1983... whatever next

 ...a record high in UK unemployment hits 3,224,715

Phil Collins is at number one for two weeks in January with 'You Can't Hurry Love'

Margaret Thatcher wins a landslide victory at the General Election

Then in 2023... forty years later, more photos of LCL resurface from the Stocker files...

learning to lean

these photos have been cropped

you can see the uncropped versions at flckr here... https://www.flickr.com/photos/110343986@N08/albums/72157715370409452/with/52637096251/

Photos by Chris Stocker 1983, his current website: http://chrisstockerdesign.co.uk/

What do Laugh Clown Laugh have in common with Bruce Springsteen, Kurt Cobain, Led Zeppelin and Notorious B.I.G.? Not very much except...

 ...in the style of Steve Birnbaum who photographs famous album covers and band photos set in their original location, I decided to take some iconic LCL memorabilia into the streets and the fields and rediscover the exact locations that these masterpieces of photography were originally conceived. Trying to align the artwork with the background with even a slight breeze, busy traffic and failing eyesight proved trickier than Birnbaum was letting on however I set myself to the task and took several of each so that I could choose the best later.

LCL on the grass at Longleat boating lake 1983. This is the 2013 CD back cover photo in photo taken: 2022.

LCL kicking dust at the Black Swan 1983 (photo in photo 2022)

             Steve Birnbaum has photographed album covers and promo’s by and of Bruce Springsteen, Kurt Cobain, Led Zeppelin, Notorious B.I.G. and hundreds more in their original location. Check out this article on his work here… 

Iconic Photos of Bands and Musicians Reshot in Their Original Locations

Rare Synth Poppers

Waiting for the bomb. Outside the old Black Swan, Frome in 1983/4.

(photo; Chris Stocker)

The Village Pump

Here we are playing at the Village Pump in Trowbridge last night. Both bands went down well with the captive audience. The venue is usually a folk music venue hence all the instruments decorating the walls, but I don't think the usual clientele would have appreciated us somehow.
We recently added a cover version of Metal by Gary Numan to our set which fits in really well and adds a nice flavour of hard core futurism from 1979.

Christmas Pumped 21st Dec 2019 7.30pm

XMAS ALERT!!!

LCL and newly formed garage band: The Jeeks

play Christmas Pumped at...

The Village Pump on the 21st of December 2019 from 7.30pm. VENUE behind the pub, parking across the street. Entry FREE.

The Lamb Inn, Mortimer Street, Trowbridge. BA14 8BN 

Live action...

 ..at the Bennet Centre Frome, Aug 2019. A pretty good night for all. Thanks to Sweet Machine for organising and promoting this and to Andy Shackleton for doing the AV.

New LCLTV T-Shirt

TV shirts 

Summer Gig Aug 30th

We are glad to be supporting Sweet Machine again in a dank crypt in Vicarage Street now known as The Bennet Centre. Entrance is on the other side of the building to the car park.

Free Tickets now available at Raves from the Grave

don't forget to read the small print!!!

LAUGH CLOWN LAUGH T-SHIRTS

An exciting selection of LCL T-Shirts printed by Isle of Wight company Teemill UK, in white and limited colours. Check out our new online store for something new to wear while the festival season is still hot...

laughclownlaugh.teemill.com

Just In...

Feel so Young hits the shelves again! 35 years after its original release date, this time as part of a huge compilation of British Synth Pop from the late seventies and early eighties, just out from Cherry Red Records

Our local record shop, Raves From the Grave  just got copies in today. 
Also check out this lengthy review/list on Soundblab.