It was in 1988 that party promoters Genesis (http://hardcorewillneverdie.com/Flash/historyHWND.html) put their first warehouse event on in east London's Aldgate, with their second following on Christmas Eve in an empty warehouse near Clapton Pond in Hackney. The set-up was typically wild and creative, using thousands of old tyres they found in the building to build a UV-lit tunnel and bar area; this complemented the Christmas tree, netting, parachutes and white canopies, pinched from a building site.
The photographers that were involved in documenting of the Rave Revolution of the late 80s were Dave Swindells, Gavin Watson, Adam Friedman and Teddy Fitzhugh.
Though the word "rave" emerged in 1950s Britain to describe "wild bohemian parties," rave as we know it today was, effectively, born in 1980s Manchester, characterised by acid house music, ecstasy, whistles and people with large bottles of water mouthing "are you having a good night," at the kind of strangers they'd usually cross the road to avoid.
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