BIG photo post
OK here are a bunch of pictures I had scanned already so I could print them out in black and white. If I ever do some kind of photo zine most of these would probably end up in it. Its a bit of a mixed bunch and I've tried to write a little about each band. All these photos are really big! Use in zines, print em out, just let me know what you'd like to do with them.
DRIVEN DOWN - larger image - raw hardcore from North Yorkshire. This was taken at the Redhouse in Manchester, which has now been knocked down. Don't even bother looking for recordings of this lot, if you were there, you were there.
THE NOW DENIAL - larger image - from the Leeds Fenton gig in 2005. The singer has all the best moves. Jumps are easier to take photos of than Michael Jackson style spins. www.thenowdenial.com
KAOSPILOT - larger image - taken at the Man on the Moon in Cambridge way back in 2003. This was another photo that was sitting on my old website, and apparently it got used for Kaospilot's Japanese tour poster! I knew nothing about that at the time. Super nice guys. Most people seem to like the snappier stuff on the 7" and the Neil Perry split but I kinda prefer the full length on Level-Plane.
BURNING THE PROSPECT - larger image - This photo's from the Manchester Beerhouse show on their tour with Valhalla Pacifists that I put on. The downstairs is a really weird shape for watching bands but I seem to remember it being a really good evening. Make sure you check this band out if they pass through your town.
DAMAGE CONTROL - larger image - I've been out of the loop with a lot of youthcrew hardcore recently (starting to all sound the same? never!) but I quite enjoyed this bands' set despite not knowing any of their material. Taken on a crappy borrowed digital camera which gives the images stripes when you resize them. They have a record on Dead and Gone.
ENABLERS - larger image - I've never seen a band unexpectantly come to life live in the same way as these did. They have recordings out on Neurot. This photo was taken at the Klondyke Club in Levenshulme, I guess this is becoming Manchester's version of the Brudenell Social Club. See if you can guess who is standing at the front getting into them. The bill for that night was Acid Mothers Temple, Enablers AND Dalek! Incredible stuff. (sorry about the great big fuckin scratch, seem to remember it being on the negative)
VIALKA - larger image - This is one of those unclassifiable bands that a lot of people will ignore and a lot of people will find everything they've ever wanted out of music in. Vialka are a travelling two-piece who play a crazy hybrid of folk and (almost) metal on guitar and drums with lots of melody and a complete party feel to it all. This show was in a fairly small living room with half the crowd dancing to the point where the guitarist had to constantly stop people jumping on his pedals. Enter their wonderful world at www.vialka.com
DRIVEN DOWN - larger image - raw hardcore from North Yorkshire. This was taken at the Redhouse in Manchester, which has now been knocked down. Don't even bother looking for recordings of this lot, if you were there, you were there.
THE NOW DENIAL - larger image - from the Leeds Fenton gig in 2005. The singer has all the best moves. Jumps are easier to take photos of than Michael Jackson style spins. www.thenowdenial.com
KAOSPILOT - larger image - taken at the Man on the Moon in Cambridge way back in 2003. This was another photo that was sitting on my old website, and apparently it got used for Kaospilot's Japanese tour poster! I knew nothing about that at the time. Super nice guys. Most people seem to like the snappier stuff on the 7" and the Neil Perry split but I kinda prefer the full length on Level-Plane.
BURNING THE PROSPECT - larger image - This photo's from the Manchester Beerhouse show on their tour with Valhalla Pacifists that I put on. The downstairs is a really weird shape for watching bands but I seem to remember it being a really good evening. Make sure you check this band out if they pass through your town.
DAMAGE CONTROL - larger image - I've been out of the loop with a lot of youthcrew hardcore recently (starting to all sound the same? never!) but I quite enjoyed this bands' set despite not knowing any of their material. Taken on a crappy borrowed digital camera which gives the images stripes when you resize them. They have a record on Dead and Gone.
ENABLERS - larger image - I've never seen a band unexpectantly come to life live in the same way as these did. They have recordings out on Neurot. This photo was taken at the Klondyke Club in Levenshulme, I guess this is becoming Manchester's version of the Brudenell Social Club. See if you can guess who is standing at the front getting into them. The bill for that night was Acid Mothers Temple, Enablers AND Dalek! Incredible stuff. (sorry about the great big fuckin scratch, seem to remember it being on the negative)
VIALKA - larger image - This is one of those unclassifiable bands that a lot of people will ignore and a lot of people will find everything they've ever wanted out of music in. Vialka are a travelling two-piece who play a crazy hybrid of folk and (almost) metal on guitar and drums with lots of melody and a complete party feel to it all. This show was in a fairly small living room with half the crowd dancing to the point where the guitarist had to constantly stop people jumping on his pedals. Enter their wonderful world at www.vialka.com
posted by Ant at 8:02 AM
1 Comments:
take it you're refering to Vialka! They do indeed seem to travel like absolute maniacs, back here in about 2 weeks. I'll try and post a picture of the gig poster we made for this, its a massive adapted art print of this jungle painting my sister used to have on her wall. need to find an old frame and nail it up in town.
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