A few days ago I went to see Down once again play at the House of Blues. They were just here about a year ago and put on a really good show, so i was excited at the chance to see them again. I also was a Pantera fan and since Down features Phil Anselmo [...]
Nov 17, 2008 | Categories: Show Reviews | Tags: Black Sabbath, Canon EOS-5D, chicago, Concert Photography, Concert Reviews, Danava, Down, Heavy Metal, House Of Blues, live music, metal, Pantera, Phil Anselmo, Show Reviews, Stoner Rock | 1 Comment »
After a bit of a hiatus, a Halloween tradition returned (one day early) with Gwar once again playing here, this time at the House of Blues. For a lot of years, Gwar would play Chicago every Halloween, but I think they took a few years off from doing it. After having so much fun seeing [...]
Nov 04, 2008 | Categories: Show Reviews | Tags: Canon EOS-5D, chicago, Concert Photography, Concert Reviews, gwar, kingdom of sorrow, live music, metal, punk rock, Toxic Holocaust | 3 Comments »
After Mayday Parade, I walked clear across the venue to the Vans Highway 1 stage to actually see a band I had heard of before! Street Dogs Street Dogs Street Dogs Street Dogs The Street Dogs were the reason for my lengthy walk. They had a pretty huge crowd waiting to see them play and [...]
Aug 07, 2008 | Categories: Show Reviews | Tags: 3OH!3, Against Me, Audience, Axl Rose, Break, Canon EOS-5D, chicago, Concert Photography, Crowd, Fuss, Halfpipe, Highway 1, Horrorpops, Hurley, Katy Perry, Last Time, Motion City Soundtrack, photos, Pressings, Punk Bands, Punk Record, Record Collectors, Reinventing Axl, Show review, Song I Kissed A Girl, Street Banners, Street Dogs, Street Punk, Tinley Park, Trickery, Vans Warped Tour, Venue | 3 Comments »
Saturday I spent the day over at the Vans Warped Tour at the First National Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, IL. I had two tasks: cover the show for this site and play chaperone to a car full of 14 year old girls. Either one of them means a day of non stop walking around [...]
Aug 06, 2008 | Categories: Show Reviews | Tags: 14 Year Old Girls, Alesana, Angrier, Canon EOS-5D, Casket Architects, Chaperone, chicago, concert photos, Concert Reviews, concerts, Crowd Of Kids, Different Styles Of Music, Emo, Emo Rock, Endurance Test, Enthusiastic Crowd, Fear Nuttin Band, First National Bank, Good Measure, Halfpipe, Mayday Parade, One Saturday, Oreskaband, Punk Bands, punk rock, Reggae Band, show photos, shows, Style Of Music, Styles Of Music, Tinley Park, Vans Warped Tour, Warped Tours | Leave A Comment »
Wednesday night I went over to House of Blues for a night of metal. It was a beautiful day outside and it was an early show so I skated over to the club from the train station instead of taking the bus. After having to check my skateboard at the hotel next door, I went [...]
Apr 27, 2008 | Categories: Show Reviews | Tags: Audience, Beautiful Day, Black Metal, Canon EOS-5D, chicago, concerts, Crowd, death metal, Early Show, Few Minutes, Half Hour, hate eternal, Holocaust, House Of Blues, live music, metal, Metalcore, New Songs, photography, Show Reviews, Skateboard, Skeletonwitch, Soilent Green, Thrash Metal, Toxic Holocaust, Train Station, Wednesday Night | 1 Comment »
Last week I went to see the Anti-Nowhere League at Reggie’s here in Chicago. The band’s first album, We Are… The League, ranks extremely high on my list of favorite punk rock albums of all time so I was very excited to get a chance to see the band play. I took the bus and [...]
Apr 14, 2008 | Categories: Show Reviews | Tags: anti nowhere league, Audience, Canon EOS-5D, chicago, Chicago The Band, cro-mags, Crowd, Doors, Flatfoot 56, Inebriated, Liking, live music, Nuts, photography, punk rock, Punk Song, Rain, Reggie's Live, Religious Overtones, Rock Albums, Sad Thing, show photos, Show Reviews, shows, Singer, Uk Punk, Vantage Point, Wearing A Kilt | 5 Comments »
