Ed Colver
I'm a 3rd generation Californian, raised in the suburbs 30 miles east of Los Angeles. I started attending concerts in the mid-sixties and was drawn to the Sunset Strip concert scene in 1978. That was when I first decided to bring a camera to a show. I had found a 35MM Yashika "Rangefinder" laying around in the factory where I worked and took it when no one was looking! Later, a TV news report drew me to a few shows at Madame Wong's in Chinatown; when the Hong Kong Cafe started having bands play there I never looked back. I made the distinction early on between Punk and New Wave. I liked Punk; everything about it was intriguing. Soon afterwards I was at virtually every Punk show from L.A. to Orange County to San Bernardino. During the early days, I made many friends in the Punk scene, including my friend, Keith Morris. I've never advertised, never had a public phone number, never asked for work and I used a funeral sympathy card as my "business card."
Early Peppers
"Early Chili Peppers photo used on their first album"
Darby Crash
"Darby Crash’s last show at the Starwood, 1980."
Devo Stop War
“While photographing DEVO on the street, they taped the word WAR below STOP, creating an iconic image.”
Spraycan
"Taken while shooting Black Flag's Damaged LP, shot and intended to be used on a liner sleeve that did not happen."
Monkey Skull
"Taken at my Hollywood Studio with my 4x4 camera, making an extremely detailed image. Seems like a human skull but it's not."
Keith
Photo of Keith Morris, Hollywood 1982.
Set Times
"This was taped to a wall or a door backstage at the Ukrainian Cultural Center on Melrose in Hollywood. I thought it was funny."
Flea & Anthony
"Early Red Hot Chili Peppers photo shot at a Soundstage somewhere in Hollywood before their first album"
ICL Riot
"Black Flag riot at the Whisky A Go Go in 1981"
Find out more about Ed Colver here: www.EdwardColver.com