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Title
Jason Shapiro, Celebrity Skin
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Snowe, Lucy
Date Created and/or Issued
1989
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph included in the Exhibit: From Pop to the Pit, The LAPL Photo Collection Celebrates the L.A. Music Scene, 1978-1989.
Celebrity Skin was one of the most theatrical and entertaining of the alternative rock bands of the 1980s, known as much for their strikingly imaginative stage costumes and props as for their unique rock sound.
Photograph caption dated March 7, 1989 reads, "Celebrity Skin: ballet?" Shown is Jason Shapiro, the group's lead guitarist, during a show at Raji's in Hollywood.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00121766
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box Musical Groups--Celebrity Skin
CARL0005343094
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/34044
Subject
Celebrity Skin (Musical group)
Raji's (Nightclub : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Guitarists--United States
Guitars
Rock groups--United States
Rock musicians--United States
Rock concerts--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Nightclubs--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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