I published a few Celtic Frost photos in my first portfolio...

For those asking, no you can't use any of my images for your fan sites

DJ Rap has a new album out. I never buy anything from iTunes, but I caved and spent the $10.00...well worth it...She's soooo hot, aesthetics aside the album is very good, and if you're reading this...

I would love to shoot with you!!

I'm getting ready to watch that flick "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang", but before I do I thought I would check in and give you an update...

I shot Celtic Frost the other night, the band sounded and looked killer, big ups to there road manager Wolfgang...A road manager who actually gives a shit about the band and not hunting down groupies and drugs...

My plan was to shoot the band with there fresh makeup and gear just before they went on stage, but it was raining out and that put the kabash on candid photos, so I had to settle for live shots. I was going to shoot them on there last North American date tonight, but it's a 2 and 1/2 hour drive from my crib to the venue and I'm so not into that...

I interviewed Martin Ain (Frost bass player and co-founding member) for a 400 word piece I'm writing on the band. I was slightly skeptical going into the interview. More like shitting my pants before the interview. I don't generally interview bands, I'm there to take photos not shove a mic in there face and ask boring and inane questions that they've already heard a thousand times before. I can already see him rolling his eyes and politely answering my silly question about his influences.

I wanted my interview to be different...before the interview I was neurotic, I kept repeating over and over in my head *obsessively* "What the fuck am I going to ask this guy, what are we going to talk about?!?"

What if he gives me one word answers and I don't understand a word he's saying (they are from Switzerland) When I got the call from Wolfgang saying he was ready to talk I almost blew it off. I'm glad I didn't, Martin turned out to be hella cool. I fired my first question at him and v'iola he was talking his ass off. Ain is a very articulate, captivating and intelligent cat with an eclectic view on things...

I'll put a link up to the article when it's been published...

I'll have photos up from the gig later in the week...

I'm also going to be adding another portfolio to the site for all of you asking for more photos...

Be Well
Scott

The best band on the planet has a new album out...

Fishbone has a new studio record out it's called "Still Stuck in your Throat" it's not actually available here in the states yet, so if you're a huge fan of the band like me ya' gotta order it from here and pay a lil extra dough to get it to your doorstep (it's approx $18.98 us currency, that's with shipping and handling ya da ya da)

I'm listening to the album for the 1st time right now. I'm on the 5th track "We Just Lose our Minds", it clocks in at 9:42. The chorus, bridge and horns are amazing, sounds like vintage Fishbone in there prime...

"Behind Closed Doors" is another standout track, infectious horn line, killer hook and Dre does some toast'n at the end of the tune, f**k'n awesome! If radio had a clue they would start playing this tune (they don't and won't)

The 3rd generation lineup of Fishbone is bringing it!!

Let me digest this album some more, then I'll do a proper review on it...

I'm hoping when they get back to the states in Dec they start booking some NY shows.

I watched a brilliant movie last night I know I'm not alone. I highly endorse this movie...also picked up the new ISIS album yesterday, I've got most of there earlier work, and I dig it. I would love to shoot the band at some point.

On deck I'm shooting The Gym Class Heroes on Monday and then on the 7th "I can't fucking wait to see Celtic Frost"

I've been a huge fan for ages. The last time I saw the band was 1985 with Voi Vod. I remember vividly picking up Morbid Tales, getting it home unwrapping the vinyl and from the moment the needle hit the record being completely blown away.

The artwork was amazing, photos were cool, lyrics cryptic. I pounded that album in my skull, played it non-stop everywhere. I made copies on cassette for all my buds, most of them didn't get it. Fuck em, I left them to there Led Zeppelin and proceeded to master my Tom Warrior *death grunt*

The band fell off a little in the late 80's early 90's, started dressing like Cinderella and using cans of Aquanet (there forgiven for that) the newest album is a return to form...

