Tumblr’s Urban Oufitters-esque confabulation of what the 90s were like and how people dressed is very Americanised and bears very little resemblance to how I remember them, namely:
Contestants on The Krypton Factor (series 1977-95).
I think every UK school had a teacher who went on this show and failed miserably and went on to take it out on the kids for the rest of their career.
Nation of Ulysses, live at Peace Center part 2. Very probably why I own so many stripy tees.
Nation of Ulysses, live at the Peace Center, Washington D.C. 1992. Good quality vid!
The Nation of Ulysses, live at the 9:30 club, Washington D.C, 1991. Part 2.
Gamby’s moods! A pictorial paean to Steve Gamboa from the Nation of Ulysses scanned from Action Teen zine.
Steve Gamboa from Nation of Ulysses poster (!) scanned from Action Teen zine, 1991. Action Teen was an awesome one off zine made by Erin Smith of Bratmobile and her brother Don, who went on to make the equally great Teenage Gang Debs.
Ian Svenonius, Nation of Ulysses, 1992. Scanned from German magazine Spex. Ian is too sassy.