Megadeth at the Wellmont Theater
The Wellmont Theater, Montclair, NJ, 11.29.2013 – Photos of heavy metal royalty Megadeth at The Wellmont Theater on November 29, 2013.
Dec 10, 2013 | Categories: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal | Tags: chris broderick, concert photography, dave elefson, dave mustaine, hard rock, Heavy Metal, joe papeo, megadeth, Metal | Leave A Comment »
Metallica at the Apollo Theatre
Apollo Theatre, Harlem, NY, 9.21.2013 – Photos of the legendary Heavy Metal band Metallica at the legendary Apollo Theatre for SiriusXM Radio’s special subscriber event in Harlem, NY on September 21, 2013.
Sep 25, 2013 | Categories: Heavy Metal, Live Music | Tags: apollo theatre, concert, concert review, concerts photos, harlem, Heavy Metal, james hetfield, joe papeo, lars ulrich, Metal, metallica, music photos, review, siriusxm | Leave A Comment »
Ghost at Webster Hall
Webster Hall, NYC, 5.11.2013 – Live music photos of Swedish doom metal band Ghost at Webster Hall in New York City on May 11, 2013. Click through the break if you dare.
May 14, 2013 | Categories: Heavy Metal, Live Music | Tags: concert, concert photography, concert review, ghost, ghost bc, Heavy Metal, joe papeo, Webster Hall | Leave A Comment »
All That Remains at The Wellmont
The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ, 5.2.2013 – Live music photos of heavy metal band All That Remains opening for Volbeat at The Wellmont Theatre on May 2, 2013. Click through for the photos.
May 09, 2013 | Categories: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Live Music | Tags: all that remains, concert photography, concert photos, concert review, hard rock, Heavy Metal, joe papeo, montclair, the wellmont theatre | Leave A Comment »
Volbeat at The Wellmont Theatre
The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ, May 2, 2013 – Live music photos of Volbeat, touring in support of their latest release ‘Outlaw Gentleman and Shady Ladies’ at The Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, NJ on May 2, 2013. Click through for all the photos from the show.
May 08, 2013 | Categories: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Live Music | Tags: 2013, concert photography, concert photos, hard rock, Heavy Metal, joe papeo, live music, montclair, the wellmont theatre, volbeat | Leave A Comment »
Photos: Blue Oyster Cult at Best Buy Theater
Best Buy Theater, NYC, 11.05.2012 – Rock legends Blue Oyster Cult put on a special 40th Anniversary show that featured the band’s current line-up as well as a special reunion of the original Blue Oyster Cult line-up in what was a historic show at Best Buy Theater. Check out the pics from the show and […]
Nov 08, 2012 | Categories: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Live Music | Tags: 2012, best buy theater, blue oyster cult, boc, hard rock, Heavy Metal, live music, New York City, Rock | Leave A Comment »
Photos: Rush at Prudential Center
Prudential Center, Newark, NJ, 10.20.2012 – Rush, the band with the label “Greatest Band not to be in the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame” showed a sold-out Prudential Center in Newark that not being in the Hall doesn’t mean they aren’t legends. The 3 piece brought in a string section for their second set […]
Oct 21, 2012 | Categories: Heavy Metal, Live Music | Tags: hard rock, Heavy Metal, live nation, prudential center, psychedelic rock, rush | 4 Comments »
Photos: Testament at The Wellmont Theatre
The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ, 10.5.2012 – Testament closed out their co-headlining run with Anthrax at The Wellmont Theatre in Montclair last week. Check out the photos by clicking through the break.
Oct 11, 2012 | Categories: Heavy Metal | Tags: 2012, bowery presents, Heavy Metal, New Jersey, Rock, testament, wellmont theatre | Leave A Comment »
Photos: Anthrax at The Wellmont Theatre
The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ, 10.5.2012 – Anthrax brought their legendary heavy metal status to a legendary theater when they closed out their co-headlining tour with Testament at The Wellmont Theatre in Montclair. Check out the photos from the Anthrax half of the headlining show by clicking through below.