Nov 8th is my B-Day, I'll probably be sleeping most of the day away recovering from the Celtic Frost gig...

peace
Scott

I put up a few shots that I really dig from my Del shoot, you can find them in my 1st Music portfolio.

I'm not sure which Del photos will be published in the story, I usually don't find out until I see it in print, then I bitch about the shot they've used lol...

I'm debating on shooting AFI tonight, might skip it and go to this Halloween party I've been invited to instead we'll see, actually I'm supposed to shoot Black Label Society on Sunday, not sure I'm in the mood for that either...

peace
Scott

I got my shots back from the Flogging Molly show last week, they came out killer (of course) The City is using one of my "Dennis Casey" shots in my buds column.

I shot Del last night for a story me and my homie are doing...Del was staying at a nice swanky hotel, it had this killer Vegas style water fall out front, so I blasted off a few rolls of film there and inside the hotel lobby, the restaraunt was very uppity...think, lots of marble, classical music over the sound system and everything on the menu is $50.00 and up, the thing that caught my eye was the baby grande piano, perfect photo prop. I convinced Del, who didn't want to disturb the people eating to sit at the piano and play a lil' bit while I took a few shots, can't wait to see how they came out...

Just found some cool Casualties photos I'm going to publish...

Got an advance of the new Deftones album for a review that I'm writing, haven't had time to absorb it completely, has this band ever put out a bad album? nope never have...I'll put up a link to the review when it's been published, go to there myspace page, there streaming the whole album until the 27th...

peace
ss

Hey,

I just wanted to say what up before I step out and shoot Flogging Molly and Bedouin Soundclash tonight...haven't seen FM play in a year or two should be a lot of fun, they always put on a great show...

I shot xiu xiu last night...had a blast...

peace
Scott

The new site has been up for about a month now, I really dig it!

Livebooks rules!

In the coming months I'll be adding more portfolios and images from my stock photos, some new and some old images that have never been published before.

I'm going to try and update this page more frequently now that I've added it back to the site, I'll give you a heads up on what I'm listening to, what and who I'm shooting and just general shit talking, you know how I roll...

Tv on the Radio's new album "Return to Cookie Mountain" is brilliant, go cop it...

peace
Scott

I've put up a few limited edition t-shirts

Ya know I take photos of musicians because I love music *sidenote: I'm a musician myself...drummer

I also love photography...many different facets of the medium intrigue me not just photos of musicians and pop icons...I don't do this because I make a shit load of money, actually it's very very difficult to make a living at this unless your Ross Halfin or Danny Clinch

Sometimes taking photos of bands is more a chore than anything else, but the reward for all of the hard work is when you get that shot...

So dig this, I was talking with a bud of mine about how killer the Heavy Trash album is and how many hot model chicks he's been shooting lately ya da ya da and the topic of Aerosmith and Motley Poo came up, there going to be in the area again and he's put in a request to shoot them.

This had me scratching my head, hmmm this might be cool.

I'm sure there's going to be a boat load of super hot chicks there...These cheesy hair rock bands always pull a lot of ass. I've never gotten that...it seems like the more gay and devoid of soul the music is...the hotter the chicks are *shrugs*

Are they still relevant?

Yea, I guess there's still a Camaro driving, genny drinking, mullet wearing, fringe jacket having crowd that is still trapped in the 80's and listens to this crap...

I've never been a big fan of either band. I would always get hassled in high school because I didn't listen to this s**t and listened to the Cure, the Bad Brains and Fishbone...

So I asked my bud "Where are they playing?" Darien Lake in Sept...

DARIEN LAKE HAS THEEE ABSOLUTE WORST F'ING STAGE I'VE EVER SEEN!!...No shit, it's 10ft to 15ft in the air *literally* and you CANNOT get a good shot! well I guess there may be a way if you follow these steps

A. pray the the musician comes to the very front of the stage where your standing so you can attempt a shot
B. you've brought a ladder or stilts in your camera bag
C. you pay one of the security apes a large sum of money to hoist you up on there shoulders for three songs...

