Fishbone – #DKLPHOTOS

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Fishbone | Coachella | 4/13/14 (PHOTOS)

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After sleeping in to get get some much needed rest after two grueling days of “festivaling”, the first band I went to go see at Coachella on Sunday was Fishbone. Having recently seen Angelo Moore perform as Dr. Madd Vibe at the Troubadour, I knew that it was going to be a high-energy, positive set to kick the day off with.

Under the bright desert sun, Fishbone took to the main stage and played their brand of ska/punk/funk infused alternative rock to a raucous group of early festival arrivals. Angelo Moore’s energy was contagious, his stage presence easily filling the largest stage of the festival. He even abandoned the stage to sing to and greet those in the front of the audience. The definition of a showman.

The band was a well-oiled machine too. Horns, Bass, Keyboards … they all had there moment in the sun (no pun intended), and it was nothing short of wonderful. The third song they played summed up the overall feeling of their set, “Everyday Sunshine”, and from that moment on I knew it was going to be good day. The two highlights of the set, for me at least, were when (i) Angelo, Walter Kibby and John Norwood Fisher (the three founding members of the Fishbone who still play in the band) took center stage to perform, and (ii) when they covered Sublime’s “Date Rape”. Though I had been kicked out of the pit by that time, I felt that if there were another band that had the right to cover that classic tune, it would be Fishbone.

Sunday was off to a great start.

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April 29, 2014July 26, 2014 by dklee13 Categories: ConcertsTags: alternative rock, Angelo Moore, coachella, Coachella 14, Coachella 2014, Coachella14, Coachella2014, concert, Concert Photographer, Concert Photography, Concert Photos. Concert Photo, concert pic, concert review, Deep Funk, Fishbone, Funk Metal, heavy metal, indie rock, Jay Armant, John Norwood Fisher, John Steward, Live Music, punk, punk rock, Reggae Rock, Review, Rocky George, set list, setlist, ska, Ska Punk, Walter A. Kibby Leave a comment

Coachella 2014 | April 11 – 13

This year, I was lucky enough to get approved for a media/photo pass for the first weekend of Coachella. The photo pass allows me to take pictures from the photo pit of each stage, and being armed with an incredible lens, I’ve taken some pretty amazing pictures so far, and I can’t wait to sift through them all and post what I’ve been able to capture.

There were a few acts that I wish could have snapped pictures for (Muse, Queens of the Stone Age, Beck and Arcade Fire), but being a “newby” in the world of concert photography, I wasn’t selected to by artist management to have the privilege of taking pictures. Hopefully, the pics I post of the bands I saw here will help change their opinion of me for the future.

Each entry will contain a little bulb of my overall thoughts of what I was able to see, with a Instagram video post that I posted (my Instagram account is @Methodman13 … you may as well go there now while you’re waiting for the post to go up) and a photo slideshow. I hope you enjoy the moments I captured as much as I enjoyed shooting it. Click on the name of the artist you want to check out to see the blog entry I put up.

Friday | April 11th, 2014

Tom Odell
The Preatures
GOAT
Dum Dum Girls
Jagwar Ma
Grouplove
A$AP Ferg
HAIM
The Afghan Whigs (Unfortunately, the pictures I took during this set are unusable)
Broken Bells
Woodkid
The Replacements
Girl Talk
Outkast (Unfortunately, the pictures I took during this set are unusable)

Saturday | April 12, 2014

Sunday | April 13, 2014

UPDATE: 5/9/14: It was a long, glorious, music-filled weekend of music. I think I may have ruined all of the future music festivals I attend because there really is nothing like being in the photo pit, even for only the first 3 songs, trying to capture “moments” of musicians practicing their craft and giving the audience all that they have. I will forever be grateful for the opportunity. Thank you, Goldenvoice. Thank you, Snoop. You made this music dweeb very, very happy.

April 13, 2014May 22, 2014 by dklee13 Categories: ConcertsTags: A$AP Ferg, Afghan Whigs, Aluna George, Banks, blog, Broken Bells, chance the rapper, Chvrches, City and Colour, coachella, Coachella 14, Coachella 2014, Coachella14, Coachella2014, concert, Concert Photographer, Concert Photography, Concert Photos. Concert Photo, concert pic, concert pics, concert review, Concert Reviews, Drowners, Dum Dum Girls, Empire of the Sun, Fishbone, Future Islands, girl talk, GOAT, Goldenvoice, Grouplove, HAIM, HAIM The Afghan Whigs, Jagwar Ma, Jhene AIko, Julian Casablancas, Kid Cudi, Lana Del Rey, Laura Mvula, Little Dragon, Live Music, Lorde, motorhead, Outkast, Pet Shop Boys, Pharrell Williams, pixies, Review, reviews, Rudimental, set list, setlist, snoop, the 1975, The Afghan Whigs, The Naked and Famous, The Preatures, The Replacements, Tom Odell, White Lies, Woodkid Leave a comment

Dr. Madd Vibe | The Troubadour | 3/30/14

Opening for Cody ChesnuTT at The Troubadour was a band billed as Madd Vibe. Now, I usually do my due diligence before I go to a concert when there’s a band performing that I’m unfamiliar with. In this instant, for whatever reason, I didn’t. When I got to the venue and the band took to the stage, I noticed that the frontman of the band looked familiar to me. I quickly pulled out my iPhone and Googled “Madd Vibe” to discover that Dr. Madd Vibe is the solo project of Angelo Moore, the founder and frontman of the seminal, Los Angeles based ska/punk/rock/funk band Fishbone! For those of you who don’t know who Fishbone are, they’re just one of the most influential, cult bands of the 1980s, influencing huge bands like No Doubt, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Alice in Chains. And guess what? … they’re one of the acts set to perform on Sunday at Coachella this year.

With the same type of energy that he used while fronting Fishbone when I saw them perform April 2010 at the now closed Air Conditioned Supper Club, he brought his punk-ska fused musical stylings to the Troubadour for a solid set that revealed the strength of his musical ability. Though his music is vastly different than Cody ChesnuTT’s, I think that the seemingly odd pairing was made because the talent bookers thought that anybody going to see Cody perform would appreciate Dr. Madd Vibe’s performance because of the legacy of Angelo Moore and what he has contributed to musical history.

A consumate performer, the energy he and his band had was infectious. I started to get my ska juices flowing at points, and reminisced of the days I rocked khakis, combat boots, a white t-shirt and suspenders. The set times for Coachella haven’t been released yet, but hopefully, I’ll be able to relive some more of my youth in Indio.

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April 7, 2014April 8, 2014 by dklee13 Categories: ConcertsTags: Angelo Moore, concert, Concert Photography, concert pic, concert pics, concert review, Concert Vid, concert video, Dr. Madd Vibe, Fishbone, funk, funk music, Live Music, los angeles, Madd Vibe, punk rock, Review, rock & roll, rock and roll, Ska Band, The Troubadour, video 2 Comments