Nowhere Fast: Punk and Post-Punk Brisbane 1978-1982

Nowhere Fast: Brisbane’s Punk and Post-Punk Scene 1978-1982 featuring the photographs of Paul O’Brien, is a dark, dazzling, wild night-time ride into the Brisbane underground of the late 70s. O’Brien captured more than 800 images of Brisbane’s DIY subculture, a scene underpinned by politics, frustration, opposition. And music. In 1976 The Saints kicked the door open and then split, leaving a restless energy in their wake. The music that emerged from the suburbs of Brisbane in the mid-late 70s did so in spite of active efforts by the police force to eradicate it. Suburban halls and inner-city venues were routinely raided by the police; dances were deemed riots and arrests were made; political protest was banned. This book of 85 black and white photographs, with essays by two musicians and members of the scene, Robert Forster and John Willsteed, is published by AndAlso Books.