Are you kidding me!?!? What a F'ing joke!!!!

btw you have an escort telling you how to do your job, I'm a grown ass man...I DO NOT NEED A F'ING BABYSITTER...

Looks like I'll be taking a pass on the Aerosmith, Motley Poo show...*shrugs* Oh well

I'm working on concepts for my new site...I so hate my existing web site, it was cool like 6 years ago...now I can't even look at it...

I can tell you the new site will be done in Flash, there may be some html incorporated in the design as well I haven't finalized everything yet...of course it's going to look hella cool...the design will be very simplistic, a few portfolios, contact info and my blog that's it...I'm putting away all of my older stock photos

Looking to get the new site up and running by mid Sept at the very latest...

R.I.P. to one of the greats - I had a chance to shoot Maynard Ferguson a few years ago and he was one of the coolest most down to earth cats, put on a hell of a show to...

I'm shooting Jon Spencer's killer new project Heavy Trash on Saturday...

Peace
Scott

This band is brilliant!

Cassandra Ford has such an amazing voice and stage presence. I would love to shoot with her...

Holy Shite this movie looks in-frick'n-credible

starring:

jeremy piven
ray liota
ryan reynolds
ben affleck
common
alicia keyes

lots of other people we love in movies
fast editing
punchy dialogue
cute namecards
dark humor
tits n ass
guns...
sign me up
get me some popcorn, gummy bears & a cream soda & I'm there MFer's

Ok confession time...I've got a bit of a krush on Joan Jett, actually I've had one ever since I saw the "I Love Rock N' Roll" video in the early 80's...

I had a chance to catch her live for the 1st time last week at the Warped tour and she was a'frickin'mazing! sidenote: she let the photographers shoot the whole set, VERY COOL! because we usually only get the 1st three songs unless you've got permission to shoot more

Classic tunes with hooks for days...Leather pants, Jet black hair and a Bikini top, doesn't get any better than that

A few weeks before seeing her I blew the dust off my old JJ records, some of which I hadn't played in 15 years...ahhh the memories

The only drag...she only got as did all of the bands on Warped a 30 minute set...waaaay to short...I tell ya what though, by the time she got to the last tune of her set the crowd was putty in her hands...fists in the air singing along to every word....easily the highlight of the Warped tour for me...

Helmet was also very cool Page is one of the nicest cats you could ever meet...the set consisted of mostly songs off Meantime and Betty, the new material also went over well...

It was good to see Angelo Moore aka Dr Maddvibe he had his own tent set up and was doing poetry and causing mayhem. I passed him some older 8x10 prints that I took the last time I saw Fishbone play (I think that was 2002)...Angelo's new interactive comic book/cd is hella cool, cop it if you have some extra loot.

Man it was wicked hot, over 100 degrees...the music was non-stop, water was $4.00 a bottle (outrageous, price gauging nazis!)

Saw Arturo Vega (the guy who designed all the cool Ramones artwork) he had a tent set up selling Ramones swag...

I shot a boatload of bands, LTJ Less Than Jake, The Casualties *there using one of my photos in there new album digipak*, Helmet, Joan Jett, AFI *there singer uses more makeup than my wife*, Everytime I Die, Billy Talent, NOFX...I know I'm missing a few.

I've got over 400 prints to scroll through. I'll have some new stuff up shortly.

I'm shooting Bullet for My Valentine on 8/15 in Buffalo...

I've got a few really cool concepts for the shoot in my head and if they come out it'll be really saaaweet.

Have you been watching Henry Rollins on IFC? One of the best shows on the tube check it out if you haven't...

1st five tunes on my iPod:

J*Davey - Division of Joy

Protest the Hero - Heretics and Killers

The Ramones - Sheena is a Punk Rocker

Jeff Buckley - Mystery White Boy (live)

The Vincent Black Shadow - Fear's in the Water

Hey,

I'll have some photos up from the Ozzfest later in the week.

My SOAD shots came out killer...

