100 Concert Photos from 1997-2014
plus a 3.5-hour playlist of recommended tracks
The very first concert I smuggled a camera into was the Violent Femmes playing at a college in Geneseo, NY back in 1996. I had just started a photography class as a senior in high school and was excited to show off my new skills. A little too excited, as it turned out. The next day, as I was anxiously unloading the film and preparing to develop it, I failed to notice that I grabbed the fixer solution (meant to be used after developing) and not the developer I just made… which resulted in a roll of blank film. Yay!
Over the years, as my interest in photography waned, I still went to lots of shows, but didn’t spend a lot time documenting them — and if I did it was with either broken, borrowed, or otherwise less than ideal equipment (e.g. pre-2010 cell phones). That said, I did wind up with quite a few cool shots regardless of circumstances.
Below is a collection of 100 pictures from various shows I’ve been to over the years. I’ve also included a couple YouTube links to some of my favorite tracks by each band, and a Spotify playlist with double the number of tracks (64 tracks, 3.5 hours).
Misfits: Electric Ballroom - Tempe, AZ 10/29/1997
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Frank Black: Virgin Union Square - New York, NY 11/12/2002
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The Residents: Warsaw Theater - Brooklyn, NY 11/13/2002
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Mudhoney: North Six - Brooklyn, NY 12/13/2002
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Melvins: Webster Hall - New York, NY 10/23/2005
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Melvins with Jello Biafra (Jelvins): Webster Hall - New York, NY 10/23/2005
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Secret Chiefs 3: The Stone - New York, NY 4/26/2006
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Secret Chiefs 3: Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY 3/15/2007
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Les Savy Fav: Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY 4/01/2007
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Les Savy Fav
Les Savy Fav is a New York City indie rock band originally from Providence, Rhode Island — where Tim Harrington (vocals), Seth Jabber (guitar), Gibb Slife (guitar), Syd Butler (bass), and Pat Mahoney (drums) met while attending the Rhode Island School of Design
Jerseyband: Tonic - New York, NY 4/09/2007
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Jerseyband
Jerseyband is a 7-piece (two tenor saxes, baritone sax, trumpet, bass, guitar, and drums) Jazz-Metal band from Brooklyn. Or was at one point, now its members are scattered around the country, if I remember correctly (keep reading, you’ll see why). They originally met and started playing together at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY back in 19…
Estradasphere: Tonic - New York, NY 4/09/2007
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The Dead Milkmen: Warsaw - Brooklyn, NY 4/17/2009
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Generationals: Mercury Lounge - New York, NY 1/25/2011
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Bootblacks: Brooklyn, NY 4/18/2013
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Pissed Jeans: Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY 5/11/2013
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Mudhoney: Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY 5/11/2013
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra: Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY 10/11/2013
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Mac DeMarco: Webster Hall - New York, NY 4/09/2014
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IFRQ-FM Playlists
All tracks from every INFREQUENCY-FM playlist in one, long playlist (in chronological order, more or less). Just hit random & enjoy over 100 years of mostly lesser-known and obscure tracks from every decade from the 1910s to the 2020s!
… saw Deftones there too
I grew up in Phoenix. I was at that Misfits show. Electric Ballroom was maybe 300-400 people.