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Sound and Vision: music and fashion photographed by Francesco Mellina, Liverpool, 1978 - 82. An exhibition at the National Conservation Centre, 1 May to 31 August 2009.

Pete Burns, Dead or Alive, at Brady's, 1981

flamboyantly dressed man singing aggressively into a microphone

"His famous black contact lenses were so thick that they used to really hurt his eyes. He had them specially made in London and they cost hundreds. On stage he was sensational, not musically maybe, but performance-wise - he was hugely captivating."
Francesco Mellina