Right now I've got to run out to the store and get some film (yes film!!!) and finish packing up my gear for tomorrow.

I'm shooting the Warped tour at Darien Lake, looking forward to seeing Helmet, Dr. Maddvibe and Bullet for My Valentine...

Cheers
Scott

Everyone who has e-mailed me about the guestbook not working thanks a lot. I'll have it fixed soon...

Shot the Ozzfest tonight...I'm exhausted but I'll check in this weekend and give you the skinny on the show.

Good Night
*snoring* Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I copped the new Helmet album on Tuesday, I've been a HUGE fan of there's for the longest time...Meantime is the shit...that album still sounds just as killer now as it did back in the early 90's

I'm shooting them on the 1st...stoked for that

Monochrome is there best album since Betty...this record has a great vibe to it, actually it sounds reminiscent *without duplicating* the bands earlier work on "Born Annoying" and "Meantime"

I was just checking out my schedule for the rest of the month, might shoot Rock City Morgue later tonight, Sean Yseult formerly of White Zombie plays with this band...on the 24th I'm shooting Fatlip and on the 1st I'm covering the Warped tour...the lineup is bananas...

So far on the 1st I've set up shoots with w/Angelo Moore aka Dr. Maddvibe, Bullet for My Valentine, The Sounds love this band!, The Casualties and The Bouncing Souls it's going to be a craaaaaazy day, should be a lot of fun...

Hey,

It's wicked hot here in upstate NY...thank god for AC and Mountain Dew

I put up a few Busta b&w's. I'm going to add some color shots to the gallery as well...

Also published a new Manntis gallery. They were having a REALLY good time in these photos :^)

Check out there site they have mp3's and a few videos you can stream...cool band

Finally caught the JC flick "Walk the Line" last night, wow...he was THAT dude

Did you catch Entourage last night?

So is Vinny hosed or what? 12.5 million and ya' blow it, principals my ass!! Brokeback-MF'ing-Aquaman!!

How lucky is E getting to do a threesome with his squeeze? I hate that guy ;)

I'm thinking this Dana chick is going to be the rival agent to Ari and make things very interesting...

One of my faves

Man, I need an agent NOW...I dig the whole freelance thing, it's got some plus sides but there are also times when it's an absolute pain...

I got an e-mail earlier from sideonedummy looks like they're going to use one of my photos for the new Casualties album...cool

It's funny cause I was just thinking about this band...I was looking at the line-up for this years Warped tour and it's stellar, looking forward to shooting that...

I think I'm going to cover the Family Values tour as well, actually I could give a s**t about most of the bands on that bill with the exclusion of the Deftones, I've seen them a myriad of times but never gotten proper photos of them...

Got my Busta photos back today, they look good I'll try and publish a few later tonight...

I shot Busta Rhymes on Saturday at the Music Fest...I'll publish photos from that later this week...

Ya know, I don't get parents who bring there 7 and 8 year old kids to a Busta show, actually looking around some of the kids could have been younger than that, well at least the one who got lost and the parents were asked to pick her up at the side of the stage *she couldn't have been any older than 5*

It was appalling watching the kids singing along to some of his new tracks word for word all of them clearly with no understanding of the word Misogyny...I'm all about exposing your kids to music and culture however there should be limits to what they are listening to at certain ages...

When I was 10 and bought my 1st album *with my own money*. I remember vividly bringing that record home and my mom seeing the cover and her saying verbatim "Hold on a second, lets just give that a listen together" she shared in the experience, mom didn't dig there look at all, but she thought the music was hella cool...

I was going to shoot She Wants Revenge in Buffalo tonight, but I'm going to pass and cover the Buzzcocks on Wed instead...

Be Well
Scott

I never had the opportunity to meet this cat, but I've admired his work and ability as a photographer. He had a great eye, and his images made me want to step up my game...

Mpozi Mshale Tolbert, Photographer, DJ artist has died in Indianapolis at the age of 34.

R.I.P.