With respect to the buzz of Lil Wayne’s release from Riker’s Island today after an eight-month stint on lockup, I thought I’d post some of my favorite shots from Weezy’s 2008 performance at the Chaifetz Arena. This was an epic one-off performance in-the-round with a cruciform stage where photographers had full-set access. Easily one of [...]
Nov 04, 2010 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: chaifetz arena, free weezy, images, jail, lil wayne, photos, pictures, prison, released, riker's island, weezy | 18 Comments »
Opening for Guster at the Pageant, LA-based Everest threw down a set of spacious rock that had the crowd bopping before the main event. I’d caught up with Everest earlier this year for a portrait shoot, but wasn’t able to catch their live set, so I was glad – and impressed – finally getting to [...]
Oct 21, 2010 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: band, concert photography, everest, guster, images, live, music photographer, music photography, pageant, photo, pictures, rock | 17 Comments »
I last saw Michael Franti & Spearhead open for John Mayer on the Battle Studies Tour with a huge, high energy performance. When I heard that they were coming to the Pageant, I knew that I had to cover the gig to see how they rocked a club.
Oct 17, 2010 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: concert photography, images, michael franti, music photographer, music photography, pageant, photos, pictures, spearhead, tour | 6 Comments »
June 10, 2009 – Opening up for Aerosmith on the Guitar Hero tour opener, Mississippi’s 3 Doors Down started off the evening with a big dose of no-frills rock – just a taste of the spectacle that followed.
Jun 11, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, 3 doors down, 3dd, aerosmith, images, live, Music Photography, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, tour | 7 Comments »
May 21, 2009 – Supporting fellow Minneapolis-natives Atmosphere on the “When God Gives You Ugly Tour,” hip hop artist Brother Ali laid down a taut, devastating performance on the stage of the Pageant in St. Louis.
May 27, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, brorther ali, images, live, music, Music Photography, photographer, photography, pictures, tour | 11 Comments »
May 22, 2009 – I caught up Nate Collis and Brian McLeod of Attracted to Gods, a rockin’ two-piece band from Minneapolis.
May 25, 2009 | Categories: Portrait Photography | Tags: atmosphere, attracted to gods, hip hop, images, nate collis, photographer, pics, pictures, portrait, promo | 3 Comments »
May 8, 2009 – Winding down the North American leg of their Dark Passion Play 2009 tour, Finland’s symphonic power metal royalty, Nightwish, laid into an epic set of crushing riffs, fluttering keys, and soaring vocals.
May 17, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: concert photographer, images, live, music, Music Photography, nightwish, photgraphy, photographer, photos, pictures | 8 Comments »
May 6, 2009 – Having laid waste to arenas, amphitheaters, and festivals grounds all over the world, Slipknot brought the All Hope Is Gone World Tour to the Scottrade Center in downtown St. Louis in a fierce, pummeling set that delivered the band’s signature sound to a legion of fans.
May 10, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography, Portrait Photography | Tags: images, live, metal, music, Music Photography, photographer, photos, pictures, rock, slipknot | 24 Comments »
April 15, 2009 – Taking a quick break from tearing around on the AP Tour 2009, I caught up with The Maine for a portrait shoot. This was a 6:00pm shoot and we caught the light just as it started to warm on the horizon.
May 03, 2009 | Categories: Portrait Photography | Tags: ap tour, images, music, Music Photography, photographer, photos, pictures, Portrait Photography, promo, the maine | 6 Comments »
August 17, 2008 –In a quick 60-minute set, Young Jeezy lit up the Pageant in a blazing performance that had the sold-out house screaming for more.
Aug 18, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: d3, d700, def jam, dj division, emcee, images, live, Music Photography, nikon, photography, pictures, rap, tour, young jeezy | 12 Comments »
Even before the kabuki curtain drop, the crowd is chanting in the dark, calling for nine masked men.
Aug 06, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2008, Chris Fehn, clown, Corey Taylor, Craig Jones, event, fest, festival, images, Jim Root, Joey Jordison, mayhem, metal, Mick Thomson, Music Photography, Paul Gray, photography, pictures, Shawn Crahan, show, Sid Wilson, tour | 33 Comments »
William Beckett and Michael Guy Chislett of The Academy Is…, photographed outside their tour bus Warped Tour 2008 marked a really fun, fast-paced assignment for RollingStone.com, with a large number of bands on the punchlist and a lot of hustle to make it all happen. Aside from live coverage, the backstage shoots were a big [...]
