Let us take you on a photo journey of The Nails' April-May 1985 California Tour. We played several shows in the LA area and then San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Berkeley, Santa Cruz, San Jose, Sacramento and San Francisco. It wasn't exactly in that order as we played Berkeley, went south to San Luis Obispo, traveled north through Big Sur and Monterey on our way to Northern California. These pictures were taken with a 1/2 frame camera, meaning two pictures for every 35mm frame, 70 pictures per 35 pic roll. The quality wasn't great but it was what I had. I did my best to spruce 'em up in the scanning process.

Percussionist Boris Kinberg accompanied us as the seventh Nail. Our former manager, Terry Dunne, also accompanied us from time to time. We also had our compliment of roadies. I think we started with 4 including a woman, and ended up with two ...

Click on a Thumbnail & Enjoy! -- David K.


Famous Cap. Rec. Bldg. Hollywood

Palace Club, H'Wood

Doug at Marquee, Palace

Famous? Tropicana Hotel, Hollywood

Boris & Mike strolling out of Trop. Hotel

George and Tour Bus, LA

David, Somewhere in LA

Loading in at the Palace

Tour Bus, Huntington Beach

Steve & Marc at the Beach

Doug at the Beach

Even Dave was at the Beach!

Huntington Beach Club?

Nails in Tijuania

Steve & Mike, Tijuana

Nails (Pseudonomous) in Tijuania

Doug, Tijuana

Steve & Marc, Tijuana

David, Tijuana

Doug, Mike hangin' in Tijuana

Marc, Santa Barbara Blvd.

George & Boris at Santa B. Club

Marc Campbell, DDS

Santa Barbara Beach

David at Santa B. Club

Santa Barbara Surfers

Steve, Santa Barbara

Spirit Club, San Luis Obispo

Boris, San Luis Obispo

Mike at Spirit Club Sound Check

George, Steve & Mike at Spirit Club Sound Check

George, San Luis O.

Doug and Tour Bus

David and Tour Bus

Marc & Doug, Tour Bus

Dave, outside of Spirit Club., San Luis O.

Marc, Doug, Mike, San Luis O.

Mike, Boris, Marc, San Luis O.

Steve, San Luis O.

Photo Shoot, Monterey

Monterey Beach

Boris at Cabaret Club, San Jose

Rare Photo of Mgr. Terry Dunne at Club Can't Tell Theatre, Sacramento

The Nails, Sacramento

Berkeley Square Club, Berkeley

Univ. of Calif., Berkeley

San Fran. Panorama

Top of Lombard St., SF

Last Day Saloon, San Francisco

Last Day Saloon Window

Doug and Cable Car, SF

Chinatown, SF

Dave before Boat Ride with Mike on the "Oski"

Mike awaiting our Boat

Golden Gate Bridge From the Oski

Alcatraz, SF from the Oski

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