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.
Photos: Gary Clark Jr. at Orion Music + More
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ 6.24.2012 – When Gary Clark Jr. took the stage to play his first note at Orion Festival, it wasn’t at the beginning of his set. Gary Clark Jr. sound checks himself. So if you were waiting at his stage early enough, you got an extra dose of Gary Clark Jr. at […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Photos: The Gaslight Anthem at Orion Festival
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ, 6.23.2012 – The Gaslight Anthem packed up the van and headed south 50 miles to Atlantic City to the Orion Music + More festival. No matter how far the drive, if it’s in New Jersey it always feels like a hometown show. Check out my pics from The Gaslight Anthem’s […]
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 […]
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.
Photos: Arctic Monkeys at Orion Music Festival
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ 6.23.2012 – The Arctic Monkeys headlined the 2nd stage at Metallica’s inaugural Orion Music + More festival at Bader Field and obviously won over some heavy metal fans in the process. They put on a great set and the only hiccup was that people were eager to head over to the main stage to […]
Photos: Baroness at Orion Music + More
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ, 6.23.12 – Baroness opened the main stage at Orion Music + More festival with a roar. Check out my pics from this Georgia based metal band by clicking through the break.
Photos: Cage the Elephant at Orion Festival
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ, 6.23.2012 – When Metallica announced the line-up for Orion Music + More Festival at Bader Field in Atlantic City, some were surprised at their choice in line-up. People assumed that Metallica’s inaugural festival would be all metal bands. When the announcement had bands like Cage the Elephant, Arctic Monkeys, The […]
Photos: Letlive at Orion Music + More Festival
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ, 6.23.12 – Before heading out to Orion Music + More Festival I went over the line-up with my editor at Rolling Stone to see what bands they wanted coverage of. Orion did a great job with trying to not overlap sets too much but at festivals this always happens. So […]
