Steely Cornerstone Funeral Patrol
Since my last post I’ve had a busy busy week, 4 gigs in one week in fact. Starting Sunday 16th September I ventured up for my first Brisbane Entertainment Centre gig [shooting] and it was none other than Steely Dan themselves, wait a minute.. who? Honestly I really don’t know much about them but you can find out more on Myspace.
For 50 somethings this was a great gig with good music and good vocals but for this 20 something I was ready to go after song number 2, yes I’ve had one to many rock gigs to appreciate the real 70’s rock.
Two nights later I was back in Fortitude Valley shooting at one of, if not, my favourite venue The Tivoli. This place has a great media pit [when there is one], great stage lighting and enough stage for a big band to get around on with ease. Tuesday 18th September brought Funeral For A Friend to town and with them a bunch of 15 to 19 year olds dressed in black jokingly taking “Myspace” pictures of themselves, surely these pimply faced myspace kids have better things to do with their time….? surely.
Obviously not as these two boys carried on for at least ten minutes loudly joking “oh let’s take another Myspace picture?!” Hey boys you’re dick heads! ok what were we talking about.. oh right emo bands!
So Funeral For A Friend’s banner lowered from the heavens and the crowd cheered with glee, this band brought with them great stage presence and really good lighting. Being from Wales in the United Kingdom and us being in Queensland he shared with us his annoyance with the Queen of England, I don’t think the kids got it but I had a laugh at least. I don’t know any of their songs and didn’t really listen but I got some pretty good shots and kind of enjoyed the shoot more than I thought.
And sorry if you are emo I really don’t hate you, you just annoy me with your love for boy bands in black.
Next night I was back at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre but this time it was Snow Patrol Wednesday 19th September! As I’m now a seasoned photographer of the BEC [haha] I knew which train to get and where to go, if only Security weren’t so stupid and daft! As expected most of the punters were sporting Kasabian tour shirts or Cold Play shirts to show their love for the UK pop scene my only thought was “What about Robbie” honestly who cares, we were there for Snow Patrol!
These guys know how to bring on the stage lighting [I love lighting can't you tell] Bright greens, blues, whites and my not so favourite red! Everything just seemed to shine and glow as they appeared on 
stage, huge screens appeared from the background but I had no idea what they said as I was too close to the stage.
I knew the first song “Eyes Open” but the next two failed to register, still this was a great to be shooting.
There was good use of the smoke machine and the cool lights that make a starburst from behind the singer [my fave] There was good action from all members of the band and the crowd really seemed to get involved!
You can find a different photo of Snow Patrol in this weeks RAVE Magazine the one printed is not found on Flickr.
By the time Friday 21st September rolled around I was feeling it but I had to be back in Fortitude Valley to see Cornerstone Roots at The Zoo. New Zealand reggae represent! I have not much to say about this gig but “who let the dreads out ‘mon?” The place was high as a kite and infested with hair roaches [kidding!] I was molested down the front by some tiny white chick obviously mistaking me for a guy and another hitting my camera bag. I shot one and a half songs and I left, the end!
Coming Soon: Little Birdy*, Breakout 07*
*TBC
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