Oct 15, 2006
my biggest gig yet!
ok, the title is a little deceiving. it was my biggest gig - my biggest photography gig that is. the astoria can hold about 1600 people so was a little different to the 100 people capacity clubs i normally shoot at.
the line up was pretty stella, a collection of some of the hottest "the" bands knocking around the uk at the moment - the horrors/the maccabees/the dykeenies/the fratellis.
first up was nu-goth kids, the horrors, and my biggest gig didn't get off to well. trying to convey the whole gothic feel, the band decided to play the first song in the dark! and considering that i only had the first 3 songs to shoot and i couldn't use any flash it wasn't looking too promising.
the lights did come on for the next two songs and the horrors put on a pretty good show. sounding a lot like nirvana in the early bleach days.
the dykeenies up next and i am not sure what they are doing on the tour. very under whelming.
the band that i think should have been headlining the tour, the maccabees, produced another stomping set. they put on a top performance and their tunes are so damn catchy.
i was suprised to find out that my photopass didn't allow me to shoot the headline band, the fratellis. this turned out to be a bit of a blessing in disguise as the fratellis were rubbish. not idea why they are so popular.
as always you can head to my flickr stream to see the rest of the shots from the night, and my biggest gig yet!
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Comments
Mic, you dashing cad! You're a talent, mate, and your missus sure does make purdy pictures! Think I chewed her ear off at Helen and Anna's party last week. Honestly, I don't know where everyone gets their energy from!
Finally pulled my finger out (messy business) and wrote an update for the Scram! site last night, so changes and your excellent pics from the September party up soon.
TTFN. Mwah!
Posted by: Tim Scram! on December 8, 2006 07:00 PM