[dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”]A[/dropcap]lthough no longer resident in New York, Lydia Lunch is best known for being a fundamental cog in that city’s “No Wave” scene back in the late 1970s.
Tonight’s set worked fairly chronologically through her work from 1977 onwards. Of course it was everything you would expect it to be – well rehearsed, authentic, moody and dark.
– Sarah Corbett, reviewing Lydia Lunch at the Borderline on August 19th.
Photos: Copyright Carl Byron Batson (not to be reproduced without the photographer’s prior consent)
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.