Almost a year and a half exactly to the day of their last visit to Chicago, UFO returned to the House of Blues to kick off another tour. Since their last visit they released a new album and this time out they had a different bass player. The crowd was filled with mostly middle-aged rock [...]
Nov 17, 2012 | Categories: Show Reviews | Tags: Concert Photography, Concert Reviews, hessler, House Of Blues, Rock Music, UFO | Comments Off
Just because Riot Fest ended the night before didn’t mean concerts in Chicago would come to a halt. The very next night the House of Blues hosted the long-awaited return of 1980s pop stars The Bangles. The band had a handful of hits back then and have a lot of really catchy tunes and were [...]
Oct 16, 2011 | Categories: Show Reviews | Tags: Concert Photography, Concert Reviews, House Of Blues, the bangles, vintage trouble | Comments Off
Summer means two things: it’s skateboarding season in the midwest and Ted Nugent puts down his bow and arrow and picks up his guitar and hits the road for a season of touring. The controversial motor city madman has enjoyed a musical career spanning nearly four decades now and shows no signs of letting up. [...]
Aug 06, 2010 | Categories: Show Reviews | Tags: Concert Reviews, House Of Blues, rock, Ted Nugent | 1 Comment »
Sunday night, Public Image Limited (PiL for short) made their long awaited return to Chicago to play a pair of shows at the House of Blues (this being the second night). The band had been inactive for around 18 years and until the beginning of this year the future of the band was uncertain and [...]
May 03, 2010 | Categories: Show Reviews | Tags: alternative, Concert Reviews, House Of Blues, John Lydon, Johnny Rotten, PiL, Public Image Ltd, punk, sex pistols, Show Reviews | 1 Comment »
Friday night the House of Blues played host to another big metal show, this time one being headlined by Arch Enemy, hailing all the way from Sweden! Last week was the week of overseas death metal first with Behemoth and now Arch Enemy, quite an exciting week for metal fans indeed! Mutiny Within Mutiny Within [...]
Feb 02, 2010 | Categories: Show Reviews | Tags: arch enemy, arsis, chicago, Concert Photography, Concert Reviews, death metal, exodus, Heavy Metal, House Of Blues, metal, mutiny within, Show Reviews | Comments Off
The new decade in the windy city started off with the return of a band that is into their third decade together as a band, three decades where they really didn’t get a whole lot of recognition in the big scheme of things until someone made a movie about them which finally got people to [...]
Jan 12, 2010 | Categories: Show Reviews | Tags: Anvil, chicago, Concert Photography, Concert Reviews, earthen grave, Heavy Metal, House Of Blues, metal, rev luv | 3 Comments »
Monday night was the most exciting night of the year in music for me, the return of my favorite band in the entire world, Skinny Puppy! It had been over two years since they last played here. This time they are on the In Solvent See tour which unfortunately is not in support of a [...]
Nov 11, 2009 | Categories: Show Reviews | Tags: cevin key, chicago, Concert Reviews, House Of Blues, in solvent see, industrial, industrial music, live music, Nivek Ogre, Show Reviews, Skinny Puppy | Comments Off
2008 seemed to fly by a lot quicker than I would have liked, especially the summer (where my return to skateboarding after a 20 year hiatus sadly got cut in half due to a back injury). I think the first half of the year was slow for me in regards to shooting shows but things [...]
Dec 30, 2008 | Categories: General, Music News | Tags: 2008 in review, Aging, anti nowhere league, Back Injury, black dahlia murder, chicago music, Concert Photography, Couple Times, Fence, Fly, Future Tours, Gallows, hell, Hiatus, House Of Blues, live music, metal, Metal Bands, New Album, Play One, Punk Bands, punk rock, Punk Rockers, Rock Masterpiece, Soilent Green | Comments Off
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 »
Thursday night I went over to House of Blues to catch Ministry on what they are billing as their final tour. this was the first of a four night run of shows they are playing at the venue. Seeing as Chicago was their hometown for most of their career, it made sense that they’d more [...]
May 11, 2008 | Categories: Show Reviews | Tags: canon, chicago, concert photos, concerts, hemlock, House Of Blues, industrial, live music, Meshuggah, metal, Ministry, photography, Show Reviews | 2 Comments »
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 »
