MC Lars!

There’s actually a funny story behind this dude here…I saw Bowling for Soup play a show in Chicago a few years ago and MC Lars opened the show.  All I can say is, well, he sucked.  I even thought he was british for the longest time.  The guys from AOF tried to convince me to see him again and give him another shot, so I figured I would one day.

Flash forward to about 3 months ago, going to see The Aquabats at a show in San Diego.  I walk in and there’s a guy on stage, in an Aquabat uniform.  I’m thinking “Oh Shit, I missed part of the bats!”, but alas, the other guys in the band (he had a baaand, huge plus!) had MC Lars shirts on, so I put 2 and 2 together…He’s a whole lot better now and I can say I’m a believer, it only took one show to turn me around…

BTW – Did you know Hot Topic was NOT Punk Rock?  I’m glad someone is finally saying it…

Enjoy the photos, and a few shots of the Suburban Legends too…

The Donnas

I had the extraordinary pleasure of driving 4 hours to the middle of the desert to shoot video of The Donnas playing live at Desert Moon 2, a show they throw for their fan club at Pappy and Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace…it’s a rockin little gin joint that fills with people for this super exclusive set. If you get a chance to go and experience this, it is so worth the trip, I promise.

but, I digress…

A few nights ago I caught them at the Hard Rock Cafe for a Breast Cancer benefit show, and snapped a few rockin pics of the girls…check em out, enjoy!

btw – there are also a few pics of the All American Rejects in there too…

Streetlight Manifesto

This was a show that kind of reminded me of the shows I used to go see back in chicago…hot, small, sweaty clubs filled with kids kicking each other in the face…ahh good times.  I’m not going to wax poetic about how much I love Streetlight, because there just isn’t enough time in the day.  All I can say is their horn section is like a UFC fighter: not to be fucked with…real powerful stuff, be sure to catch their latest project “99 Songs of Revolution,” as they attempt to cover 99 songs on one (I’m assuming) collection of cd’s…

BTW – The AKA’s and Fear Nuttin Band both played and there are photos of them below also

Four Year Strong

Very rarely do I meet a guy who I truly idolize, but this was the case when I went to vegas to shoot Four Year Strong and met Evan, the fearless tour manager for the band…he too is an amatuer photographer, and you can catch some of his work here… there are also some photos in here for some other bands, so I’ll let you dig through and see them, but as for Four Year Strong, I’ll give my world famous “one sentance” concert review: “Four Year Strong’s odd rythms make their cd a bit hard to listen to, but their live show has as much energy and catchiness, if not more, than A New Found Glory; and if you’ve ever seen NFG live, you know that’s a big statement to make”…there I said it, so go see these guys live, even if you question their recorded stuff; you’ll have a blast and walk away with a very different impression of the band…enjoy the photos (the ones that turned out, anyway)

Flogging Molly

I saw these guys by accident a few years ago and I absolutly fell in love…so much fun, and so much Guiness!  Enjoy!

BTW – This post also includes photos of Beat Union and The Loved Ones…