Jul 10, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2008, amino, anberlin, backstage, charlotte sometimes, cobra starship, family force 5, forever the sickest kids, gabe saporta, greeley estates, images, Katy Perry, oreska band, paramore, pictures, promo, set your goals, shots, tai, tat, The Academy Is..., warped tour | 22 Comments »
Just one shot from the Raconteurs’ concert tonight, during which Jack White and his accomplices brought the rock show to the Pageant.
Jun 13, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2008, images, jack white, live, Music Photography, pageant, photography, photos, pictures, raconteurs, tour, white stripes | 17 Comments »
Opening for a headlining performance by the legendary Wailers band, the Murder City Players laid down a tight set that slipped between reggae, ska, and dancehall grooves with ease and style.
May 19, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2008, dancehall, dub, live, murder city players, Music Photography, pageant, philip mckenzie, photography, pictures, price philip, reggae, ska, the wailers, toasting, tour | 8 Comments »
Living up to their growing renown as the live show to see, Semi Precious Weapons brought their glam rock party to Cicero’s in a raucous set of silver stiletto boots, spin-kicks, titties, and at least one song about Jesus.
Dec 04, 2007 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: bands, ciceros, club, cole whittle, flash, images, justin tranter, lighting, live, nyc, off camera, photos, pictures, playback, precious, semi precious weapons, shots, sync cord, tour, venue | 12 Comments »
LA’s Moving Units, co-headlining with VHS or Beta, delivered on this year’s Hexes For Exes with an infectiously danceable set at the Blender Theatre at Gramercy.
Nov 30, 2007 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: Blake Miller, blender, blender theatre, Chris Hathwell, concert photography, images, Johan Bogeli, moving units, new york, nyc, photographs, photos, pictures, vhs or beta | 4 Comments »
Opening in support of VHS or Beta and Moving Units, Brooklyn-based Soft brought a mix of Britpop-inspired tunes that drew heavily from their 2007 release, Gone Faded.
Nov 29, 2007 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2007, blender, blender theatre, Chris Colley, concert photography, Dino Siampos, images, Johnny Reineck, moving units, november, nyc, photographs, photos, pictures, Sam Wheeler, soft, vhs or beta, Vincent Perini | 1 Comment »
Playing to an adoring crowd, Kevin Barnes lead his band Of Montreal through a roaring twenty-song set of psychedelic indie pop at the Pageant. Freed from the precious trappings of their album recordings, the sexed-up live performance delivered a more raucous version of fan favorites while still remaining as pretty as Barnes in eyeliner and [...]
Nov 27, 2007 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2007, band, Bryan Poole, Davey Pierce, Dottie Alexander, images, indie, Jamey Huggins, Kevin Barnes, live, Music Photography, november, of montreal, ofmontreal, pageant, photographs, pictures, pop, rock, setlist, shots, st. louis, tour | 9 Comments »
Wearing a shimmering dark gray dress, Regina Spektor flew through a quick set that clocked in just over an hour, including the encore. Having played the small, 300-capacity Creepy Crawl almost exactly a year ago, it was rewarding to see Spektor playing the Pageant to 2,000 smiling fans in a sold-out show.
Nov 13, 2007 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2007, concert photographer, concert photography, images, live, Music Photography, pageant, pics, pictures, regina spektor, tour | 3 Comments »
Right out of the gate, you have to recognize one simple fact. These guys are rockstars. Unleashing a furious set on the sold-out crowd, Avenged Sevenfold brought to their rabid fans a dynamic mix of heavy metal and hard rock tinged with notes from their metalcore roots.
Nov 07, 2007 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: a7x, avenged sevenfold, concert photographer, concert photography, hard rock, heavy metal, images, johnny christ, m shadows, metal, metalcore, music photography, photography, photos, pics, pictures, shots, synyster gates, the rev, the reverend tholomew plague, zachy vengeance | 21 Comments »
This past weekend was one of strange contrasts and saw me shooting metalcore band Bleeding Through one night, who opened for HIM, and then famed traditional pop and jazz singer Tony Bennett the next. Images from Bleeding Through are already up in the previous post, while those from Bennett’s performance are coming up. In addition, [...]
Oct 30, 2007 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: Bleeding Through, fox, HIM, images, live, muisc, Music Photography, pageant, pics, pictures, st. louis, tony bennet, tour | Leave A Comment »
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