Testament’s Chuck Billy

Testament kicked off their headlining tour (Dark Roots of Thrash Tour) last night in San Francisco. Also on the bill are Overkill, Flotsam and Jetsam, and 4ARM. Testament will wrap up the U.S. portion of the tour in Sacramento at the Ace of Spades, where I took today’s photo last year, on February 28.

Posted on January 31st, 2013 under Other. Tags: concert photography, nikon d7000, sigma 85mm f/1.4 lens, testament. Comments Off on Chuck Billy

Zepparella in Eugene, Oregon @ McDonald Theatre

If you are in or near Tahoe/Reno or San Francisco or if you are traveling to one of these places this weekend, then you will want to check out Zepparella, the all-female Led Zeppelin cover band. Friday night they are playing at the Crystal Bay Casino and Saturday night they return home to play at Slim’s in SF. As an added bonus Clementine’s band “Stars Turn Me On” and “The Gretchen Menn Band” are opening both nights. You can’t see Clementine (the drummer) in the above photo, but Gretchen is the guitarist on the right.

Peeking through the curtains on the side are a couple of the members of Hell’s Belles who were also playing on the evening I took this pic. The next shows for Hell’s Belles will be in Oregon (Corvallis @ The Majestic Theatre on 2/15 and Bend @ The Old Mill on 2/16).

Zepparella / Hells Belles McDonald Theater poster

Posted on January 29th, 2013 under Oregon. Tags: concert photography, hell's belles, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Nikon D600, zepparella. Comments Off on Zepparella live in Tahoe and San Francisco this weekend

Troy Sanders and Bill Kelliher of Mastodon

My random, desktop image of the day (above) reminded me that the Monsters University movie (coming out in less than five months) should be great, if for no other reason than the fact that Mastodon recorded one of the songs for it.

Posted on January 26th, 2013 under Denmark. Tags: concert photography, mastodon, Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000, roskilde festival. Comments Off on Monsters University

Noelle Doughty and Gretchen Menn of Zepparella @ McDonald Theatre, Eugene, Oregon – January 12, 2013

Today’s photo comes from the Zepparella and Hell’s Belles show this past weekend in Eugene. I’ll be posting more photos of Zepparella here.

Posted on January 17th, 2013 under Other. Tags: concert photography, eugene, metal, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Nikon D600, video, zepparella. Comments: 1

Hell’s Belles onstage at the McDonald Theatre in Eugene, Oregon

Mandy Leinenweber on bass for Hell’s Belles (AC/DC all-female cover band)

Adrian Conner on lead guitar for Hell’s Belles (picture Angus Young on speed but in a more attractive, younger, female form)

Amber Saxon (Australian native–just like AC/DC) on lead vocals for Hell’s Belles

Lisa Brisbois on rhythm guitar for Hell’s Belles

Hell’s Belles @ McDonald Theatre – Eugene, Oregon – January 12, 2013

Posted on January 14th, 2013 under Oregon. Tags: concert photography, eugene, hell's belles, metal, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on More photos of Hell’s Belles at the McDonald Theatre