SixFtHick + Mean Streaks
What I learnt from last Saturday night: (a) I don’t take very good photos at The Troubadour; and (b) I don’t take very good photos of Jean Nicotine. Actually, I already knew both of those things… A few more here. SixFtHick Mean Streaks
LadyFest
Some photos from the first night of LadyFest at The Powerhouse in Brisbane a few weeks back – Erase Errata, Macromantics, I Heart Hiroshima and Butcher Birds. A few more here. Butcher Birds I Heart Hiroshima Macromantics Erase Errata
Why I Didn’t Photograph Carol King
Tonight I was supposed to be photographing Carol King, which I had been looking forward to doing. It’s not every day you get to photograph one of the 20th century’s most renowned songwriters. But I ended up turning it down when they sent me the contract to sign. The contract said that the photos could […]
The Datsuns + The Casanovas
Can’t remember the last time I shot three days in a row (making it four in a week). Possibly the Mean Streaks back in April, when it was four nights in a row… So anyway, Sunday night was The Datsuns and The Casanovas at The Zoo. With a photo pit The Datsuns would be a […]
The Cops
When I first came out to Sydney in May 2004 one of the first bands I saw was The Cops. One of my friends from the UK had come out on a year visa a couple of years before me and put me in touch with his ex-housemate, who was a friend of the bass […]
The Scare
Went to The Columbian on Friday night to see The Scare’s first gig back in Brisbane since their infamous show at The Zoo last year. The light at the Columbian is never the best but they turned it down even lower than normal so the stage was only lit by a single red spotlight about […]
Yngwie Malmsteen
So, you miss out on U2 and next up is Yngwie Malmsteen… Thought I’d get there a bit early, get into the pit before it kicked off and do some still life shots of the guitar, the scalloped fretboard, the wall of Marshall amps etc. Get there at 8:50pm and find out that the door […]
4ZZZ Market Day 2006
Some photos from last Saturday’s 4ZZZ Market Day shindig at the RNA Showgrounds. A few below and the rest of them (193 photos of 18 or so of the 72 bands that played) are here. Violent Soho I Heart Hiroshima Sekiden The Gin Club SixFtHick The Meanies Jump 2 Light Speed CurseOvDialect
WORST. DAY. EVER.
Since I started this photography lark there has been one band above all bands that I have wanted to photograph. They were one of the first bands I ever got into (as in buying all the albums, the 12″s for the extra tracks, the dodgy live bootleg tapes etc) and, more importantly, they were the […]
Mean Streaks
Took some photos of The Mean Streaks at The Zoo last Thursday night. Although did a few of them at Ric’s a couple weeks back (between Wolf & Cub and Mercy Arms at The Zoo), I realised that haven’t photographed them properly since Coolangatta when they played their last show with Faker, Van She and […]
The Drones + Darling Downs
One of my favourite photographers is Anton Corbijn I bought his U2 and i book earlier in the year as a birthday present to myself and it’s been a great source of inspiration and envy in recent months. (Note to bands: if any of you are planning on world domination please can you let me […]
Hard-Fi + Vanlustbader
I photographed Hard-Fi and Vanlustbader at The Arena last night. Thanks to the joys of promoter contracts I can’t show you the photos but they’re here. I was only allowed to photograph in the first 3 songs. I was walking out the pit at the start of Vanlustbader’s 4th song when whoever was running the […]
Howling Bells + Other Stuff
The usual weekend last weekend – out drinking and seeing bands. Thought I’d better stick some up here before I go out and do it all again this weekend… So here’s some photos of Howling Bells and Bit By Bats from the Columbian Bar on Saturday night, Wolf & Cub and Butcher Birds from The […]
Valley Fiesta 2006
I’ve stuck some of the Valley Fiesta photos from the weekend up on my flickr account. You can see them here. Tim Rogers Tex Perkins Regurgitator Starky TZU Winnie Coopers Tom Thum
The Sleepy Jackson + The Panda Band
Busy, busy weekend. Friday night started early with photographing six bands at Valley Fiesta in Brunswick Street Mall, before a trip up the road to The Zoo for Sleepy Jackson and The Panda Band Saturday was more Valley Fiesta stuff, including a nice front row seat for Tex Perkins and Tim Rogers (I like this […]
Gomez + The Vasco Era
After over a year of living in Brisbane I finally made it to The Tivoli. Really nice venue, lights that came in colours other than red; the only thing missing was a photo pit… Much fun was had trying to get away from the front when I decided that I was photographically spent and could […]
Bluebottle Kiss + The Gin Club
Some photos from the Bluebottle Kiss gig at The Rev a couple weekends ago. Normal service was restored as far as the lighting at The Rev goes, which was a shame and the usual frustrating experience. The Gin Club supported and included Danica making her debut singing with them. Few photos below and more on […]
The Exploders + The Gin Club + Little Lovers
Some more photos that have been sat on my hard drive for a while. This was a warm up gig for The Exploders before they played at Splendour In The Grass a few days later. They should turn the lights on a bit more often at The Rev… A few below and more on flickr […]
Exhibition No. 1
My exhibition at Ric’s finished on Sunday. Thanks to everyone who said nice stuff to me about my photos. And extra super thanks to the people that bought photos; I’m really flattered and honoured that you thought that highly of my photos to think them good enough to hang on your walls. I’ll probably do […]
Arctic Monkeys
I photographed Arctic Monkeys last night at The Arena. I’d been looking forward to it but it, especially as The Grates were supporting. But then I got told that had to be there at 9pm to be escorted in, and then be escorted out after the first three songs. So no Grates photos. And had […]
Howling Bells
I have been away with work to Cairns, then been really busy writing up reports to meet deadlines, then only had the mental capacity to mong out and watch bad tv and play ISS Pro 5. So there’s a few things on my hard drive that I’ve not gotten around to sorting out. First up […]
Vanlustbader
..so a few power naps later and it was time to go again. This time to Vanlustbader at The Rev. The first gig I went to in Oz was Vanlustbader at The Hopetoun in May 2004. They were supported by Wolfmother. Two years later and they’re BACK! BACK! BACK! (as Smash Hits might have said). […]
Louis XIV + Red Riders + Flamingo Crash
Thursday Night/Friday Morning Power nap after work Photograph Louis XIV + Red Riders + Flamingo Crash Power nap Get up at 2am and watch the England v Trinidad & Tobago Bed at 4am Alarm at 6:45am Drive to Caboolture for 2/3 day meeting with nightmare client But somehow I made it (I blame ice coffee […]
Side Effects + Butcher Birds Photos
Been a long few weeks with too much proper work and far too much overtime but decided I needed a bit of a break today so sorted out the photos of Butcher Birds at The Rev and Side Effects at Ric’s from couple of Fridays ago. The next few weeks are going to be bad […]
