I hope I look as good as Wolf when I turn 53. He was “only” 51 when I took this photo, but still…

Posted on December 10th, 2012 under Other. Tags: accept, getaway rock festival, metal, nikon d7000, people, Tamron AF 17-50mm F/2.8. Comments Off on Happy Birthday Wolf Hoffmann!

While I was getting into metal bands in the 1980s, COC was a punk band so I never got into them. Although I came to like Suicidal Tendencies, who crossed over from punk to metal, I suppose I never heard enough of COC once they made the switch to metal to come to appreciate them.

At the Getaway Rock Festival, where I took today’s photos, I was so tired when COC hit the stage that this wasn’t the best of opportunities to fall in love. Instead, I headed for my hotel halfway through their set in order to take a nap. I made it back to the festival just in time for Ghost.

Woody Weatherman of COC

Posted on December 2nd, 2012 under Other. Tags: concert photography, corrosion of conformity, getaway rock festival, metal, Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Corrosion of Conformity

My random, desktop image of the day is the one above from the Getaway Rock Festival. Death Angel was on stage behind me.

I thought about driving down to Santa Rosa to see Death Angel perform yesterday, but it didn’t happen. To make matters worse, the show I was going to see in Southern Oregon got cancelled.

Posted on October 21st, 2012 under Other. Tags: death angel, getaway rock festival, metal, Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000, sweden. Comments Off on Death Angel crowd in Sweden

Enslaved‘s last few efforts have been so magnificent, so perfect and complex, that I’m very excited to hear their new release entitled “Riitiir.”

Posted on October 2nd, 2012 under Other. Tags: enslaved, getaway rock festival, nikon d7000, Tamron AF 17-50mm F/2.8. Comments Off on Enslaved’s “Riitiir” comes out in North America in one week

Mille Petrozza of Kreator

A few seconds before the moment captured in the entry from a year ago today…

Posted on August 31st, 2012 under Other. Tags: getaway rock festival, kreator. Comments Off on Mille Petrozza of Kreator