The Punts (aka Bonnie Hayes & The Wild Combo)

Paul Davis






Bonnie Hayes

 

 







Hank Maninger

The Punts were a New Wave band in San Francisco and at this point in time had a "hit" single titled Shelly's Boyfriend.  When I say "hit" I mean it got alot of airplay on KUSF, a college radio station broadcasting throughout the San Franscico Bay area.


The Punts eventually signed with Slash Records and changed their name to Bonnie Hayes and the Wild Combo. They released an album on Slash Records titled Good Clean Fun and a second album on Bondage Records titled Brave New Girl. They were very popular in San Francisco in the early to mid 80s and I went to many of their shows.


These particular images were taken the first time I saw the band at the Keystone Berkeley. The band was Bonnie Hayes (vocals and piano), Paul Davis (guitar), Hank Maninger (bass) and Kevin Hayes on drums. Two images I shot this particular night were published in KUSF Wave Sector magazine.


The Rolling Stones

Ronnie Wood




Ron Wood and Charlie Watts

 

Keith Richard

Buddy Miles

 

 

 

 

Buddy Miles is a singer, guitarist and drummer who played with with Ruby and the Romantics, The Ink Spots, The Delphonics and Wilson Pickett before forming The Electric Flag with Mike Bloomfield. After the Electric Flag broke up, Miles formed The Buddy Miles Express with guitarist Jim McCarty (later of Cactus). He later hooked up with Jimi Hendrix and played drums on several tracks on Electric Ladyland and Band of Gypsys (which he was originally a part of.


Miles released an double LP titled Sneak Attack in 1981 with his band Buddy Miles Regiment. I photographed Buddy Miles around this time but do not know much about the band or who else was in it. I used a 50mm 1.4 lens with my Pentax ME at this show. It is one of the very few times I did not shoot with my 120 mm telephoto lens.

Xmas Eve

Jerome Capers





Xmas Eve




Eric Capers




Bruce Rayburn




Eric Capers




Jerome Capers




Eric Capers




Xmas Eve




Bruce Rayburn and Jerome Capers

The first time I saw Xmas Eve was when they opened for The Fall and Blurt at the Keystone Berkeley. I shot all three bands and met the guys in Xmas Eve after they played. They were interested in seeing their pictures so we agreed to meet after I had the flim developed and contact sheets printed. There were a few shots the band liked and used on flyers for later shows. I went on to see and photograph them at other venues such as Berkeley Square and The Mab in San Francisco. I am not quite sure, but I think they opened for the Dead Kennedy's at The Mab and I shot both bands that night.
 

Xmas Eve released a self titled EP in 1982. The four songs can best be described as art punk and are: Paint it Red, My House, Indestructible Man and Life's a Penitentiary. The vinyal was packaged with an insert that had liner notes and a photograph of the band. We went out into the hills and spent a few hours taking various pictures of the band in their leather jackets in what looked like the desert. One of these shots was printed on the insert and another published in BAM magazine.

The Lloyds

Lulu



Lulu



Lulu



Lulu





Peter Heimlich

 

 



I don't know much about The Lloyds. I remember seeing them at both the Keystone Berkeley and Berkeley Square. The photographs posted here are from both shows. The band was pretty popular and seemed to have a big following as both shows were packed.

I met Peter Heimlich after the Keystone gig and I think we talked about them using some of my stuff but don't really remember anything coming out of that. I reconnected with Peter a few years ago on the internet and found out that his father is the guy credited with coming up with the Heimlich manuever (Dr. Henry Heimlich). Peter disputes this. You can google it yourself if you are interested.

In any case, Peter played bass in the Lloyds and Lulu was the singer. One of their songs "And That's Why I don't Like You" is part of the movie Die Laughing soundtrack. 

The Mutants

Sue and Sally




Sally

 

The Mutants were a very popular art punk band in the Bay Area in the late 70s and early 80s. I used to listen to them on the radio and really enjoyed their music. As much as the band played in the area I only saw them live once at Berkeley Square. Although I took a fair amount of pictures that night, Berkeley Square was not a good venue for available light photography. These are the very few shots that I found acceptable. If I could do it all over I would shoot in color rather than B&W at Berkeley Square. Oh well.


The Mutants signed with 415 Records. Their first album was titled Fun Terminal. The band was Paul Fleming, Sally Webster, Sue White, Brendan Earley, John Gullak, Fritz Fox and Dave Carothers. This show was after the release of this album. I sat at the bar and chatted with Sally a bit. She asked me what my favorite Mutants song was and I told her it was Think, Think Think. She looked at me like that was a bad choice. Well, its hard as there are so many good Mutant songs! 

