Sex Pistols
The Last UK Performance. 25 December 1977
$71.99
- Hardcover
176 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2019
Summary
On Christmas Day 1977, the Sex Pistols played their final UK gig. Kevin Cummins was the only professional photographer to document the event. He stood with the band onstage, captured the raw energy of the Sex Pistols at the top of their game. Just three weeks later, after a brief US tour, the band imploded. By the end of 1977, the Sex Pistols had been banned from virtually every town in Britain. But at Ivanho’s nightclub in Huddersfield they found a receptive audience. They played two charit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788840613 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1788840615 |
| Author: | Kevin Cummins |
| Publisher: | ACC Art Books |
| Imprint: | ACC Art Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2019 |
| Weight: | 1.12kg |
| Dimensions: | 270mm x 215mm |
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Critics Review
[This]new book showcases a collection of photos that captures the band’s last concert in England–they were in their pomp, on their mission, and fully charged.
“A book filled with 150 colour and black and white photographs, in which Cummins expertly captures the passion and power of Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious, Paul Cook, and Steve Jones.” – Far Out Magazine“It was a gig that now sounds unlikely. Britain’s most notorious punk band, the Sex Pistols, performing at Ivanhoe’s nightclub in Huddersfield on Christmas Day, 1977…There to photograph the Pistols that evening for weekly music magazine the NME was Kevin Cummins.” – Yorkshire Post
About The Author
Kevin Cummins
Kevin Cummins is an internationally renowned British rock photographer, known for his collaborations with Mick Jagger, Ian Curtis, Morrissey, The Smiths, Bowie, Joy Division and more. He was chief photographer at the New Musical Express for ten years, then the world’s biggest selling rock weekly. His portraits feature in the collections of The National Portrait Gallery and The V&A. Kevin has also published several critically acclaimed monographs on the artists with whom he has worked.
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