Oct 10, 2012 | Categories: Heavy Metal | Tags: 2012, anthrax, bowery presents, concert, Heavy Metal, live music, montclair, Rock, wellmont theatre | Leave A Comment »
Photos: Slash with Myles Kennedy at The Wellmont Theatre
The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ, – Slash, continuing to establish himself as a hard rock guitar god even after Guns ‘n Roses, played with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators to a sold out house at The Wellmont Theatre. Check out my photos of the ever top hat wearing Slash below.
Aug 19, 2012 | Categories: Heavy Metal, Live Music | Tags: 2012, Heavy Metal, live music, Metal, montclair, New Jersey, wellmont theatre | Leave A Comment »
Photos: Metallica at Orion Music + More Day 2
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ, 6.24.2012 – Metallica headlined their Orion Music + More festival and on night 2 played the Black Album in its entirety. Check out my pics from Metallica by clicking the link below.
Jul 18, 2012 | Categories: Heavy Metal, Live Music | Tags: 2012, atlantic city, festival, guitar, Heavy Metal, metallica, New Jersey, orion, orion music + more, Rock | Leave A Comment »
Photos: Ghost at Orion Music + More
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ, 6.24.2012 – Ghost was a band I heard about, but until they stepped on stage at Metallica’s Orion Music + More festival I couldn’t really grasp what I was about to experience. Ghost creeped me out. And like a dad explaining a scary part of a movie to his young […]
Jul 17, 2012 | Categories: Heavy Metal | Tags: 2012, atlantic city, concert, festival, ghost, Heavy Metal, live music, Metal, New Jersey, orion, orion music + more, Rock, shore | 1 Comment »
Photos: Volbeat at Orion Music + More
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ, 6.24.2012 – Volbeat played a mid-day set at Metallica’s Orion Music + More festival that featured the band’s heavy metal sound along with a cover of both Johnny Cash and Dusty Springfield. Check out my pics of Volbeat at Orion festival by clicking through the link.
Jul 17, 2012 | Categories: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Live Music | Tags: 2012, atlantic city, concert, festival, hard rock, Heavy Metal, live music, Metal, New Jersey, orion, orion music + more, Rock | Leave A Comment »
Photos: The Sword at Orion Music + More
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ, 6.23.2012 – The Sword was introduced by Rob Trujillo and was one of the few bands to draw the attention of 2 members of Metallica at the Orion Music + More festival when James Hetfield was seen standing stage right to watch the show. Check out my pics from their mid-day set […]
Jul 09, 2012 | Categories: Heavy Metal, Live Music | Tags: 2012, atlantic city, concert, festival, Heavy Metal, Metal, orion, orion music + more, Rock, the sword | Leave A Comment »
Photos: Jim Breuer’s Heavy Metal Comedy Tour at Orion
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ 6.23.2012 – Jim Breuer was invited to Orion Music + More festival for one part comedy and a second part heavy metal mockery/tribute. And while most gathered around teh stage for a laugh what they actually found out that Jim Breuer has a great voice and could probably have led […]
Jul 09, 2012 | Categories: Live Music | Tags: 2012, comedy, festival, Heavy Metal, jim breuer, live music, New Jersey, orion, orion music + more, Rock | Leave A Comment »
Photos: Metallica at Orion Music + More – Day 1
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ 6.23.2012 – Metallica, headlining their inaugural Orion Music + More festival at Atlantic City’s Bader Field, headlined day 1 with Ride the Lightning in its entirety. Click through the check out the pics from their nearly 2 1/2 hour closing set.
