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Photo Gallery: Mercyland Live in 1990

Athens punk legends Mercyland play the 40 Watt tomorrow night, Saturday, Oct. 5, for what is the band’s first “official” show in over 20 years. Read our feature on the David Barbe-led band.

Below, check out a gallery of Mercyland photos sent in by reader William Pitcher, who says:

The two pix of Dave in high contrast against all black are from a show at the 40 Watt. The rest were at a show in a basement restaurant closer to the center of town (The Downstairs Cafe Underground), if my memory serves my correctly. Probably the spring of 1990.

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