Never judge a book by it's cover!

Seeing a lineup such as the Kerrang! Tour of 2013 is hard to resist applying for and shooting a bunch of bands that I usually wouldn't listen to. The sort of music Kerrang has slowly evolved into is more into the new age rock of the 21st century which mainly consists (of what I would call) 'screamo' music. I still stand by my guns with that and won't suddenly begin to like it but after witnessing the Kerrang! Tour I can say that the main headliners The Black Vaile Brides were a great bunch of performers and entertainers! To say the least....

First up was Fearless Vampire Killers who I was late to shoot as I was trying to sort out a photo pass that had been misplaced... however I managed to quickly snap a few photos in the last 10 seconds of the 3rd song haha. I was then quickly ushered out of the pit and into the sweaty crowd of teenagers. The following band Tonight Alive were a band from 'down under' and I must say I really enjoyed shooting these guys, they were great with the crowd and the toggers; pointing and gesturing to the crowd all sorts of actions to engage them with their music.

Chiodos was the penultimate band to perform and this is sort of band that would usually make me cringe as all I hear really is a deeper voiced Jaba the Hut but with a really bad cough... not my sort of thing but again I can't judge a book by it's cover as they were actually really good. They entertained the crowd and had such a high level of energy on stage.

 

The main act of the night, Black Veil Brides, hit of their set with a bit of a bumpy start as lead singer Andy Biersack injured himself on entering the stage causing the first song to be put on hold while paramedics tended to the frontman. Not what they had in mind! The guys were great fun to shoot, giving the toggers in the pit everything they wanted, the poses, the outrageous moves and the exaggerated playing styles. Grabbing as many action shots as I could the time in the pit went quicker than any other gig I have shot and would love to have the chance to shoot them again. Again not really my sort of music but they were great!

 

 

Hopefully more gigs will be coming my way this year including Journey, Whitesnake, Lawson, McFly and maybe a Kasabian charity gig at Doncaster sports hall!