After hearing so much about their chaotic and wonderfully photogenic live show, I finally got my crack at Gogol Bordello breaking in the main stage during the second day of Lollapalooza 2008.
Aug 25, 2010 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: bogol bordello, eugene hutz, festival, live, lollapalooza, music, music photography, outdoor, punk, rock, stage | 10 Comments »
Live Music Photography Rule #98: Any jump shot is a good jump shot. Opening for HIM at the Pageant, young punk rockers Drive A delivered a high energy set that gave the perfect opportunity to put this rule to the test.
May 17, 2010 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2010, drive a, live, music, music photography, performance, punk, rock, st. louis, tour | 6 Comments »
Opening up for Angels & Airwaves at the Pageant, Max Bemis and crew blasted off onto the stage in a sing-along performance that had the at-capacity crowd rocking the barricade. Aside from the intensely dim stage lighting, you’d never know that Say Anything weren’t the headliners from the very warm welcome they received at this [...]
Apr 19, 2010 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: band, live, max bemis, music, music photography, punk, rock, Say Anything | 14 Comments »
Mariachi El Bronx – the more melodic alter-ego of hardcore punk band The Brox – rocked Pop’s in all it’s seven-piece, charro outfit glory. Set up on the sidestage of Pop’s, I had my doubts about this show, but the intimate, small-club feel of this gig was a lot of fun to experience and photograph.
Apr 13, 2010 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2010, band, churro, hardcore, live, mariachi, mariachi el bronx, music, music photography, punk, tour | 14 Comments »
Mixing punk and folk stylings, former Million Dead frontman Frank Turner delivered a rocker of a set opening for Flogging Molly on their 2010 Spring tour. Playing under dim lighting, Turner’s set had had me feeling like I was having a minor epiphany about primes as I reached for the humble Nikon 50mm f/1.4.
Mar 11, 2010 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: flogging molly, frank turner, images, live, million dead, music photography, photography, punk, tour | 26 Comments »
Under bright, high-contrast spotlights, Travis Barker, Mark Hoppus, and Tom DeLonge came together as Blink-182 to tear it up on their 2009 reunion tour.
Sep 30, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, blink 182, concert photography, live, mark hoppus, music, Music Photography, punk, reunion, tom delonge, tour, travis barker | 13 Comments »
August 11, 2009 – Catching up with Green Day on their arena-busting 21st Century Breakdown Tour was a rush, to say the least. Two songs, three aging punk rockers, and 15,000 screaming fans later, here are the goods.
Aug 12, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: billy joe, green day, greenday, images, Mike Dirnt, music, Music Photography, photographer, photography, photos, punk, rock, trey cool | 43 Comments »
June 13, 2009 – Led by the ever vehement Tim McIlrath, Rise Against closed down the night with a fiery set after stellar sets by Rancid and the Riverboat Gamblers.
Jun 14, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, images, live, Music Photography, photographer, photography, photos, pops, punk, rancid, rise against, rock | 24 Comments »
March 11, 2009 – Performing on the Taste of Chaos Tour 2009, Pierce the Veil delivered an amped up set of pop-tinged post-hardcore, with Vic Fuentes’s high vocals sailing over the roiling layers thrown down by his bandmates.
Mar 19, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, bring me the horizon, flash, images, live, metal, Music Photography, nikon, photography, pierce the veil, post-hardcore, punk, screamo, taste of chaos, thursday, toc | 21 Comments »
March 11, 2009 – Headlining the 2009 Taste of Chaos Tour, post-hardcore rockers Thursday threw down a raw, vein-popping set amid white-hot strobes and LED explosions.
Mar 16, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2009, bring me the horizon, d3, flash, images, iso 1600, live, metal, Music Photography, nikon, photography, pierce the veil, post-hardcore, punk, screamo, taste of chaos, thursday, toc | 11 Comments »
February 25, 2009 – Storming the stage en mass, Celtic-punk band Flogging Molly wasted no time ripping into their boisterous, roaring set, with the sold-out crowd singing back every word.
Feb 26, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: Bob Schmidt, Bridget Regan, celtic, Dave King, Dennis Casey, flogging molly, George Schwindt, Matt Hensley, music photography, Nathen Maxwell, photography, punk, rock | 19 Comments »
November 16, 2008 – Bathed in deep washes and lit dramatically from below, the Alkaline Trio brought a tight, driving set to the Pageant, filled with tales of alcohol-soaked love and heartbreak alike.
