RETRO DUNDEE

  I have 4 names of Dundee punk girls who were friends in 1977, but only 3 are on the photo above. Gabrielle Zoom, The Cripple, Aerial, Barb...

3 adverts for Rockpile Records published in local fanzines in 1982. A neat wee shop, selling a mixture of new and second-hand records. Ve...

In 1960, there was a riot in the Caird Hall during a Gene Vincent / Eddie Cochran gig that lead to rock 'n' roll concerts being b...

These guys here messing about with a steamroller, were a beat group who got together at Dundee University in 1966. Long Felt Want was th...

It has been in circulation as a fact that, the Sex Pistols cancelled this 1st December Dundee gig "at the last minute" to appear...

In 1979, Groucho record shop created a parody of an album by the Specials. They called themselves the Mundanes - but they were not a re...

  Hard Copy fanzine appeared on the scene in summer 1982. However, in the above debut issue, it states that it was not a fanzine but the fir...

Here's a rare wee Dundee band relic, with an amusing twist. This is an original ticket to a Scrotum Poles gig at Dundee College of Ed...

  I've already mentioned Zeek & Giz in the 2009 archive, when referring to the Snap-On Brothers, the mad comedy...er...music ensembl...

  This is Da Vinci's when it first appeared in Westport in the early 80's. The interior shots show the central balcony it originally...

Here's a few youth-styled pubs from 1988 who put on music. Morgans in North Lindsay Street had discos and various promotional nights. Sh...

Thin Lizzy front-man, Phil Lynott, was a big fan of comics when he was a school kid, with Dennis The Menace a particular favourite. When the...

In October 1973, Top Of The Pops celebrated their 500th episode, which was an hour-long special. They had 4 DJ's present it, had special...

  In 1978, Sham 69 released their well known single, "If The Kids Are United..." and the music press advert they had for it was pr...

This is a rather unusual Dundee fashion photoshoot. The location is quite unusual because it took place indoors on the stairs of the Museum ...

The Design Bias shop & studio in Westport was part of the textile department of Duncan Of Jordanstone Art College. Each year, different ...

  One of the quirky things about being part of the very first intake of pupils when Craigie High School opened was that we had to start our ...

  A nice reminder of the Supertramp shop who were another popular 70's boutique located in the Overgate. It had clothing ranges for guys...

Rod Stewart was back in town for a 2 night performance on 7 & 8 January 1977. The Caird Hall looked as if it had be...

Dundee band, Brain Damage, recorded this cassette called "Death To Timmy Pop" in 1983. Drummer, Cody, has the actual original m...