Posters: The Heartbreakers at The Speakeasy (1977)
Thirty four years ago today The Heartbreakers played The Speakeasy.
The rock business haunt north of Oxford Circus had seen better times by this gig. I was taken by a member, a photographer at the agency where I worked. I remember being embarrassed by his long hair.
The Heartbreakers played with swagger and assurance rather than the aggression and speed adopted by the majority of punk bands. These were men, not boys, Johnny Thunders exuding menefreghismo. The set was released on the album DTK.
This poster was taped to a wall at the back, so easy to remove on exit. It wasn’t until much later I found it was a variant on a misspelled colour version used for a gig at The Roxy with Siouxsie & The Banshees a couple of weeks earlier.
The photo was taken by Erica Echenberg. I don’t know who did the design; maybe the wonderful Leee Black Childers?
Roxy poster from radioethiopia’s flickr pages.