Music Photography by Joe Papeo

Archive for November, 2011

My Holiday Camera Buying Guide

My Holiday Camera Buying Guide

I can not begin to tell you how many emails I get asking what camera someone should buy their spouse for the holidays.  Its a tough question to answer.  So I’ll give you my opinion, which is worth the bandwidth it is being displayed on, and a little advice on some specific cameras. First, most […]


Teaser: The Cure at The Beacon Theatre

Teaser: The Cure at The Beacon Theatre

Teaser: Chris Cornell at Carnegie Hall & Count Basie Theatre

Teaser: Chris Cornell at Carnegie Hall & Count Basie Theatre

Click through for Carnegie Hall….


Judas Priest at Izod Center

Judas Priest at Izod Center

Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ, 11.18.11 – Judas Priest’s farewell Epitaph World Tour, which has seen them headline major arenas, rock festivals, and an appearance with James Durbin on American Idol, made a stop at New Jersey’s Izod Center one last time.


Photos: Lykke Li at The Wellmont Theatre

Photos: Lykke Li at The Wellmont Theatre

The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ 11.17.11 – There are some performers who are just amazingly talented but don’t have a great connection to the audience when on stage.  But you go enjoy their live show anyway just to witness the talent.  Then their are performers who just know how to connect with the crowd, even […]


Teaser: Judas Priest at Izod Center

Teaser: Judas Priest at Izod Center

Classic arena rock show.  Click through for one more….


Teaser: Lykke Li at The Wellmont Theatre

Teaser: Lykke Li at The Wellmont Theatre

Click through for a bonus image….


Photos: Fitz & The Tantrums at Terminal 5 11.10.11

Photos: Fitz & The Tantrums at Terminal 5 11.10.11

Terminal 5, NYC 11.10.11 – Heralded by Rolling Stone as one of the bands to watch in 2010, and having one of the biggest hits of the summer with Moneygrabber, Fitz & The Tantrums made a stop atTerminal 5, with an earlier pitstop at Occupy Wall Street,  in support of their current record Pickin’ Up […]


Photos: Goo Goo Dolls at The Wellmont Theatre 11.11.11

Photos: Goo Goo Dolls at The Wellmont Theatre 11.11.11

The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ, 11.11.11 – After completing an outdoor tour this summer in support of their latest release Something for the Rest of Us, the Goo Goo Dolls continued to make their way through the US on a run of indoor shows and stopping in New Jersey at The Wellmont Theatre along the […]


Photos: The Pretty Reckless at Terminal 5 11.1.11

Photos: The Pretty Reckless at Terminal 5 11.1.11

Terminal 5, NYC, 11.1.11 – On the last stop of their support for Evanescence in the US, before they hit the road for Europe for a month and then return to the states to open for Guns and Roses, The Pretty Reckless stopped in to 56th street at Terminal 5 to feature their new release […]


Photos: Panic! at the Disco at Starland Ballroom 11/4/11

Photos: Panic! at the Disco at Starland Ballroom 11/4/11

Starland Ballroom, Sayerville, NJ 11.4.11 – Touring in support of their March 2011 release Vices & Virtues, the 2 original members of Panic! at the Disco made a stop in beautiful Sayerville NJ to take over Starland Ballroom for a night. 


Teaser: Goo Goo Dolls at The Wellmont Theatre

Teaser: Goo Goo Dolls at The Wellmont Theatre

Teaser: Walk the Moon at Terminal 5

Teaser: Walk the Moon at Terminal 5

Showing us there is no gravity on the moon….appropriate.


Teaser: Panic! at the Disco at Starland Ballroom

Teaser: Panic! at the Disco at Starland Ballroom

Photos: Evanescence at Terminal 5 11.1.11

Photos: Evanescence at Terminal 5 11.1.11

Terminal 5, NYC, 11.1.11 – This was a show I had marked on my calendar for quite a while.   I couldn’t wait to shoot Evanescence and check out the new line-up live.  A lot of old Evanescence fans constantly say how the new line-up isn’t Evanescence an that the new band is just not as […]


Photos: New Found Glory at the Best Buy Theater 10.28.11

Photos: New Found Glory at the Best Buy Theater 10.28.11

Best Buy Theater, NYC, 10.28.11 – Touring in support of their latest release, “Radiosurgery“, New Found Glory is touring hard (check out their dates) on the Pop Punk’s Not Dead Tour.  They made a stop at the Best Buy Theater the night before a show with a home-town feel at the Starland Ballroom in New […]


Teaser: The Pretty Reckless at Terminal 5

Teaser: The Pretty Reckless at Terminal 5

Photos: G Love & Special Sauce at Irving Plaza

Photos: G Love & Special Sauce at Irving Plaza

Irving Plaza, NYC, 10.26.11 – The first time I saw, or even heard of, G Love was back when he opened for Blues Traveler at Roseland in either 1994-1995, and I was hooked.  There’s nothing showy about G Love.  They are the perfect “chilling out” music, like sitting by the pool on a hot Saturday […]


Review: My New Broken Record Vinyl Collection Cuff Bracelet

Review: My New Broken Record Vinyl Collection Cuff Bracelet

Back in May I was in Vegas for the ump-teenth time and made my way into the store at the Hard Rock Hotel.  There in the back I saw they had this very unique product they were selling.  It was a cuff-style bracelet in leather with carefully cut pieces of a vinyl LP stitched to […]


Photos: Neon Trees at Madison Square Garden 10.25.11

Photos: Neon Trees at Madison Square Garden 10.25.11

Madison Square Garden, NYC, 10.25.11 – This was my second time shooting Neon Trees.  The first time was earlier this year when they opened for My Chemical Romance and I shot them by chance.  The band, and Tyler especially, blew me away.  This time I made sure to cover them when they opened for Duran […]


Teaser: Evanescence at Terminal 5

Teaser: Evanescence at Terminal 5

Published: Chris Cornell “Songbook V1” Album Art

Published: Chris Cornell "Songbook V1" Album Art

Town Hall, NYC 4.13.11 – I traveled in to Manhattan to Town Hall for a show I was very much looking forward to.  Chris Cornell, front man for hard rock band Soundgarden, solo and acoustic.  Yeah, it had me intrigued as well.  We were told to shoot songs 7, 8, and 9 only.  When Chris […]