Romeo Void

Ben Bossi





Debora Iyall




Ben Bossi





Deboa Iyall

Romeo Void formed in 1979 and gained a large following in the San Francisco Bay are in the early 80s. The band consisted of saxophonist Benjamin Bossi, Debora Iyall (vocals), Peter Woods (Guitar), Frank Zincavage (bass) and various drummers throughout the years. The band released four albums: It's a Condition, Benefactor, Instincts and Warm, in Your Coat and an EP. They are known nationally for their hit singles Never Say Never and A Girl in rouble (Is a Temporary Thing). These particular shots were taken at the Stone in San Francisco. If I recall, someone threw a pizza pie on the dance floor and people were slipping on cheese while they played. 

Translator

Robert Darlington





Dave Scheff






Larry Dekker and Steve Barton


 

Translator was one of my favorite local bands. The band was Robert Darlington, Steve Barton, Larry Dekker and Dave Scheff. I saw and photographed the band many times in many venues. The photographs here come from The Keystone Berkeley, the I-Beam and possibly The Stud. I am paricularly pleased with the shots I took of Dave Scheff the night I took the above photo. Photographing drummers was alwas difficult as they were usually in the back with the wrong type of lighting on them as well as cymbals covering their faces. This series of Dave came out very well. I included several images from this series in the book Eclypso: Photographs by Catharine J. Anderson.

The Nuns

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Nuns are known as one of the founding acts in the early San Francisco punk scene. Jennifer Miro, Jeff Olener and Alejandro Escovedo made up the core band. I photographed them at the Keystone Berkeley one night when they played with the Alleycats. With the exception of Jennifer Miro, I am not really sure who is who. Feel free to comment if you know so I can caption the photos properly.

 



Elements of Style

Ramona Torch



Ramona Torch



David Barker

Elements of Style were one of my favorite New Wave bands in the early 80s. I went to alot of their shows and took alot of pictures of them. The band used several of my photos on their flyers and the back cover of their 45 Sacred Objects/Electricity. A few also appeared in the San Fransico Music Calendar.

Being that I knew the band and their music well, it was easy to predict when guitarist David Barker might jump. I was often ready for this moment. Singer Ramona Torch was always very expressive as well and fun to photograph. I have alot of photos of other band members as well. When I met the band the lineup was the same as on their single: David Barker (guitar), Ramona Torch (vocals), Chris Wells (Bass), Leanne Krause (keyboards) and Eric Castillo (drums).

Lenny Kaye

Lenny Kaye

 

This is a shot of Lenny Kaye at the Keystone Berkeley when he toured with The Lenny Kaye Connection. This was after Patti Smith went off and married Fred Sonic Smith and the Patti Smith Group was no more.
 

The first live concert I ever shot was The Patti Smith Group at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. I shot color slides and C-41 color film. Being that it was my first attempt to shoot a concert, the images are not as clear and sharp as they should be. I learned alot later about timing and lighting. It is too bad as I would really love to have good shots of the PSG in my portfolio. Oh well. It was a learning experience. One of the most important things I learned at the PSG show was that it was easy to go stand in front of the stage if you had a professional looking camera. Everyone just assumed you were official and let you do it.
 

Back to Lenny. I was sitting in the back of the club by the dressing rooms later on. Lenny walked by and did a double take. Patti Smith and I seemed to look somewhat alike back in the day. You don't know how many times I heard "Do you know who you look like?" I guess even Lenny thought so. I think it was our hair more than anyrthing else.

Killing Joke

Jaz Coleman





Geordie Walker




Martin Glover

Killing Joke was an English post punk band. I photographed them at The Keystone Berkeley in the early 80s. As an artist I find it flattering when someone uses my work (even though it is copy righted). One day I found a YouTube video from the Keystone Berkeley. Someone put together a college of images set to the song Wardance. While I was watching several images looked familiar. At some point I realized they were mine - copied from this website. Kind of cool if you ask me. If you would like to take a look: Killing Joke - Wardance - Sept 1981

SVT

Brian Marnell




Jack Casady

SVT was a New Wave/Power Pop band consisting of bassist Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, singer/guitarist Brian Marnell and drummer Paul Zahl. I got some very good shots of Brian and Jack at a Keystone Berkelely gig. 
 

Bart, the owner of Berkeley Square, asked me to come see him at his office at some point. I think he had a record label, or was thinking of starting a label, and looking to release some SVT material. He was of course interested in photos. I am not really sure if that ever worked out. I know the band released an EP on 415 records. Their album No Regrets was released by MSI Records. I am not sure if that was Bart's label or not. In any case, the band was really good. They didn't last however. Brian Marnell died and Jack and Paul formed Yanks (not sure in what order).

Peter Wolf - J. Geils Band

Peter Wolf

 

 

This shot of Peter Wolf was taken at Candlestick Park in 1981 when the J. Geils Band opened for The Rolling Stones.  I got alot of good shots of the J. Geils band that day.  They were allotted one roll of B&W film.  If you would like to see more, please vist FunkyJudge.net as they have a nice feature of my photos there.