[dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”]”I[/dropcap]f the look was postcard punk, the sound was on the faster, harder side.
The lack of a bassist did not detract from the noise. The guitar was driving and furious, at times bordering on thrash metal and with frequent chugging hard rock power chords.”
– from Sarah Corbett’s review of Barb Wire Dolls at the Camden barfly on June 17th.
All photos: Carl Byron Batson
Photographer, published poet, former party animal, body builder, grave robber
to the stars and renowned chainsaw juggler, Carl can often be spotted on his
Harley Davidson pretending to be in Terminator 2. He is also frequently seen in
the press pits of old London town, camera in hand, avoiding being hit by bottles
of wee and crippling his opposition with secret Kung Fu moves.