always fish

well..it furry and cute. so close enough 

Dave Vanian performing with The Damned, photographed at the Roxy in 1977 by Derek Ridgers (from his latest book, “Punk London 1977″).

Derek Ridgers, started shooting punk rock shows in London with a borrowed camera, edging his way up to the stage by pretending to be a professional photographer. Little did he know, his hobby would blossom into a decades-long career.

“…As you can see, I was pretty close to some of these people, because the stage at the Roxy was very, very low. I could pretty much stand right in front of the performers. There wasn’t really much room to move anyway, so you’d have to get in place and everyone would start pogo-ing and jumping. Even if there was security in those days, there wouldn’t be any space for the security to be, it was such a small club…”