CLICK NOTE: Points for spotting Joey, Mike, Gary, and me. (not all in the same shot)
Work Only, Episode 1: Murray Bowles. An Incomplete History of East Bay Punk Rock. Murray Bowles is one of the most important photographers of the Bay Area punk scene. 924 Gilman, Mabuhay Gardens, Ruthie’s Inn, you name it, Murray was there. Work Only looks at the photos he selected for an exhibition in 2001, and Murray chats with a KALX DJ about his work.
Many of you will know MURRAY BOWLES as the GILMAN STREET photographer. He’s no longer in attendance at every show the way he once was, but during the first few years the club was in operation, he turned out enough photos – invariably black and white – to start his own Gilman museum.
I mean, he could start his own Gilman museum; he hasn’t actually done so as far as I know, but my one-time business partner and LOOKOUT RECORDS co-founder DAVID HAYES has compiled a nice little collection that’s well worth having a look at if you’re at all interested in the early Gilman scene.