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ON THIS DAY ... in 1981 - MO-DETTES
47 photos from the Rainbow, February 1st 1981 at mickmercer.substack.com - free to subscribe or click 'no thanks' and it lets you in.
February 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
"Go hang yourself, you naughty mocking uncle!"
(Troilus And Cressida, Act IV Scene II)
February 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
"Drunkenness is his best virtue, for he will be swine-drunk, and in his sleep does little harm, save to his bedclothes about him."
(All's Well That Ends Well, Act IV Scene III)
January 31, 2025 at 10:07 AM
It’s massively disappointing, what did you expect? Reviewed at mickmercer.substack.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
ON THIS DAY ... in 1979 - THE PRETENDERS
22 photos from The Nashville, West Kensington in 1979 at mickmercer.substack.com - free to subscribe or click 'no thanks' and it lets you in.
January 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
FERAL #9, DEADLY TALES OF THE GUNSLINGER #1, CREEPSHOW #1
Horror, weirdness and horrible writing. Still, two out of three ain't bad. Free to read at mickmercer.substack.com - where it's also free to subscribe, or click 'no thanks' and it lets you in.
January 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
ON THIS DAY ... in 1983 - PORK HELMETS and SEX BEAT
39 photos from the Batcave in 1983 at mickmercer.substack.com - free to subscribe or click 'no thanks' and it lets you in.
January 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
"Threadbare juggler!"
(The Comedy Of Errors, Act V Scene
January 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
ON THIS DAY ... in 1989 - DESTROY THE BOY
35 photos from the Bull & Gate on 28th January 1989 at mickmercer.substack.com - free to subscribe or click 'no thanks' and it lets you in.

Tomorrow I bring you 41 photos from a Pork Helmets and Sexbeat gig at the Batcave in 1983
January 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
ON THIS DAY ... in 1992 - ZIP ZIP UNDO ME
59 photos from the Bull & Gate on January 27th 1992 at mickmercer.substack.com - free to subscribe or click 'no thanks' and it lets you in.
January 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Bela Lugosi's Ted.
January 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
ON THIS DAY ... in 1984 - PINK & BLACK
100 photos from this photo session from 1984 plus two 1983 shots, at mickmercer.substack.com - free to subscribe or click 'no thanks' and it lets you in.
January 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
When I Lay My Vengeance Upon Thee #1, Laura Kinney: Wolverine #2, Minor Arcana #5, Those Not Afraid #1, Behemoth #1
Different ideas galore! Free to read at at mickmercer.substack.com - subscribe or click 'no thanks' and it lets you straight in.
January 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
ON THIS DAY ... in 1991 - DAISY CHAINSAW
29 photos from the Dome on January 17th 1991 at mickmercer.substack.com - free to subscribe or just click 'no thanks' and it lets you straight in. Tomorrow I’ll bring you 21 photos of Natasha England from 1982
January 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
ON THIS DAY ... in 1984 - AUSGANG
35 photos of the human goth fireworks exploding at Dingwalls on January 16th 1984 at mickmercer.substack.com - free to subscribe or just click 'no thanks' and it lets you straight in.
January 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
ON THIS DAY ... in 1984 - COCTEAU TWINS
13 photos on my Substack of a rare live appearance as a duo on TV.
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#cocteautwins #postpunk #postpunkmusic #80smusic #indiegoth #goth #gothic
January 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
ON THIS DAY ... in 1984 - LOOK MUMMY CLOWNS
102 photos taken for a Zigzag article in 1984 at mickmercer.substack.com - if you don't want to subscribe click 'no thanks' and it takes you straight in.
#lookmummyclowns #punkrock #punkmusic #ukpunk #ukpunkrock #amarcho #anarchopunk #80spunk #postpunk
January 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
ON THIS DAY ... in 1992 - ELECTRIC SEX CIRCUS
53 photos from the Bull & Gate, January 10th 1992 at mickmercer.substack.com - if you don't want to subscribe click 'no thanks' and it takes you straight in.
#electricsexcircus #90sindie #90spostpunk #postpunk #noiseband #feedback #90sindierock
January 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
ON THIS DAY ... in 1984 - SOFT CELL
52 photos from the Hammersmith Palais, January 9th 1984 at mickmercer.substack.com - if you don't want to subscribe click 'no thanks' and it takes you straight in.
January 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
ON THIS DAY ... in 1978 - THE FALL and MANICURED NOISE at the Marquee
6 photos of Manicured Noise and 24 of The Fall, from December 17th 1978. (These should have been listed yesterday.) More at mickmercer.substack.com - free to subscribe or click 'no thanks' and in you go.
December 18, 2024 at 12:25 PM
ON THIS DAY ... in 1989 - CREAMING JESUS
22 photos from the Astoria on December 6th 1989 at mickmercer.substack.com - free to subscribe or click 'no thanks' and in you go.
December 6, 2024 at 8:27 AM
ON THIS DAY ... in 1983 - THE GUN CLUB, the line-up that brought us “The Las Vegas Story” - Jeffrey Lee Pierce, King Congo Powers, Patricia Morrison and Terry Graham. 143 photos from the Lyceum, December 4th 1983 at mickmercer.substack.com - free to subscribe or click 'no thanks' and in you go.
December 4, 2024 at 10:18 AM
ON THIS DAY ... in 1984 - ALIEN SEX FIEND
36 photos from the Chesham Elgiva Hall, November 30th 1984 at mickmercer.substack.com - free to subscribe or click 'no thanks' and in you go.
November 30, 2024 at 7:46 AM
ON THIS DAY ... in 1993 - DEATH BY CRIMPERS
13 photos from the Bull & Gate on November 29th, 1993 at mickmercer.substack.com - free to subscribe or click 'no thanks' and in you go.
November 29, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Today is the last day for LULU'S biggest ever discount on my photobooks - 30% off ALL photobooks - ends at midnight tonight. Check the books - mickmercer.substack.com/publish/post... - enter discount code 2024LULUVIP30 at the checkout (click the '+' top right of checkout, box opens for the code.
Photobooks
I have over 180 photobooks available through the print-on-demand publisher Lulu, covering various Goth, Punk and Indie artists.
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November 28, 2024 at 2:35 PM