I took nothing but band photos for 8 years for a reason. I just forgot what it was. Andrew W.K. reminded me. I just forgot what it was like to be in a crowd of people going fucking off the wall crazy. I forgot what it was like having to climb over someone to get a shot. I forgot what punk rock photography was all about. Energy. Make no mistake about it, Andrew W.K. is punk fucking rock. I am not a huge fan of his music, and I wouldn’t really classify his music as punk rock music, but that dude is punk as fuck. All the band stuff I have shot recently is from the crowd or from the side of the stage for some indie rock band. People dancing or taping their feet while I move around trying to get the shot. Even when I shot the Faint or Courtney Love there were mosh pit type things, but it was so sanctioned, with them on stage and us in the crowd. Andrew W.K. invited the crowd on stage; we became the show. I had to jump over people to get shots; it was so much fun and I took much better pictures than I have in the last few years. I am really proud of a few of these. I need to go back to Richmond and catch a Municipal Waste show as soon as possible. I miss thrashing so, so much. Click to see the pictures.

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