Joan Jett, Runaways guitarist and singer, Screamers drummer and future Oscar nominated Production Designer and Art Director, KK Barrett and “Farrah Faucet-Minor,” Whisky, April 1977. X wrote “Los Angeles” about “Farrah.” “She had to leave, she started to hate ... Jews.” Exene saw and heard how she treated me. Farrah later apologized for what she always said to me. I…
The Screamers are my all time fave #2 band, after X. They put on the BEST shows!! Gave the BEST parties! Everyone loved lead singer Tomata du Plenty. I saw them at Bomp Records store opening and asked if they'd go outside for photos (not my first time photographing them). I love Trio standing in North Hollywood as the sun…
The Screamers on Bus Bench. Gower Gulch, Spring 1977. Totally spontaneous. Just a typical day in Hollywood at Sunset and Gower, location of the earliest westerns. The first punks encountered a “little old lady” waiting for the bus. “Violent World” was an infamous Screamers song. #ScreamersOnBusBench #GowerGulch #TomataDuPlenty #TomatoDuPlenty #KKBarrett #TommyGear #JennyLens #PunkPioneersDotCom #PunkPioneers #PunkPioneersJennyLens #PunkPhotosForSale
The Screamers Debut, Slash Loft, May 28, 1977. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC used THIS image in their 2013 Fashion Gala Catalog for “Punk: From Chaos to Couture.”#Screamers #TomataDuPlenty #TomatoDuPlenty #KKBarrett #TommyGear #MetMuseumPunkGala #JennyLens #PunkPioneersDotCom #PunkPioneers #PunkPioneersJennyLens #PunkPhotosForSale
The Screamers Profile Tommy Gear (keyboardist songwriter), KK Barrett (drummer and future Oscar nominated Production Designer and Art Director), Tomata du Plenty (songwriter singer). North Hollywood, April 9, 1977. #Screamers #TommyGear #KKBarrett #TomataduPlenty #TomatoDuPlenty #JennyLens #PunkPioneersDotCom #PunkPioneers #PunkPioneersJennyLens #PunkPhotosForSale
Screamers Trio KK Barrett (drummer and future Oscar nominated Production Designer and Art Director), Tomata du Plenty (songwriter singer), Tommy Gear (keyboardist songwriter). North Hollywood, April 9, 1977. #Screamers #KKBarrett #TomataduPlenty #TomatoDuPlenty #TommyGear #JennyLens #PunkPioneersDotCom #PunkPioneers #PunkPioneersJennyLens #PunkPhotosForSale
The Screamers are my all time fave #2 band, after X. They put on the BEST shows!! Gave the BEST parties! Everyone loved lead singer Tomata du Plenty. Tommy Gear, top left, Stardust Ballroom, July 1978. Bottom live at the Whisky, either 1978 or 1979. I rented a couple of big lights and photographed them at home, Spring 1977. #1977…