RAVING 89

GREAT NEW BOOK FROM DJHISTORY.COM. Amazing photos of acid house raves and ravers by Gavin Watson. Acid house exploded in London and Manchester in 1988; then in 1989 the whole country got on one and went raving. Raving 89 takes you through a year of suburban raves, with 200 fantastic images collected together as if a single dramatic night grimy warehouses, phones the size of bricks, smiles, hugs, lasers and dungarees, lives changed, faces lost in music, casualties, friends and general mayhem; with rogues and wronguns lurking in the corners, and more than a few crimes against fashion. Photographer Gavin Watson has been widely acclaimed as a genius. His two previous books, SKINS and SKINS & PUNKS, are filled with wonderful portraits of him and his friends growing up as suburban skinheads. When acid house hit, they left their Doc Martens at home and went raving. As well as Gavins unique pictures, the book is sprinkled with great stories from him and his brother Neville of the momentous year when British culture changed forever. Raving 89 puts you in the heart of the raves. If you lived through acid house, Gavin Watsons photos will give you goose-bumps; if you didnt, theyre the closest youll get.

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[SilverShamrock71]

Were any of these taken at Slough Center?

I recognize quite a few faces who would have been in the Crown in Marlow and at Slough Center, '88 '89.

Thanks for posting this "TRIP" down memory lane....

[franktalisman]

yeah, all the pictures are from Gavin's book. RAVING 89. Lots of familiar faces in various states.

[maybealover]

children of the cannabis, a healing group connected through the natural organization of tao in within the plant world, which acts as a method of communication, plants speak, the dryad world is real, and the fairy world, they are not seperate worlds, but one world,

[balearicsoundwave89]

this is a fucking brilliant book.

[pistolpeeroy]

@ExoticBeatzEnt OBV NOT.

[davh1231]

slough was cool, friday nights, even if it did stop at 3am and the tall black bouncer had my gear away a few times, good nights, top sound system and a even better lightshow.

[shivatemple]

Hello John just reconised your face in the video @ Slough Centre... Do you remember us Colin & Gail.. If so please reply.. would love to hear rom you .....

[ExoticBeatzEnt]

0:21 = snoop dog??



[canegang]

Slough Centre...Standing outside In some Car Garage opposite waiting to go in..Music starts bloody hell the bass..Big smile on face as we enter

[chelcee2010]

Oh those were the days......

[BeanyBeanyBeanster]

@Slight22wi Hahaha! I had to check too. Respect right back mate.

Slough gets a lot a stick - that shot of Brunel Bus Station at start of 'The Office' still transports me back to the grim days of catching the bus to school - but I had a lot of good times there. Whoever booked Danny Rampling to DJ at the Slough Festival (89/90?) was a genius.

We'd go to straight to Queens Nightclub in Colnbrook after Raving in 89/90 to carry on with Andy Weatherall DJing quite often. Good, but hazy, memories!