It was the 2nd of October 2018 at 14:04 precisely that I received a message from Jack Harkins, singer and bassist in ‘Uhr’. The message read: “Hi Gary, you busy on the 4th of November? We’re playing a gig with Girls in Synthesis with our new band (Ginnel) at The Ferret in Preston and I’m looking for a photographer, you were my first choice.” Well of course I said yes given that I’m a gig photographer and always keen to photograph new underground bands to which Jack then replied: “Many thanks (you’ll love Girls in Synthesis as well, they’re incredible live. They’re heading for great things)”. And boy was he right, because on that recommendation alone I went along to see my first Girls In Synthesis gig in Preston’s iconic music venue, The Ferret, and I must sa...
