Good gig. Nice to hook up with some of the Bristol/Bath posse and also some cousins I’d never met! Related Posts:No Related Posts
May 15, 2013 | Categories: Music, Photography | Leave A Comment »
I managed to pin Doris of Chthonic down when she was over and got her to sign 3 (just 3!) giclée prints on Kodak archival paper on an acid-free 11″x14″ mount. This shot was taken at Bloodstock Open Air 2012 up at Catton Hall, which was a fine show. The cost is £150 plus £5 [...]
Aug 27, 2012 | Categories: Music, Photography | Tags: Bloodstock Open Air, Catton Hall, chthonic, doris yeh, Eastman Kodak, Eastman Kodak Company, Giclée, limited edition, photograph, print, Printmaking, royal mail, Visual arts | Leave A Comment »
I went to this mostly in order to support my good mate and superb drummer, Matt C, in his new band Monument. And great British hard rock it was to boot. Lovely. Second band, black metal. Forget it. Total misfit. And finally Dio Disciples with, as far as I can tell, Tim “Ripper” Owens, Craig [...]
Aug 08, 2012 | Categories: Music | Tags: black metal, Craig Goldy, deep purple, Dio, dio disciples, drummer, islington academy, James LoMenzo, Matt C, monument, Simon Wright, Tim "Ripper" Owens | Leave A Comment »
The mighty Peanut Butter Lovesicle are approaching the end of their stint in London and this makes me a sad polar bear. In the space of about six weeks so far, they’ve turned a fairly diffident, indifferent audience, and a few discerning fans, into a great turnout at the Purple Turtle last night. Their tight, [...]
Apr 22, 2012 | Categories: Music, Photography | Tags: camden, death by sexy, Entertainment/Culture, london, peanut butter lovesicle, Purple Turtle Beads | Leave A Comment »
First time I’ve seen Bleech in nearly a year, although I thought it was much longer. Not much to say except they’re as loud, passionate and energetic as I’ve ever known them. They’ve been stepping up their gigs and it was nice to see them at a reasonably crowded Barfly. Anyhow, the pics, one of [...]
Apr 03, 2012 | Categories: Music, Photography | Tags: bleech, camden, camden barfly, canon s95, gig, live misuc, mikon d300 | Leave A Comment »
I’ve known both these bands a while, Furyon since they were an AOR style band called “Pride”. Furyon have been going great guns in the last 12 months with their album being released on the front of Metal Hammer and in a limited edition, pending an upcoming full release. I wouldn’t call them metal exactly, [...]
Mar 17, 2012 | Categories: Music, Photography | Tags: Daken, furyon, hard rock, Heavy metal, Led Zeppelin, music, purple turtle, Rock music, The Mercy House | Leave A Comment »
Got a last minute call to do a promo shoot of a band. There were constraints: it had to be done tonight for a deadline tomorrow, it had to be done in the dark and they wanted to use a projector for some interesting light. While they were running around setting things up, I played [...]
Jan 09, 2012 | Categories: Music, Photography | Tags: band, flash, Hubble Space Telescope, Lola Colt, music, Photographic lighting, Photography, Projector, Tripod | Leave A Comment »
Today I saw the future of live music photography. Yesterday, I shot a friend’s band Lola Colt at the Barfly on my trusty D300 often at ISO3200 and higher. I also for fun took at shot with the iPhone and uploaded it there and then. Tonight, a gig in the salubrious Hospital Club by She [...]
Sep 03, 2011 | Categories: Music, Photography | Tags: Apple Inc., barfly, camden, covent garden, Digital photography, Digital single-lens reflex camera, Entertainment/Culture, Hospital Club, iphone, laura kidd, Lola Colt, Lola Colt at the Barfly, Nikon D300, Nikon D300 Digital Camera, she makes war, Technology | 5 Comments »
Bit late to the party on this one, but got to see FOAFs Florida Room at the Water Rats (possibly again, or they might have been “Work” last time) and as usual a nice set of rocky numbers. Mike gets a bit busy swapping keyboards and guitars though! Good stuff. You should come next time. [...]
Aug 31, 2011 | Categories: Music, Photography | Tags: florida room, kings cross, live music, music, rock, water rats | Leave A Comment »
Went along to see Sam Nadel on drums as I haven’t seen him since the Blackbud in Bath days. It was the first gig I’d seen at Bush hall despite passing through when the late Fortune Drive were playing. It’s a lovely venue. If you can go, do so! Alessi herself was possibly better as [...]
Jun 01, 2011 | Categories: Music, Photography | Tags: alessi's ark, Blackbud, Bush hall, Entertainment/Culture, fortune drive, gig, Hitchcock, Human Interest, music, Robyn Hitchcock, Sam Nadel | Leave A Comment »
Managed to bimble over the road to the Monarch in Camden see Bleech again. There must be something about the Monarch that brings out good stuff in bands: Kate Nash’s little band were also excellent here. Anyhow, Bleech played a blinder. Just want that thrash instrumental midsection to be longer! The lighting was also interesting: [...]
