Hail Murray! The Punk Photography of Murray Bowles 1982-1995

Hail Murray! The Punk Photography of Murray Bowles 1982-1995Murray Bowles photographed Bay Area punk for four decades, capturing its infectious energy, wild creativity, and ragged tenderness everywhere he found it. From San Franciscos Mabuhay Gardens to Berkeleys 924 Gilmanand the countless basements, backyards, and warehouses in betweenMurray was there, camera in hand, the scenes beloved documentarian. Collected here for the first time, Murrays classic images chronicle a uniquely dynamic and enduring music

Murray Bowles photographed Bay Area punk for four decades, capturing its infectious energy, wild creativity, and ragged tenderness everywhere he found it.

From San Francisco’s Mabuhay Gardens to Berkeley’s 924 Gilman—and the countless basements, backyards, and warehouses in between—Murray was there, camera in hand, the scene’s beloved documentarian.

Collected here for the first time, Murray’s classic images chronicle a uniquely dynamic and enduring music community in all its chaos and glory.   

Featuring hundreds of images of bands such as Green Day, Operation Ivy, Minor Threat, Big Black, Black Flag, Crimpshrine, the Dead Kennedys, MDC, Social Unrest, Melvins, Gwar, Soundgarden, NOFX, The Offspring and many, many more... including Australia's own Celibate Rifles.

This collection of photographs documents and celebrates the punk music scene from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s.