Last Thursday, 10/17, I had the pleasure of shooting the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at the Glass House in Pomona Ca. This was the bands last stop on a long road trip around the US. When a band has been on the road, you never know what you are going to get with the last show.
I had been looking forward to shooting these guys for the last couple of weeks. As a photographer, I knew this was going to be a hard shoot. BRMC does not light their stage like most bands. They use a lot of back lighting and it can be very intense. For most of the show, the stage was dark except for the back lights and a couple of spot lights that were pointed at their guitars. I was looking forward to some very grainy intense pictures and I was not disappointed. The band is very edgy and they lived up to their name and reputation the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club had in the 1953 Marlin Brando movie The Wild One.
This is a great band to see with or without a camera. While this was one of the hardest shoots I have had, I hope to shot them again the next time the come through So Cal.
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