Jul 07, 2012 | Categories: Heavy Metal, Live Music | Tags: 2012, atlantic city, Heavy Metal, live music, Metal, metallica, New Jersey, orion, orion music + more, Rock | Leave A Comment »
Photos: Sleigh Bells played Terminal 5 2.17.12
Terminal 5, NYC, 2.17.12 – Just a night before Sleigh Bells took the stage at Saturday Night Live, they played a “warm-up” at New York City’s Terminal 5. The crowd was there early to get their spot up front since Terminal 5 is a general admission venue. This night marked the launch of “The Bowery […]
Mar 12, 2012 | Categories: Alt Rock, Pop | Tags: 2012, Alt Rock, bowery, bowery presents, concert, female, guitar, Heavy Metal, New York City, pop, Rock, sleigh bells, Terminal 5 | Leave A Comment »
Photos: Van Halen played Madison Square Garden (MSG) 2.28.12
Madison Square Garden, NYC, 2.28.12 – It was a day that many Van Halen didn’t think would actually come again. They’ve tried this before. Getting the band back together. Could David Lee Roth successfully come back to lead the band he fronted through some of the greatest hard rock is history? Well, for now he […]
Mar 01, 2012 | Categories: Hard Rock, Live Music, Pop | Tags: 2012, concert, guitar, hard rock, Heavy Metal, live music, madison square garden, msg, New York, New York City, pop, Rock | Leave A Comment »
Photos: Testament at Best Buy Theater 2.8.12
Best Buy Theater, NYC, 2.8.12 – It was an east coast – west coast night of heavy metal as San Francisco thrash metal legends Testament teamed up for a co-headlining bill with their east coast counterparts Anthrax at the Best Buy Theater.
Feb 27, 2012 | Categories: Heavy Metal | Tags: 2012, best buy theater, Heavy Metal, live music, New York City, Rock, testament | 8 Comments »
Photos: Anthrax at Best Buy Theater 2.8.12
Best Buy Theater, NYC, 2.8.12 – Anthrax, continuing their tiresome touring schedule and making their 4th appearance in New York City in the past 7 months, Anthrax made their third trip to a sold out Best Buy Theater with co-headliners Testament in support of their critically acclaimed 2011 release Worship Music.
Feb 16, 2012 | Categories: Heavy Metal, Live Music | Tags: 2012, anthrax, best buy theater, concert, Heavy Metal, live music, New York City, scott ian, thrash metal | 6 Comments »
Photos: The 2011 Year in Review
Well folks, 2011 is in the bag and I can not thank you enough for the support this year. 2011 saw some amazing milestones including the launch of irocktheshot.com and I could not have hit any of these without your support. So I wanted to take a look back at 2011 and pull out some […]
Jan 04, 2012 | Categories: Live Music, Review | Tags: 2011, acoustic, against me, Alt Rock, Asbury Park, best buy theater, blues, bon jovi, bowery, bruce springsteen, bush, chevelle, chris cornell, concert, convention hall, dave matthews band, Deftones, disturbed, festival, flaming lips, foster the people, gaslight anthem, godsmack, goo goo dolls, grunge, guitar, hard rock, Heavy Metal, hip-hop, irving plaza, Jam Bands, jon bon jovi, live music, lykke li, megadeth, Metal, montclair, New Jersey, new wave, New York City, PNC, pop, progressive, Punk, rise against, Rock, shore, snoop dogg, soundgarden, Terminal 5, the cure, the smithereens, walk the moon, weezer, wellmont theatre, wiz khalifa, young the giant | Leave A Comment »
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.
Nov 22, 2011 | Categories: Heavy Metal, Live Music | Tags: 2011, concert, fire, hard rock, Heavy Metal, izod, izod center, live music, Metal, New Jersey, Rock | 2 Comments »
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 […]
Nov 09, 2011 | Categories: Heavy Metal, Live Music | Tags: 2011, Alt Rock, bowery, bowery presents, concert, drummer, Heavy Metal, live music, New York, New York City, pop, Rock, Terminal 5 | 1 Comment »
Photos: Anthrax’s Secret Show at The Best Buy Theater 9.12.11
Best Buy Theater, Times Square, NYC, 9.12.11 – 30 years of being at the forefront of the thrash metal scene, their first new album in 9 years, the return of singer Joey Belladonna and an impending hometown show with the Big 4 at Yankee Stadium were all reasons to celebrate for Anthrax. Bands go on […]
Sep 19, 2011 | Categories: Heavy Metal, Live Music | Tags: 2011, best buy theater, concert, Heavy Metal, live music, New York City, Rock | 2 Comments »