MAC Center, Monmouth University, 8.30.2012 – Photos of Train playing MAC Center on the campus of Monmouth University. Touring in support of their latest release, California 37, Train played to a sold out house that varied from teenagers to their moms. Click through the break to check out my photo coverage from the night.
Sep 10, 2012 | Categories: Live Music, Pop | Tags: 2012, concert, mac center, monmouth university, New Jersey, pop, Rock, shore, train | Leave A Comment »
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 […]
Jul 17, 2012 | Categories: Live Music | Tags: 2012, Alt Rock, blues, concert, festival, gary clark jr., guitar, live music, New Jersey, orion, orion music + more, Rock, shore | Leave A Comment »
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 »
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.
Jul 07, 2012 | Categories: Heavy Metal, Live Music | Tags: 2012, atlantic city, bader field, baroness, festival, New Jersey, orion, orion music + more, shore | Leave A Comment »
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 […]
Jul 05, 2012 | Categories: Alt Rock, Live Music | Tags: 2012, Alt Rock, atlantic city, bader field, concert, festival, live music, metallica, New Jersey, orion, orion music + more, Rock, shore | 1 Comment »
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 […]
Jul 05, 2012 | Categories: Hardcore | Tags: 2012, atlantic city, bader field, concert, festival, Hardcore, letlive, metallica, New Jersey, orion, orion music + more, post hardcore, shore | 1 Comment »
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 »
Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ 12.9.11 – New York -based Punk Rock band Bayside, touring in support of their first release on Wind Up Records, Killing Time, opened up for headliners The Gaslight Anthem at legendary Asbury Park venue Convention Hall.
Dec 28, 2011 | Categories: Live Music | Tags: Asbury Park, bayside, convention hall, live music, New Jersey, Punk, Rock, shore | Leave A Comment »
Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ, 12.09.11 – I chased rumors of Bruce Springsteen appearing at various venues all summer in 2010 and once came close to capturing him. And one of those times was at The Gaslight Anthem show at the Stone Pony Summer Stage. Yes, I was shooting the show anyway, but once someone […]
Dec 12, 2011 | Categories: Live Music, Punk Rock | Tags: 2011, 59 sound, american slang, Asbury Park, brian fallon, bruce springsteen, concert, convention, convention hall, guest, guitar, hard rock, jersey shore, live music, New Jersey, Punk, Rock, shore, the gaslight anthem | 1 Comment »
Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ 11.22.11 -I’ve shot Chris Cornell 5 times at this point. 4 times on his solo tour and once with Soundgarden. Oh wait, I mean 5 times this year. And 3 times it rained. Hard. For a guy whose roots lie in Seattle. On this night it was a 3 […]
Dec 01, 2011 | Categories: Grunge, Hard Rock | Tags: 2011, acoustic, best buy theater, chris cornell, concert, grunge, hard rock, New Jersey, red bank, Rock, shore, soundgarden, theater, waster | 1 Comment »