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 »
Facts: Tegan has a labret piercing. Sara loves the stage banter.
May 14, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: 2008, canandia, concert photographer, folk, images, indie, live, music photography, pageant, rock, sara, shots, tegan, tegan & sara, tegan and sara, tour, twins | 30 Comments »
As the quiet Swede sits down and begins pluck the first, slow notes, a reverential silence settles over the crowd, and the chapel venue seems entirely perfect.
Mar 24, 2008 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: acoustic, graham chapel, images, jose gonzalez, Music Photography, photography, pics washington university mia doi todd, shots | 12 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 »
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 »
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 »
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