Patti Smith Group Live in Zurich, October 1976

On October 12, 1976, Patti Smith performed at the Rote Fabrik in Zurich until the concert was interrupted by a mysterious tear gas attack. A bootleg recording from that evening is the starting point for Dominik Bachmann's research and this photo book. The book brings together unpublished photos by Eric Bachmann, Francois Bitzi, and Roland Stucky, and also makes available for the first time, an interview that Smith gave to Swiss television. The numerous photographic discoveries are supplemented by collectable ephemera, newspaper articles, and texts by Bice Curiger, Veit Stauffer, Peter K. Wehrli, and Suzanne Zahnd which complement the historical finds. The book will be published by everyedition-just in time for Patti Smith's next concert on July 22, 2025.