Day 287 – Best Wishes to Matthew: Today I heard that Matthew Leone, Madina Lake’s bassist who I interviewed and photographed last October, was viciously attacked in Chicago after stopping a guy beating up his wife. Matthew is currently in a very serious condition in hospital, my thoughts are with him, his family and bandmates.
Day 183 – A Great Man: I was at the Villa today to see their disappointing draw with Wolves, but one highlight before the match was finally getting a look at the club’s statue of William McGregor, a Villa legend responsible for inventing the idea of a football league. A top statue to recognise someone who had a top idea!
Day 131 – The Jewel of the Black Country: The phrase “Today I had the pleasure of visiting” is not usually followed by “Wolverhampton” unless you’re taking the piss, and I’m very serious so I’ll just say this…Today I visited Wolverhampton. This photo shows what nice pavements they have – I’m glad I only normally have to see it at night when I’m covering a gig!
Day 75 – The Answer rock Wolves: This is Mickey Waters, bassist with Northern Ireland’s finest band – The Answer. Tonight they played Wolverhampton’s Wulfrun Hall and I was there to cover it for Birmingham Live and to chat to Mickey for the Daily Dust. The band put on a great show and it surely won’t be long before they’re huge. Mickey was a top bloke as well – happy days!
Day 72 – Notorhead: Tonight I was meant to be photographing Motorhead in Wolverhampton, I’d even been approved for my pass. But then I found out that, because it’s a Sunday and that’s a valid reason for trains being crap, i would have had to left Wolverhampton an hour before I was aiming to get there to catch the last train home – brilliant. So instead, we went to watch Nativity, the film with Alan Carr and Martin Freeman set in Coventry with scenes in the cathedral ruins. I visited those ruins last year and quite like this HDR shot.
Day 40 – Sharply Dressed Men: Today has been spent almost entirely editing photos from the ZZ Top/Steel Panther show in Wolverhampton last night. I was one of only five photographers allowed to cover the show, so feel really, really honoured to have done so. My review will go up on The Daily Dust soon.
Day 39 – Feel the Steel: This handsome chap is called Satchel, and he plays guitar in the amazing band Steel Panther. I interviewed him this evening for The Daily Dust before his band opened up for classic rock legends ZZ Top at Wolverhampton Civic Hall. Death to all but metal!
Day 19 – Busy, Busy, Busy: Forgive me for living in the past somewhat, but today has all been about yesterday for me. I’ve spent the whole day editing a mountain of pics from last night’s Papa Roach gig in Wolverhampton, which is why today’s pic is another from then. The guy in today’s shot is Matthew Leone, a very nice chap who plays bass with Madina Lake. I interviewed him for The Daily Dust and grabbed a few shots of him afterwards. He was very welcoming and genuine, as were the rest of his bandmates, and it was a pleasure to get to meet him!
Day 18 – Are You Ready to Rock?: So, I’ve just got back from one of the gigs of the year at Wolverhampton Civic Hall, and I was lucky enough to meet all of the bands involved and get some cool portraits of them. The show was headlined by the stars of today’s picture – Papa Roach – who were really friendly and welcoming people and a pleasure to do a portrait session with as they are one of my all-time favourites. Then there was support from Madina Lake who were possible the nicest and most genuine guys I’ve ever met in a band, and also British lot Heaven’s Basement. I was covering the gig for my new live music section on the Daily Dust, so keep checking there for the review and interviews from tonight’s show.
365 Days of Photos 