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The records in the book are the 7-inch singles from my collection, all of which I still have. A few photographs still exist but luckily no music. The band was called Totally Devoid and, as my father said, we were “totally devoid” of any musical talent whatsoever. I also began working with a few local fanzines (hand drawing the covers and doing the layouts), promoting gigs by local bands and, of course, playing in a band myself. This was the beginning of independent music and labels like Rough Trade. You became involved with the record shops, right? GLASTONBURY (THE POGUES), 1985 © NICK WAPLINGTON

I loved the Lyceum on the Strand because I could skate back over Waterloo Bridge afterwards and be home super quick. Woking is 20 minutes from Waterloo on the train so I started going to the South Bank to skateboard, then off to record shops and concerts. I didn’t have any of the clothes, but I liked all the pop punk that was in the charts like Buzzcocks or our local heroes in the Woking/Guildford area, The Jam and The Stranglers. Because punk was allied with skateboarding (which I was already into), I found myself in that camp. There were three distinct groups at school: the disco kids, the heavy metal-ers and the punks. When I got to secondary school in 1977, I was quickly introduced to punk by the older kids and found it super exciting. With no older siblings, I wasn’t exposed to music in the way some kids are and my parents didn’t have an interest in pop culture. When punk started, I was 11 and liked Abba a lot.

This was when punk music was sweeping across the country… How did you get exposed to that world? So I spent most of my time skateboarding and going to see bands if they were playing at venues which allowed kids my age in. We had a six-week extra holiday in the autumn term, but there was no attempt at home learning, and, of course, the internet was still 15 years away.

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The oil tanker drivers had gone on strike and my school, which was oil heated, had to close. While I was acutely aware of the political turmoil, its manifestation in my life was only positive. That winter was a wonderful time for me as a 13-year-old child. What are your memories of the “Winter of Discontent”? ONION PALACE, WORTHING, 1984 © NICK WAPLINGTON In this revelatory interview, Nick talks punk, protest and after-hours parties in the “Big Apple”. Weaving personal snapshots, the countless records he was crazy over and the story of his deceased father, Made Glorious Summer is as much a portrait of Nick as a young man as it is a record of a time and place.įor the new Pace show, Nick has presented this work in conjunction with rare NYC clubbing shots taken in the late 80s early and early 90s - the heyday of house - to draw deeply felt connections between life and music. It’s a highly intimate work originally published in book form in 2014, taking its title from Shakespeare’s Richard III: “Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun of York / And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house / In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.” Against the backdrop of the “Winter of Discontent” of 1978–79 – a turbulent time of strikes that preceded the election of Margaret Thatcher as UK Prime Minister – the book traces Nick’s teenage years living in Surrey and West Sussex when British post- punk youth were politically active and protests would quickly turn into riots. We will inspect every background before delivery, we will ensure that each background are high quality.In the performance space on the top floor, Nick Waplington is exhibiting, for the first time ever, Made Glorious Summer. Our background is print by Six colors print machine(import) our factory directly, so we can customize that as your request, if you need to customize the background, or you need to print your own pictures, you can contact us or directly through the custom backdrop catalog Although it has seams, we use our unique workmanship to handle it to make the seams invisible, it will not affect your usage, please do not worry. This backdrop is not a seamless background, but what you receive is the complete one, you do not need to process it by yourself. It can even be used to decorate your house, you can stick it on the wall or window. It is light enough not to be a hassle (especially if you are working on location), yet durable enough to last and get the job done right! It can be wrapped or hung straight easily! It is great for all types of photography: family, children, high school seniors, bridals, models, or even commercial work. This item is a scenic brand new computer-printed background.