Violent Soho + Scul Hazzards + Butcher Birds + The Seizures @ The Zoo 24-07-10

Three of Brisbane’s best bands, three bands I’ve photographed and blogged about so many times it’s hard to know what else I can say (plus opening band The Seizures, who I’d never seen before but who had my ears ringing well before the end of their set and me reaching for my ear plugs, a rare event for times when I’m not seeing My Bloody Valentine.

Although I’ve photographed Soho on numerous occasions since I first saw them play (I think) very early in the day at the 4ZZZ Market Day back in October 2006 as well as seeing but not photographing them at various other shows (shows at The Troubadour spring to mind), and a couple of times where they’ve played bigger shows and I’ve been disappointed to have missed them (Pauhaus Festival in June 2007 when we were still in the large queue trying to get into the Powerhouse whilst they were on stage and at Splendour In The Grass 2010 when I had to miss the first afternoon of bands due to being at a work conference on the Gold Coast).  And yet despite photographing them a number of times, they’re a band that I don’t think I’ve ever done justice to photographically; a combination of lack of lighting and lack of photo pits for the most part, something that makes missing them play at the festivals even more annoying.  It’s why I’ve always tended to position myself at James Tidwell’s side of stage: you know he’s going to be at the microphone doing backing vocals during the songs and be still enough to photograph at a relatively low shutter speed, whereas with Luke Henery, on the other side of the stage, you’ve got little chance of getting anything that isn’t a blur.  One of these days I’m going to have to master slow sync flash and make life easier for myself.

It was fantastic that it was a sell-out show at The Zoo, it’s been a long time coming and is richly deserved.  Following on from what I did for the Butcher Birds’ album launch last year, here’s a small photographic retrospective of Violent Soho over the last (almost) 4 years.

More photos from the night are on Flickr.

Violent Soho + Scul Hazzards + Butcher Birds + The Seizures @ The Zoo 24-07-10
Violent Soho

Violent Soho

Violent Soho

Violent Soho @ The Step Inn: 5 September 2009
Violent Soho

…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead + Violent Soho @ The Zoo: 28 May 2009 and …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead + Violent Soho @ The Zoo: 28 May 2009 (on film)

Violent Soho

Violent Soho + Boondall Boys @ The Zoo Carpark: 10 June 2009
Violent Soho

The Mess Hall + The Scare + Violent Soho @ The Zoo: 27 April 2008
Violent Soho

Magic Dirt + Violent Soho + Gyanism @ The Zoo: 18 July 2007
Violent Soho

4ZZZ Market Day: 28 October 2006
Violent Soho

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