The Joy Formidable And The Rest Of Fun Fun Fun
Finally we reach the end of our Fun Fun Fun coverage and it’s almost time to get back to normal Driven By Boredom life. I have a few random straggling posts to get up that are really old but I am sure I can find a time and place for them. Gonna try to bring you guys some nudity tomorrow and some NYC stuff by Friday.
Anyway, to wrap things up I have a full gallery of the band The Joy Formidable and then a batch gallery filled with a few shots of EYEHATEGOD, Kool Keith, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists and Thee Oh Sees. At Fun Fun Fun they had a three song rule for photographers and some of the sets started early so if you ran late at all for a set it was almost impossible to get shots. I ended up catching just a little bit of the bands I mentioned before I got kicked out of the photo pit and in the case of EYEHATEGOD I didn’t even make it to the photo pit despite the fact that I had just photographed four out of the five of them getting Sailor Jerry tattoos. They told me after I could have just come on stage with them but I clearly fucked that up.
The Joy Formidable was a band that I had heard only good things about so I checked them out for a second and I was mesmerized by the front woman’s stage presence. She plays guitar like she is in an air guitar contest whipping around the stage against this amazing Austin skyline background. Her being adorable didn’t hurt either.
Kool Keith is a fucking legend and wasn’t even on the schedule. I own about 5 of his albums and meeting him was a highlight of the festival for me. He seems as crazy as his music would suggest and talking to him felt like I was talking to a crazy homeless person who just happens to be really dynamic and an amazing rapper.
I have shot Ted Leo before and he always puts on a pretty good show for a guy who mostly just stands there with a guitar. He’s just a pretty impressive guy who evidently ended his set with a bunch Misfits covers after Danzig embarrassed himself the night before. I don’t even want to get into the Danzig Legacy thing but Ted Leo’s response was great.
Lastly Thee Oh Sees are a pretty amazing band. I saw them on a bridge at SXSW a few years ago and they fucking wrecked the place. People were climbing on poles and it is a testament to the Austin PD that no one got arrested. I only caught about one song from their set at Fun Fun Fun but if you get a chance to see them do it.
So that’s that. Good bye Fun Fun Fun Fest. Hopefully I will see you next year!
Click here to see the pictures of The Joy Formidable at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, Tx.
