Mark McNulty | UK House and Rave, 1990s

Mark McNulty is a portrait and documentary photographer from Liverpool, UK. Documenting the Liverpool scene sine the mid-1980s, much of his work has been focused around his home city – the bands, club nights and local faces of Merseyside. Mark has captured club nights in and around the city, including Quadrant Park, 051 club and The State.

Aside from his home city Mark ventured all over UK clubland capturing everything from youthful rave nights at Rezerection in Edinburgh, to the era of the ‘Superclub’ in the mid-1990s – nights and venues such as Cream, Sankeys Soap and Back to Basics in Leeds.

Quadrant Park. Liverpool, 1990.
Quadrant Park. Liverpool, 1990.

Photo © Mark McNulty.

Universe Rave, Bath, 1990s.
Universe Rave, Bath, 1990s.

Photo © Mark McNulty.

Lakota, Bristol, 1990s.
Lakota, Bristol, 1990s.

Photo © Mark McNulty.

Kaos, Leeds, 1990.
Kaos, Leeds, 1990.

Photo © Mark McNulty.

Herbal Tea Party at The New Ardri, Manchester, 1990s.
Herbal Tea Party, Manchester, 1990s.

Photo © Mark McNulty.

Voodoo, Liverpool, 1990s.
Voodoo, Liverpool, 1990s.

Photo © Mark McNulty.

Club XPO, Burnley, 1996.
Club XPO, Burnley, 1996.

Photo © Mark McNulty.

Bugged Out at Sankeys Soap, Manchester, 1990s.
Bugged Out at Nation, Liverpool, 1990s.

Photo © Mark McNulty.

Rezerection, Edinburgh, 1990s.
Rezerection, Edinburgh, 1990s.

Photo © Mark McNulty.

“My first published work was for a Manchester magazine called Avant. This was the first time I photographed Quadrant Park which was based in a massive old warehouse in Bootle. It was a mad place really with people travelling from all over – It was just one big dance floor!.” – Mark McNulty.

Sugar Shack at The Empire, Middlesborough, 1990s.
Sugar Shack at The Empire, Middlesborough, 1990s.

Photo © Mark McNulty.

Quadrant Park. Liverpool, 1990.
Quadrant Park. Liverpool, 1990.

Photo © Mark McNulty.

Cream, Liverpool, 1990s.
Cream, Liverpool, 1990s.

Photo © Mark McNulty.

Herbal Tea Party, Manchester, 1990s.
Herbal Tea Party, Manchester, 1990s.

Photo © Mark McNulty.

Rezerection, Edinburgh, 1990s.
Rezerection, Edinburgh, 1990s.

Photo © Mark McNulty.

Voodoo, Liverpool, 1990s.
Voodoo, Liverpool with 'Flat Eric' 1999.

Photo © Mark McNulty.

Bugged Out at Sankeys Soap, Manchester, 1990s.
Bugged Out at Sankeys Soap, Manchester, 1990s.

Photo © Mark McNulty.

Voodoo, Liverpool, 1990s.
Voodoo, Liverpool, 1990s.

Photo © Mark McNulty.

Pandora's Box, Leicester, 1990s.
Pandora's Box, Leicester, 1990s.

Photo © Mark McNulty.

Gallery first published 7th January, 2022. © Mark McNulty / British Culture Archive. All rights reserved.

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