Throwdown
Of the 4 bands that played this night, Throwdown
was from what I understood the "big" band, yet they played second to
last. Maybe they pull straws for whoever gets to go on the last. Or
maybe they just wanted to be done early for the night. Or maybe Black
Dahlia is the "bigger" band right now. I don't know how these things work
out sometimes. Either way made no difference to me, I can't tell most
of the grunt metal bands apart to be honest. I just don't have the
ear and maybe the angst for it. Still I'll be the first to admit it's
one of my favorite types of bands to shoot. It's a challenge to get
a shot in at all, from moment one they are moving fast and hard, the
lighting changes almost as fast as they change positions on the stage.
I get tired just watching em. You may not like the style of music or
hell you may love it, either way you can't ever say they bored you. In
fact they tend to incite you, I think maybe the appeal of what they are
doing is that you feel it more than listen to it. And you have to respect
that even if you don't understand it.
I mostly write these reviews from the perspective of seeing a band often
without knowing anything at all about them when I walk into the venue.
I don't look up where they are from or any of the bio stuff from their
web page before I type out my thoughts. I just call em as I seem em. That
being said I pegged them for being a Cali grunt metal band. Don't know
why but the attitude and look just reminded me of Bleeding Through
which I knew were from Orange County.. turns out I was right about
that part. I'm sure there would be a lot of fans that could explain to
me the myriad of differences between the two bands I know, but I still
probably wouldn't understand.
Photographically speaking as always I love shooting
something as dynamic as Throwdown. Not easy and results are always
iffy but damn it's what concert shooting is all about. Trying to get
a good shot in before a crowd surfer kicks you in the head or lands
on you is the game.
satyr
3/10/2006
satyr@satyrgraphs.com
