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Dropkick Murphys Live @ Billboard
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Geez, I thought the Bleeding Through gig was raucous last Friday night, it
didn't hold a candle to the blistering
anthemic mayhem that was the Dropkick
Murphys tonight.
With Melbourne in the midst of an
intense heat wave that saw the
temperature soaring into the 40's even
at 10pm, you can imagine what it was
like inside the venue.
I had been instructed to meet up with
the band's tour manager at 10.15pm.
Geez, they left it late enough. I went
to the Box Office told them the details,
got my photo pass and the band had
already kicked into the first song. The
venue was absolutely packed and with a
three song only limit, I hastily made my
way to the front and presented my pass
to the bouncer.
Three songs was very, very stiff as the
songs were short and I barely had time
to get it all together. Again, the
17-85mm lens let me down big time. As a
street lens it is fantastic, as a live
music fast motion lens, it sucks. So
damn slow and cumbersome. I quickly
switched to the 50mm and started getting
some decent shots. I'm seriously going
to have to look into a decent live music
lens so any suggestions are most
welcome. I'm a newbie when it comes to
live music shooting.
Within those first three songs, I got
kicked in the back of the head twice,
fell to the ground once as a body came
crashing on me and after just one
solitary song, I was drenched in sweat
from head to toe! Holy fuck! Now this is
rock and roll! This was insanity
personified as the band were in fine
form and the walls of the Billboard
venue were dripping in sweat. You think
I'm kidding? It was 40 degrees outside,
it must have been 60 in here!
Third song ended and I was quickly
ushered out of the pit. Fortunately I
was allowed to stay for the entire set.
I spent a couple of songs recuperating
and then went right up to the pit
barrier and parked myself infront of
this massive industrial air conditioner.
I was close to the stage and able to
shoot some more.
All in all, a tremendous gig and one
that has encouraged me to check out some
of the band's music of which I haven't
really delved into.
A hot night for rock and roll!
38 photos | 2,347 views
items are from between 28 Jan 2009 & 29 Jan 2009.