May 22, 2011 | Categories: Music, Photography | Tags: bleech, camden, D300, JPEG, Kate Nash, Monarch, Nikon, RAW | Leave A Comment »
Aside from them having cleaned the speaker stacks of the stickers including the Cuban Heels one, the Bull and Gate remains a fairly decent venue on the toilet circuit. I’d also not seen Bleech since before I went to Taipei and aside from a change of hairstyle, there were as solid and as rocking as [...]
Apr 29, 2011 | Categories: Music, Photography | Tags: bull and gate, gig, Hairstyle, indie, kentish town, live music, Nikon, rock, rory gallagher | Leave A Comment »
I’ve known Grace for over four years now, since I first saw her busking at Tottenham Court Road tube station and took a picture that I’d be happy to have somewhere in my portfolio. So, back to the Water Rats for yet another gig, having dragged ourselves out in the damp, instead of watching yet [...]
Feb 24, 2011 | Categories: Music, Photography | Tags: black and white, D300, gig, grace solero, live music, london, monto, night, Nikon, Photography, photoshelter, water rats | Leave A Comment »
I need the cupboard space so I’m getting rid of a bunch of Deep Purple Family Tree stuff here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/shops/A1G9CHR317BGWQ It’s all priced lower than any other marketplace stuff as the cases (and sleeves) are generally a little scuffed. Inlays and stuff are usually fine. I’ll announce the eBay stuff when I get round to [...]
Feb 10, 2011 | Categories: Music | Tags: CD, collectible, deep purple, rainbow, trapeze, vinyl, warhorse, whitesnake | Leave A Comment »
I got dragged to this one with not much clue who Kate Nash was. Apparently she’s some Lily Allen-alike with 350k people who like her on Facebook. Um, OK. The Monarch however, is beneath the “toilet circuit”. It’s a pub with a PA that won’t deafen you. I was mildly blown away. Clearly she has [...]
Jan 28, 2011 | Categories: Music, Photography | 2 Comments »
This will be entirely biased. I toured as tour manager for Chthonic in November and Malefice were also on the bill with us. When you do this, hump gear together, negotiate merchandise table space, share the dressing room, you get to know whether the chaps you’re working with are nice guys or not. Once we [...]
Jan 19, 2011 | Categories: Music | Tags: camden, chthonic, live music, london, malefice, underworld | 1 Comment »
I’d only been vaguely aware of Beardyman as some kind of beatboxing prodigy but had never witnesses the man, or beard, in action before. Tonight fixed this. Let’s be very clear, this is not your average punk on a street corner, or indeed that black guy from Police Academy. Oh no. He takes this to [...]
Dec 01, 2010 | Categories: Music, Photography | Tags: Beardyman, Beatboxing, concert, Entertainment/Culture, live music, Police Academy | Leave A Comment »
Long day of interviews, setting up, hanging around, selling merch, noodles and lots of metal. It was good. Related Posts:Grace Solero, Water RatsMalefice, Camden UnderworldArch Enemy, WolverhamptonChthonic, WolverhamptonFuryon, Dublin Castle
Nov 28, 2010 | Categories: Music, Photography | Tags: chthonic, gig, hmv forum, live music, london, metal | Leave A Comment »
There’s not a lot to say about this: complete wall of metal with some melody in the background. Angela is a great frontman whipping the audience up and engaging the crowd. Put it this way, while I was shooting, my can of Red Stripe was dancing quietly to itself on the bass bin. Good work [...]
Nov 26, 2010 | Categories: Music, Photography | Tags: angela gossow, arch enemy, chthonic, gig, live, metal, music, wolverhampton | Leave A Comment »
Brutal. That is all. Related Posts:Arch Enemy, WolverhamptonChthonic, HMV Forum, LondonChthonic, WolverhamptonBleech, Camden BarflyAlessi’s Ark, Bush Hall
Nov 25, 2010 | Categories: Music, Photography | Tags: angela gossow, arch enemy, concert, gig, metal, wolverhampton, wulfrun hall | Leave A Comment »
Yesterday can only be described as a clusterfuck. Hearsay about things between bands that turned out fine when checking with the relevant authorities, to having Ennio Morricone’s finest “For a few Dollars More” theme nearly used as our intro, through to losing the keys to the tour bus. Still, we made it and a relatively [...]
Nov 25, 2010 | Categories: Music, Photography | Tags: cantonese, chthonic, doris yeh, Food, garage, glasgow, live music, metal, wolverhapton, wulfrun hall | 2 Comments »
Long day, must sleep, just want to say a great show, great crowd and thanks to Arch Enemy for drawing them in! Here’s some pics for you: Related Posts:Malefice, Camden UnderworldChthonic, HMV Forum, LondonChthonic, WolverhamptonFrom the road, a shout out to Arkan!Florida Room, Water Rats
Nov 24, 2010 | Categories: Music, Photography | Tags: academy, chthonic, live music, manchester | Leave A Comment »
I admit, I’ve become jaded. There are only a couple of bands I’ll turn out for now and they are friends. But still good. These guys are most definitely one of them. I was introduced to them by my drummer mate Matt when they were known as “Pride”, a fairly OK AOR-ish hard rock band. [...]
Nov 20, 2010 | Categories: Music, News, Photography | Tags: camden, dublin castle, furyon, live music, london, metal, rock | Leave A Comment »
