Picture acknowledgements

Here, Ade portrait © Iain McKell.

Here, Adrian Street © Dennis Hutchinson/Mirrorpix/Getty Images.

Here, Chess piece © National Museums of Scotland.

Here, if . . . film poster © Retro AdArchives/Alamy.

Here, Sonja Kristina © Keystone Press/Alamy.

Here, ‘True Humility’ cartoon © Punch Cartoon Library/TopFoto.

PLATES ONE

All images courtesy of the author.

PLATES TWO

All images courtesy of the author, with the exception of:

Here, 20th Century Coyote images © Lloyd Peters.

Here, Rik’s parents’ house 1979 © John Mayall; Fringe Club 1979 © Caroline Raphael; Comic Strip Club dressing room © David Johnson/shapersofthe80s.com.

Here, Bottom Live tour contact sheet © Phil McIntyre.

Here, The Bonzos 2006 © Phill Jupitus; The Bad Shepherds © Christie Goodwin/Getty Images; The Idiot Bastards © Andy Hale/Wallasey Amateur Photographic Society.

Here, Jennifer at a party in the eighties © Chris Dorley-Brown; Edmondson family portrait © Chris Chapman.