Uraniaster: from Ulrichs taxonomy; situational homosexuality or, simply, changing one's sexuality depending on the situation and, at least, achieving or bypassing/perpaving through eroto-affectional acts involving people whose gender or sex shares sameness with one's own one.
It was the event all the old punks were waiting for, the Punk supergroup Generation Sex - featuring the whiplash smiler himself Billy Idol, Tony James (Generation X, Sputnik) Steve Jones and Paul Cook (Sex Pistols, The Professionals). I've photographed Billy many times and Paul Cook once when he played in The Professionals in 2018. Tony James, I haven't seen since the Sputnik days.
So, it was a pleasant surprise to find some great lighting and Billy coming to the edge of the stage, and I even got a fist pump. It certainly took me back to my teenage years following Generation X around the North West when they sang some of their memorable songs. Great to see Tony again and eventually to photograph Jonsesy too. Enjoy the shots below, a couple of my favourites. Just two other photographers in the pit tonight and not one of them was from the North West, both came from down South. Great to find two more photography friends though.
You can read the live review here on Louder Than War by Mike Bennett,
“..Hugely entertaining, a swansong for some, a new beginning for others, two sides of the same coin, energy intact.”
The old and new punk cultures collide, a coalition of common cause as punks godfathers bring along some fresh blood to where it all began.