Bill Kelliher of Mastodon with his Gibson Les Paul guitar

Posted on March 23rd, 2014 under Other. Tags: concert photography, fox theater, mastodon, metal, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 lens, nikon d7000, oakland. Comments Off on Happy Birthday Bill Kelliher!

Today’s photo is of Brent Hinds of Mastodon moments before the band took the stage in front of tens of thousands of people at the Roskilde Festival in 2011.

Mastodon’s new album should be out in the next few months. I can’t wait.

Posted on February 25th, 2014 under Denmark. Tags: concert photography, mastodon, metal, Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000, roskilde festival. Comments Off on The show is about to start…

Immortal @ Getaway Rock Festival 2011

I would really like to get away to the 2014 Getaway Rock Festival this summer. Unfortunately, I will be nowhere near Gavle, Sweden in early August. Bands I would love to see who are playing the festival this year include Opeth, Volbeat, Dimmu Borgir, Arch Enemy, and Watain. Most bands haven’t been announced yet, but I bet there will be many more when all is said and done.

Volbeat will be playing in Medford soon so I will likely be seeing them.

Posted on February 11th, 2014 under Other. Tags: concert photography, getaway rock festival, immortal, metal, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Immortal @ Getaway Rock Festival

Vincent Damon Furnier (AKA Alice Cooper) at the Getaway Rock Festival 2011

Posted on February 4th, 2014 under Other. Tags: alice cooper, concert photography, getaway rock festival, nikon 50mm f/1.8, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Happy birthday to Vincent Damon Furnier today

Ted Aguilar of Death Angel @ Getaway Rock Festival 2011

Death Angel isn’t coming to Southern Oregon so I’m thinking I may drive down (3+ hours) to Chico to see them. Crazy? Probably, but I’ve gone much farther to see them before (12+ hours each way in 1987, from Copenhagen, Denmark to Gavle, Sweden in 2011, and almost 5 hours each way in 2012). To not go see them when they are “only” less than 4 hours away seems almost wrong.

Posted on February 3rd, 2014 under Other. Tags: concert photography, death angel, getaway rock festival, metal, Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Death Angel @ Lost On Main (Chico) this Thursday evening (2/6/14)