Rise Against live at Roundhouse
07 March 2009 – Last night I shot Rise Against at the Roundhouse. It was an incredible show and I honestly feel that they are getting better and better as time goes on. I won’t argue that there is a lot of bands out there that are musically more talented than they are but I would have to fight the fact that I believe there is no one else more convincing to me that this is their passion and it shows in their live performance more than I have ever witnessed before. Their front man, Tim McIlrath, is my favourite person to watch and enjoy because he really feels and believes every word that they sing about.
Their show has also improved a lot since I saw them last year and it is evident that they are working hard to keep improving their live show so the crowd gets their money’s worth. I know that everyone I chatted to felt they scored a deal so I am not the only one that thinks they are doing things right.
All I can say is that you have to make a plan to watch them if you haven’t. If you aren’t a fan, you will be and I know you will be the next person on the way to the store buying their music. Support them, they deserve it. Definitely one of my most favourite bands of all time.
Anyway, I really battled to shoot photo’s because I was more in awe and amazed at what was going on but I did manage to get in a few good shots that I am really happy with. These are just a few of them.
March 7th, 2009
[...] These are just a few of the shots I took. You can see more on my band blog [...]
March 8th, 2009
WOW!!!such a great band, and captured so so well…. so so SO FLIPPEN rad…
March 8th, 2009
dude, love the last one in this series the most… it is a most cool photo…
March 9th, 2009
Awesome pictures!
March 11th, 2009
Dude… This is what I aspire to!
This set is amazing! Really rad!
March 17th, 2009
These photo’s are just incredible!!!
March 26th, 2009
Hi,
I shot the band during the same tour but up in Birmingham, we had real crap lighting, we didnt have the RISE banner up either. You got some killer shots though. I just wish the lighting in Birmingham was as good as yours!
Birmingham Wedding Photographer
April 1st, 2009
awesome. the first picture is really frikkin’ cool.
April 8th, 2009
WOW, these pics are amazing…I would love to see them LIVE….
April 8th, 2009
*jealous jealous*
the lighting and colours here makes it. super cool pics!
April 8th, 2009
Wow man, just came across these again and they are so amazing. Love the band, and captured beautifully !!!
April 8th, 2009
Awesome! I agree with Avi, the last one is killer…
November 21st, 2009
These are amazing! I live in South Africa and it is an absolute dream to watch them live!