Kevin Warnock

Back cover of 1986 record album Trails of Slime by the band The Sluglords. Photograph by Kevin Warnock.

Back in the 1980s I was a big fan of hardcore punk rock music. My friend Willy Lipat was in a couple of punk bands – The Jungle Studs and The Sluglords.

I took the photograph for the back cover of The Sluglords’ 1986 debut release ‘Trails of Slime’. The subject matter was a fan wearing the black leather jacket she had hand painted with the band’s logo.

I also took a few shots of the band members, but they were not used for the Trails of Slime album.

Earlier this year in 2010, the band contacted me and asked if I still had the negatives from that long ago shoot. I save all my negatives, and I had the original 4 x 5″ black and white negative, and it was in perfect condition. The band had the negatives scanned and they used the original leather jacket photo and one of the band photos in their 2010 CD Sluglords Forever. Trails of Slime was never released on CD, and my record player is in a box in the attic, so I haven’t heard the recording in years. It brought back memories to hear the music in all its newly digitized glory.

Here’s a review of the original 1986 record Trails of Slime.

Here’s a review of their current CD Sluglords Forever.

1986 photo of punk rock band The Sluglords. Left to right: Brunu DeSmartass, John Lieb, Willy Lipat. Photograph by Kevin L. Warnock.

I have photographed other bands, and I really like such projects, so if you have an interesting band, feel free to get in touch with me.