THIS WAS OUR SCENE
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE THOUGHT WE WERE THE ABSOLUTE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE: THAT EVERYTHING THAT WAS EXCITING AND WILD WAS HAPPENING IN OUR MUSIC, AT OUR VENUES AND OUR NIGHTS--PLACES LIKE FROG, NAMBUCCA, WHITE HEAT, AND KOKO. WHEN THE BANDS WE LOVED BROUGHT US BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN FOR NIGHTS THAT GAVE LONDON ITS SEPARATE AND UNIQUE IDENTITY IN THE MID 2000’S.
PHOTOGRAPHER GREGORY NOLAN WAS THERE AND PART OF IT ALL--BACKSTAGE, AFTER PARTIES, AMONG THE CROWDS, WITH THE BANDS.
“THIS WAS OUR SCENE” IS ABOUT THAT ENERGY AND SPIRIT OF THE LONDON INDIE SCENE.
THIS COLLECTION INCLUDES 300 IMAGES, SELECTED FROM AN ARCHIVE OF TENS OF THOUSANDS.