impromptu cover of The Sisters
Of
Mercy's 'Lucretia [My Reflection]', with
just
the bassist for musical accompaniment).
The
last pic features the band's guitarist going
into shoegazer mode (and enjoying
it, judging
from how long he
held this pose during a cover
of The Velvet Underground's 'Waiting
For My
Man'). When
they came off stage, the house
d.j.
playing futurist classics aplenty, although
Kylie's
'Can't Get You Outta My Head' had various
Nouveux-types
doing moves on the dancefloor I'm
sure
would bring
a tear to Tik & Tok's eyes (remember them,
if you dare admit it?).
Oh
well,
that's 'nuff nostalgia from me, trigger
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