BEEF

BEEF, always a fantastic live experience, were actually a fairly odd band in an indie context as they could be enjoyed by anyone wanting tougher fare than the average indie band operating at the very end of the 80’s, because they had a powerful sound, but they could pull anyone in and transfix them due to Jane’s ability to hold a crowd’s attention. People would end up impressed either way, and they had lightness in among the catchy hurly-burly too. Songs that would whip round and smack you unexpectedly, like approaching a sleeping dinosaur. Loads of gigs are captured in this 252 page book, containing 410 photos (plus a few flyers) from the following gigs: Defiance 12.12.89, Bull & Gate 16.2.90, Rough Trade Record Shop February 1990 (includes 23 posed photos outside), LSE 22.6.90, Bull & Gate 9.7.90, Bull & Gate 20.12.90, Bull & Gate 16.2.91, Bull & Gate 27.9.91 and Bull & Gate 8.10.93.