Escape The Fate, Black Tide, and Burn Halo at Recher Theatre (Towson, MD)

Escape The Fate:




Black Tide:




Burn Halo:



I had the pleasure of shooting Escape The Fate, Black Tide, and Burn Halo at Recher Theatre in Towson on Feb 19. I had never seen any of these bands before and was pleasantly surprised. All of the bands were very high energy and a lot of fun.

The line for this show was insane. I'm sure the show was sold out. Luckily there's a bar right next door to the venue, so I was able to hide out from the bitter cold for the hour it took the line to die down and enjoy some $2.25 vodka sodas. The price still shocks me - they're so cheap it's like they're free.

Although the lighting at this venue is a bit underwhelming, I got a few shots I'm pleased with and met some super friendly local photographers whom I'm sure I'll be seeing regularly in the barricades.

Look for Escape The Fate and Black Tide this summer on the Vans Warped Tour!

Thursday's Common Existence (attempted) Review

(This photo is NOT by me. This is the album artwork)

I was given the opportunity to review the latest release from Thursday, Common Existence. While struggling with how to review an album I stumbled across a 'guest review' in Rolling Stone by Patrick Stump of Fall out Boy where he says he sees a strong connection between songwriting and rock criticism and stated that "Any songwriter should be able to review a record... and all reviewers should be able to write a song." Agreed.

Although I've played many instruments, I've never known how to read music. I have this crazy ability to hear something once and mimic it and essentially faked my way through band - and keeping my first chair status. I've never written a song in my adult life. I have always loved music and got into band photography because of this love and my background in photography.

But I do know this...

I have always loved Thursday. They're amazing live and do the best cover I've ever heard - The Buzzcocks' Ever Fallen in Love - on the Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Soundtrack.

This latest Epitaph release, Common Existence, is amazing and is everything I expected from this compassionate, talented bunch of musicians.

Thank you, Epitaph, for this opportunity. I should probably stick to photography and leave the album reviews to musicians. : )

Look for my photos of Thursday from the upcoming Taste of Chaos show on this blog site soon!