Music & Bands

Music and band photography from the British Culture Archive collections. Browse Open Edition Prints and selected limited editions, with photographs of musicians, live performances and music scenes.

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Black and white photograph of Elvis Costello playing electric guitar, wearing a suit and black-framed glasses, shown as a white-bordered print.

Elvis Costello, Sheffield City Hall, 1979

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£95.00 – £295.00Price range: £95.00 through £295.00

Black and white photograph of Howard Devoto singing into a microphone, with bright stage lights behind him, shown as a white-bordered print.

Howard Devoto, Magazine, Sheffield

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£95.00 – £295.00Price range: £95.00 through £295.00

Black and white photograph of Ian Dury singing beside a microphone stand draped with fabric, wearing a blazer, scarf and patterned shorts, shown as a white-bordered print.

Ian Dury, Sheffield City Hall, 1979

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£95.00 – £295.00Price range: £95.00 through £295.00

Black and white photograph of Ian McCulloch singing into a microphone and playing guitar, shown as a white-bordered print.

Ian McCulloch, Echo and the Bunnymen, Sheffield, 1980

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£95.00 – £295.00Price range: £95.00 through £295.00

Open edition print of Pete Hill’s black and white photograph of Joe Strummer singing into a microphone with his guitar slung across his body, wearing a dark customised zip jacket with a sleeve patch, Top Rank, Sheffield, November 1977.

Joe Strummer, The Clash, Top Rank, Sheffield, 1977

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£95.00 – £295.00Price range: £95.00 through £295.00

Open edition print of Pete Hill’s black and white photograph of Paul Simonon playing his Rickenbacker 4001 bass beside a microphone stand, backlit by stage lights, with an audience member’s raised hand in the foreground, Top Rank, Sheffield, November 1977.

Paul Simonon, The Clash, Top Rank, Sheffield, 1977

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£95.00 – £295.00Price range: £95.00 through £295.00

Open edition print of Pete Hill’s black and white photograph of Paul Weller singing and playing his Rickenbacker guitar, with Bruce Foxton singing and playing bass further back on stage at Top Rank, Sheffield, 1977.

Paul Weller and Bruce Foxton, The Jam, Top Rank, Sheffield, 1977

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£95.00 – £295.00Price range: £95.00 through £295.00

Open edition print of Pete Hill’s black and white photograph of Paul Weller in a suit jacket and tie, singing into a microphone while playing a sticker-covered Rickenbacker guitar bearing a FAB sticker, Top Rank, Sheffield, 1977.

Paul Weller, The Jam, Top Rank, Sheffield, 1977

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£95.00 – £295.00Price range: £95.00 through £295.00

Black and white photograph of Siouxsie Sioux lifting one knee beside a microphone stand, wearing tall boots, with drums behind her, shown as a white-bordered print.

Siouxsie and the Banshees, 1978

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£95.00 – £295.00Price range: £95.00 through £295.00

Black and white photograph of Siouxsie Sioux singing into a microphone, with a drummer behind her and a guitarist to the right, shown as a white-bordered print.

Siouxsie Sioux, The Limit, Sheffield, 1978

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£95.00 – £295.00Price range: £95.00 through £295.00

Open edition print of Pete Hill’s black and white photograph of Joe Strummer singing into a microphone beside Mick Jones playing guitar at Top Rank, Sheffield, November 1977.

The Clash, Top Rank, Sheffield, 1977

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£95.00 – £295.00Price range: £95.00 through £295.00

Black and white photograph of Phil Oakey holding a microphone with another performer behind him, shown as a white-bordered print.

The Human League, Sheffield

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£95.00 – £295.00Price range: £95.00 through £295.00

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