You can check out the April issue of The Pulse magazine for a few things I wrote that were published.

You can also find them online here:

Up & Comers: Danny Pease and the Regulators (DPR)
Up & Comers: Art Beatz – Producer/DJ

Taste of Chaos rocked the Tsongas Arena in Lowell from top to bottom this year.  Bands on the bill: Japanese bands: D’espairsRay, MUCC, and The Underneath, Bullet for my Valentine, Blessthefall, Atreyu and Avenged Sevenfold.  You can read my review of the show on TheyWillRockyou.com here.

I mananged to shoot most of the bands only missing one or two.  You can check out the full gallery here.  Here’s a small taste:

Bullet for my Valentine

Avenged Sevenfold

Bullet for my Valentine spreading some love!

MUCC

Usually I’m the interview-er not the interview-ee so when The Pulse asked about doing a piece on TheyWillRockYou.com I was pretty excited. Finally the tables were turned and I was able to answer the questions rather than ask them.

Jillian did an amazing job at capturing the true essence of our website, so I’m really happy that she was the one who was assigned to this. Check out the full article in The Pulse Magazine online here. (If you’re in Massachusetts you can pick up the print copy around town too!!!)

Thanks again to Jillian, you rock!

The March/April issue of Rocknation is now available, it’s free so pick it up!  You can check out interviews I did with Brad of Linkin Park, Brad Walst of Three Days Grace  and Geoff Tate of Queensryche.

It also features some of my live photographs of the Foo Fighters show at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA and Linkin Park from the Projekt Revolution tour.

On February 15th, Three Days Grace and Seether (Along with Breaking Benjamin and HURT) rocked the Tsongas Arena in Lowell.  I was shooting Three Days Grace and Seether to coincide with interviews I had done with members of both bands for an upcoming issue of Rocknation.

Shaun Morgan of Seether

HURT started the night off right with a solid set of rock. Seether was soon to follow. Having seen Seether a few times, I knew what to expect and was impressed as always.  You can check out my interview with Dale Stewart of Seether here.

Adam Gontier of Three Days Grace

Three Days Grace headlined the show and I had never seen them perform live even though I had interviewed two members of the band on two different occasions. (Most recently bassist Brad Walst for Rocknation; but also posted online here and lead vocalist Adam Gontier right before the release of their latest album for TheyWillRockyou which you can check out here.) Their set was amazing.

Full galleries of both sets have been posted to the photo gallery on TheyWillRockYou.com here.

As a lifelong New Englander and more importantly my obsession with music, I guess you could say I’m a fan of Aerosmith, so when the opportunity to interview Joe Perry was presented to me, I nearly peed my pants.

It’s always tough to prepare for an interview because you really never know how talkative or non-talkative an artist is going to be. They could give you one word answers or talk forever. The latter is definitely my preference but not always the case. A good interview should feel like a casual phone conversation with a friend with a comfortable flow. So considering all of that, I wondered how Joe Perry would be? Having met him briefly in the past at a show, he seemed pretty quiet so I really wasn’t sure.

Fast forward to the day of our interview, Joe could not have been a cooler guy. He talked honestly and openly about everything from his two sons and his involvement with their band TAB to his partnership with Guitar Hero to the current state of Aerosmith. After about 45 minutes and only having made it through about half of my questions I had to let Joe off of the hook since I had been asked to keep it to 30 minutes (which is still a really long time to talk to a rock legend!). When I hung up the phone, I did a happy dance and thanked my lucky stars that not all of my heroes are assholes!

You can read my interview with Joe in the February print issue of The Pulse (available in MA) or read it online at The Pulse here.

You can also read the full unedited version posted on TheyWillRockYou.com here.

You can also check out photos I took of Joe Perry performing with TAB here.

As a photographer it was a lot of fun to interview and bring some praise to local sports photographer and DCU Center house photographer Peter Cooke. You can read my article on Peter in the February issue of The Pulse or read it online here.

The February 2008 issue of The Pulse is now on the streets.  I’ve got a few pieces published in this issue so please pick it up!

You can check them out online as well:

One-on-One with Joe Perry of Aerosmith
Foo Fighters preview
Pulse Flicks - Spotlight on the Massachusetts Film Office (MFO)

I’ve started contributing to a publication called Rocknation.  It’s a national color newpaperish type publication that is best of all FREE!  You can pick it up at local music stores around the country.  The issue out now features my interviews with Dale from Seether. 

I have two pieces published in the January 2008 issue of The Pulse Magazine. 

You can read about local bands Crimson Bile and One Bullet Solution in the Up & Comers section. The Up & Comers section is dedicated to exposing new local acts to the community.  You can pick up the issue all over town at your usual haunts.  It’s also available online here as well.