Skulls – First performance -The future face of Vancouver punk

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These images are from what was one of the first performances by a Vancouver area punk band at the Easter Be In at Semiamoo  (Sp?) Park. It was a pretty loose grouping of guys who would later go on to form some of the most important bands in Vancouver. The era’s long hair, other than on Joe Keithley who looks freshly shorn, and stubby beer bottles are a couple signs of the times. I think I was the only person in the audience who knew the songs they played which ( as I remember it) were covers of British punk tunes.

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Joe Keithley and Brian Goble

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Brian Goble, Lee ?, and I believe that’s John Armstrong on the right

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Lee

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Brad Kent on guitar, Dimwit on drums

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Brian, Dimwit, Brad

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Brian, Lee, Dimwit

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Brad

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Joe and Brian

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Don Denton is a fine art documentary photographer who lives on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Denton is noted for his editorial and magazine photography, early images of Vancouver punk rock, Canadian writer portraits and images of the Pacific Northwest. He is currently working lens based artworks and creating a Canadian photographer history archive.

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