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Here are some photos, mostly of the early days of tuxedomoon. Many were gathered by Isabelle C. for her book. If your photo is uncredited, contact me and I will fix it.
bologna wall

wall in Bologna, 1980
photo Natale Nitti

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Steven & Blaine in painfully early days. One of the first promo stills of Tuxedomoon, circa October 1977, San Francisco.

photo by either Leslie Ward or the late Mark Pratt

 

 

 tuxedomoon van hoorick
As photographed by Charles van Hoorick, 1982
winston blaine pieta
The sorrow and the pity. (c. van hoorick)		 the young and the restless

the young and the restless. 1979. with the usual dopes is guitarist Michael Belfer

 younger than springtime
Blaine, Michael Belfer, Steven in the Nevada desert, 1978. Photo Bobbi Pauline
bruce parc solvay

Bruce, Parc Solvay		 plan k
Winston at Le Plan K, Brussels		 BLR conducts ghost sonata, 1982

Blaine conducts the Ghost Sonata Orchestra, 1982
bruce geduldig

Bruce Geduldig		 monnaie
Blaine and Steven. Place de la
Monnaie, Brussels,
1982		 jj steven in drag

JJ and Steven in drag, 1984

 

 bowery

Probably at 217 Bowery

photo Sue Brisk

victoria lowe

Steven, Victoria Lowe, Winston 1978

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Steven and Patrick Roques at the Tuxedomoon House, 3645 Market St, San Francisco.1989

 

madame wong

Madame Wong's 1979 (the venue where the owner told us to "beware of The Tong" because of Esmerelda Kent's song lyrics for "Caucasian Guilt")

blr sb photo booth, Italy 1982

Blaine and Steven, Italian photobooth, 1982
 

  jinx video

From the "Jinx" video by Graeme Whifler

mabuhay gardens

Live at the Mabuhay Gardens, 1978

Italia 1982

tong rock in loft
winston in paris 1981
photo vic vinson

 paul zahl

Paul Zahl on the Re-union tour, 1988

berkeley
 tuxedomoon russian tour 1989

Line-up for a cancelled Russian tour, Steven, Peter, Luc, Ivan Georgiev, Blaine		 temple

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With Michael Belfer in France, 1984

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Paris 1981. Rock in Loft.  Photo by Vic Vinson.

 

young tuxedomoon photo booth


tuxedomoon comix

Tuxedomoon comix, by a Japanese fan.



 early photo

Early photo, 1978 S.F.photo Dennis Flint


peter live

Peter P. Live

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Blaine in the Ghost Sonata video. Fixing to drink hisself ta DEATH! 1981

 		  
it's a jinx
BLR in the Jinx video, 1980 photo Graeme Whifler		  
winston

Winston Tong		 zahl
Paul Zahl in 1988

posters from the glory days. seen up for auction on e-bay

devo poster

  

coal miner's benefit
Coal miner's benefit, Mabuhay Gardens 1978		 tokyo posterPoster from Tokyo, 1988
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half mute, the t-shirt 
walk on the moon


A truly seminal poster for us. The photo was from National Geographic. Our late friend Les Ward copied the floating man onto cardboard cutouts with an airbrush and we hung them onstage for many of our first shows.