The Roxy (London)

Original photograph by Peter Kodick [Peter Gravelle], ca. 1977/1978, silver print, 21.5 x 16.5 cm. Condition: Very Good

350€

Rare photograph of Peter Kodick of the famous nightclub The Roxy. We can see a group of young Londoners in front of the club entrance, notably with a poster announcing the performance of the group The Jam. The Roxy was a fashionable nightclub located at 41–43 Neal Street in London’s Covent Garden, known for hosting the flowering British punk music scene in its infancy. Peter ‘Kodick’ Gravelle was a fashion and advertising photographer whose clients included Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and Marie Claire. Using his alias Peter Kodick he was one of the very first Punk photographers, shooting bands including Damned, Billy Idol, Generation X, Elvis Costello, Johnny Thunders, the Police and the Sex Pistols.