Sometimes, for a number of reasons, photographs that I have taken were never published so I thought it was a good excuse to dig a few out to share.

Back in April 1992 I was back in the north-east of England from Sheffield for the Easter break. The American female rock band L7 were playing at The Riverside which was a small club in Newcastle.

A couple of years earlier I used to smuggle a camera into gigs there but on this occasion I contacted the venue and asked for a photo pass and was lucky enough to get one.

Inside the club the stage lighting was not brilliant, and the usual rule was no flash photography, so I chose to use black and white film rated at 3200ASA – Fuji Neopan 1600 pushed a stop and Kodak Tmax 3200 which produced excellent results at the time as I recall.

I got through two rolls of film, or 72 shots, of which these are a small selection and I was quite pleased with the end results.

Having said that they were never published as they were potential contenders for the portfolio I needed to produce at the end of my press photography course.