The Academy Is…
Pop Punkers The Academy Is… put on a lively performance, that, despite bizarrely bad lighting for photography, was a blast to photograph and which served as a great warm up for Blink-182‘s reunion tour.
Portraits: The Academy Is…
I caught up with indie/pop rockers The Academy Is… on their headlining tour with We The Kings and Hey Monday for a quick portrait session before their show.
The Academy Is…
October 30, 2008 – Storming the stage in a blisteringly energetic performance that that had the floor buzzing from the opening bars until the last, The Academy Is… threw down for 75 minutes as if to say one thing: if you’ve saving something for the encore, you’re doing it all wrong.
Warped Tour — Backstage!
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 [...]
Warped Tour: Jack’s Mannequin, The Academy Is…, Against Me!, Angels and Airwaves
After a big dose of backstage action, I headed out for some live coverage at Warped Tour, starting off with Jack’s Mannequin, The Academy Is…, Against Me!, and Angels and Airwaves.