Jan 15, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: alk3, alkaline trio, d3, Dan Andriano, Derek Grant, live, Matt Skiba, music, Music Photography, nikon, photography, punk, rock | 9 Comments »
November 16, 2008 – Opening up for Thrice, Gaslight Anthem delivered a tight, upbeat dose of Jersey Shore sound with driving punk overtones.
Jan 06, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2008, d3, gaslight anthem, jersey shore, live, music, Music Photography, nikon, punk, thrice, tour | 7 Comments »
November 16, 2008 – Led by the indefatigable Tim McIlrath, Rise Against stormed the stage of the Pageant to deliver a blistering performance amid explosions of light and a legion of fans, fists raised, singing back every word.
Nov 17, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2008, Brandon Barnes, hardcore, Joe Principe, live, melodic, music, nikon, punk, rise against, rock, Tim McIlrath, tour, Zach Blair | 14 Comments »
October 19, 2008 – Performing on the Rock Band Live tour, pop rockers The Plain White T’s ripped through a tight and ferociously catchy set that that the house on their feet and singing at the top of their lungs. Led by animated frontman Tom Higgenson, the band performed hits like “Our Time Now,” and [...]
Oct 23, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2008, all that we needed, big bad world, Dave Tirio, De'Mar Hamilton, every second counts, fans, hey there delilah, live, Mike Retondo, Music Photography, pop, pop punk, punk, rock, rock band live, Tim Lopez, Tom Higgenson, tour | 18 Comments »
September 26, 2008 – Forget whatever you think you know about piano rock. When Andrew McMahon hits his grand, the floor is going to bounce. Slamming the ivories with rock star finesse, McMahon and Jack’s Mannequin stormed the Chaifetz Arena to deliver an explosive performance that shook the house to the rafters.
Sep 29, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2008, andrew mcmahon, chaifetz, images, Jack's Mannequin, live, Music Photography, photography, piano, pop, punk, rock, saint louis university, slu, something corporate | 24 Comments »
In a frenetic, high-energy performance, Australian rock trio Sick Puppies delivered a thrashing set that had the barricade heaving as the crowd sang along and pumped their fists into the air.
Aug 25, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2008, australian, bass, Emma Anzai, guitar, images, live, Mark Goodwin, Music Photography, punk, rock, Shimon Moore, Sick Puppies, tour, trio | 30 Comments »
August 10, 2008 – Crushing the ivories of his Baldwin, Andrew McMahon brought the driving piano rock to a reverent crowd at the Pageant with his band Jack’s Mannequin.
Aug 11, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: andrew mcmahon, emo, indie, Jack's Mannequin, pageant, piano, pop, punk, rock, something coporate, st. louis | 12 Comments »
“Just move to the front of the stage. Just a little closer. Come in for the real deal.”
Jul 09, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 14-24mm, Chris Demakes, grain, less than jake, nikon d3, noise, noise reduction, NR, off, punk, punk rock, ska, wide angle | 8 Comments »
Here’s one more snap from Warped Tour before the full write-up, featuring pop punk darlings Paramore.
Jul 03, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2008, backstage, band shot, exclusive, images, paramore, photography, pop, Portrait Photography, power pop, promo, punk, rolling stone, warped tour | 5 Comments »
From the opening bars of “Fall Back Down,” the pit is a seething, frothing mass of bodies, metal studs, and spiked hair. By the second song, crowd surfers are coming toward the stage faster as security can catch them, crashing in waves across the barricade at the front of the pit.
Jun 29, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2008, branden steineckert, lars frederiksen, live, piercings, pops, punk, rancid, rock, skunx, tattoos, the bastards, tim armstrong, tim freeman, tour, up the punx | 19 Comments »
Propelled by the syncopated, asthmatic breath of an accordion, the song gimbals and gyres, wheeling like the robes of a dervish.
Jun 10, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2008, A Mad & Faithful Telling, accordion, bouzouki, concert photography, devotchka, folk, guitar, gypsy, images, indie, Jeanie Schroder, little miss sunshine, mariachi, Nick Urata, pageant, punk, rock, Shawn King, teremin, Tom Hagerman, tour, trumpet | 14 Comments »
Fronted by Nick Urata, whose languid croon filled the big hall with a sense of brooding celebration, Devotchka wove an epic set of gypsy punk in the cavernous Terminal 5.
May 27, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2008, bolero, devotchka, greek, gypsy, Jeanie Schroder, little miss sunshine, live, mariachi, Music Photography, new york, Nick Urata, nyc, photographer, photography, punk, rock, romanic, Shawn King, slavic, teramin, terminal 5, Tom Hagerman, tour | 17 Comments »
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