Obviously these photos were taken after coming off stage in the Whiskey A Go Go in Los Angeles.

July 1980. The last week of a four week effort to conquer the United States and claim it for Derry.

A certain look of apprehension can be detected on some of our faces, as we were due to go on stage again. "Two shows a night" looks great on a poster, but to actually do two shows on one stage on one night was a new experience for us. I was especially concerned as I was wearing the same shirt on stage as I had put on that morning getting dressed. I would wear it for the second show as well. Change my shirt in front of the rest of the band? Are you mad ? One of the support bands was called the Psychotic Pineapple - they had a large walking pineapple which arrived on stage during their performance, as far as I remember. All we had was Feargal's naked chest. Jimmy Carter was the President, and still we weren't successful in subjugating the USA. I'll never understand show business.

Michael Bradley (Photos: Shannon Burns)