Mount Eerie, Chain and the Gang, No Kids @ Alchemia, Kraków – 24 III 2010

I shot Mount Eerie 2 years ago in Gdańsk and it was one of the best gigs of 2008. Quiet and intimate. The one yesterday was totaly different. More sounds, more instruments and..more bands because Phil & Co. had 2 decent supports.

Total magic and a goog warm-up before the main fest. Can’t wait for Off Fest 2010!

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Monotonix @ Cogitatur, Katowice – 18 XII 2009

What you get when you cross 3 Israelites, a moustache and some heavy, Black Sabbath-inspired riffs? Nothing?

Fear not, because a combination of such exist under the name of Monotonix and is one of the most crazy concert teams I’ve ever seen! Having no idea what they were I was invited by Jarek Szubrycht to catch their gig at Off Festival this year. So me and my mates went and…wait, wait. Is the crowd caring the percussion and then the drummer? Why is the vocalist sticking the microphone up his ass? Why the band is inside the crowd? Why all the security guards have eyes as big as the 5 zł coins?

I was so happy to hear that the band is playing in Poland again. Unfortunately, I had some commitments in Trójmiasto and wasn’t able to attend the show, but Joanna Combik, armed with her 5D camera and her beloved fisheye lens managed not only to take some awesome shots of the band, but also bring a great souvenir from the gig – a bruise around her eye after a close encounter with the vocalist’s shoe! Talk about concert photography being all nice and sweet.

Short glimpse of what this madness is like:

Do I have to recommend it again?:)

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