Oh, how we miss the body-heat stench of sweat, spilt lager and halitosis: live music before coronavirus

Believe it or not there was actually a time before coronavirus (BC), and in that long-ago time there was this thing called "live music". Yes, hard to believe isn't it? Actual musicians used to play in a room with actual people sitting right there in the audience. All in the same place! Loads of them (er, well not that many at the gigs I went to, but still a few people were usually present). So, to conjure up that time and - you might say - to prevent it slipping back into a forgotten, semi-mythical past, here are ten "action pics" from the Niluccio on noise archives. Dwell on these shaky, blurry, badly-composed, over-exposed and downright amateurish images and ... be transported. Obviously you'll have to imagine the loud-as-hell PAs, the noisy over-excited punters and the body-heat stench of sweat, spilt lager and halitosis, but ... I'm sure you can do it!

Absolutely Not: The Empty Bottle, Chicago, Apr 2018

Cannibal Animal: Blondies, London, Apr 2019

Sauna Youth: Old Baths, London, June 2015

Sleep Terminal: Audacious Art Experiment, Sheffield, Sept 2017

The Fangs: Pit Bar, Tokyo, July 2015

The Glugg: The Windmill, London, June 2018

These Proper Ornaments: Old Blue Last, London, Feb 2011

Thee Vicars: Le Picolo Café, Paris, Nov 2009

Vertical Slump: Power Lunches, London, June 2015

King Lemon: Paper Dress, London, Sept 2012

Bo Gritz: The Windmill, London, Mar 2018

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