zen guerrilla at UD

I found this shot of zen guerrilla recently, even though i took it probably in 2000. It's crazy I even got a picture like this because this show was so bluesy and mellow, and Marcus was sitting down most of the time. I only remember this because this show was the opposite of the one they played the night before at the East End where they killed it with the rock, including the Iron Maiden and Rolling Stones covers. Probably the best show i ever saw at that place. Of course, no photos from that night because I was too busy drinking and rocking out. Now I regret it a little.

old newark bands

I dug through the crates and found a bunch of old photos from Newark bands from the late '90s and early 2000s. I never claimed to be a good music photographer and going through these negatives was pretty embarrassing and funny at the same time. First of all my composition sucks. I'm always cutting some shit off in the dark. I also realized I CANNOT shoot drummers at all for some dumb reason, so I'm going to apologize in advance for not having any good shots of Steve Hollis or Rif. If I have a single decent photo of a drummer I'll build a time machine. Anyway, some of you might remember these shows because they weren't *that* long ago. They're old but not like Fire Tribe old. All photos via the Nikon F4, and I thankfully didn't use the 14mm fisheye on any of these.

Unleash the Bastards at Girls Inc.
I know I still have this tape or cd somewhere...




hey look, it's that guy from Dr. Dog

Miles to Failure at Girls Inc.

in case you didn't know, Allen Hitchens was straight edge back then.


and emo. Sorry Allen, haha.

Trailer Park Riot and The Bureaubrats at East End Cafe
These were two of my favorite bands to see toward the end of my time in Newark. I still have that 7" and a tape Rif gave me. Trailer Park Riot was Ken Adams, Nate Eggink, Scottie Curran, and Steve Hollis. Bureaubrats was Dave (Aaron Watkins), Lee Dickerson, Jon Riffenburg, and some metal dude; I don't know his name. They also had one of my favorite songs of all time called "Grave Digger." When I was in seventh grade, Aaron was one grade above me. We went to this tiny Catholic school in Maryland and there was this custodian we called Mr. Wally and he had been at the school forever. A couple years earlier Mr. Wally got cancer and he died around the same time Aaron got in trouble at school and was suspended, only instead of making him stay home from school the nuns sent him across the street to dig Mr. Wally's grave. Fucking incredible.









again, no pics of Steve or Rif. sorry dudes. i suck.

cabin living

saturday smornings




corrina, gabby, ernie. dinner time.


zach, so gangster he sits shotgun in his own car. he has a blog with much better photos than these, here.


China-Eazey




danny and his girl at Camelback. never have a party without this guy and Zach.


pig showing his girl corrina how to skate.


kevin about 30 seconds from busting his ass on a powerslide




see?


new friends. putting on the zipline harness.






lord chesterfield


fire girls


jean fox and anthony on his birthday





"the only time we get to do this is if someone gets married or someone dies." thanks for putting it together ant.

Wish I Could Have Frozen Time

I finally got a new scanner (Canon 9000F, basically the same thing as my last scanner, but a little faster) and i've been working on getting some old and new photos archived. These were taken with the Seagull 205A on Long Beach Island, i guess about a year and a half ago—Fall 2009. I wish I hadn't cross processed them. More stuff coming, hopefully more regularly now.