| October 25, 2002 |
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New Wave Photos
Music  aficionados consider the late '70s and early '80s to be the black hole of music history. Disco and corporate rock ruled the charts, but something interesting was happening under the pop-music radar. New wave and punk bands offered the original alternative to music fans tired of Top-40 drivel. Phillipe Carly was one of the disillusioned who flocked to this new breed of music, and the photos he snapped of the era make for an entirely entertaining retrospective of this subculture. Carly never considered himself a photographer. Rather, he prefers to say, "I was merely taking pictures." Well-known bands such as Siouxsie & the Banshees and New Order are represented, but the real treat is clicking through black-and-white photos of obscurities. From á;GRUMH... to XTC, the new wave movement is traced in this continually growing collection. If you long for your own piece of "livin' in the '80s," you're in luck -- all the photos are available for purchase (droning synths not included). (in New Wave and Synthpop) |
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