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Rise Against – American ‘punk rock’  from Chicago Illinois. Formed in 1999 and currently on tour in the UK.   Shot of frontman Tim McIlrath during Friday’s gig at the Manchester Academy. Shot for GMG.

With a greater leaning rake than the Tower of Pisa and standing at 184ft tall, B of The Bang takes its name from a quotation by British sprinter Linford Christie in which he said that he started his races not merely at the ‘bang’ of the starting pistol, but at the B of the Bang…
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Christmas over and I’m pleased to be back out with the camera.
Tonight’s shoot took me to the Apollo to capture American Bluesman Seasick Steve who rolled into town performing on the Manchester leg of his fourth UK tour.
See the full set as a double page feature in the March edition of Clash Music
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The Subways play XFM’s Winter Wonderland Manchester Academy on Monday 8 December

Three songs no flash, a tsunami of moshers and crowd surfers entering the press lane, hazers, strobes, flying plastic glasses of liquid and approx eight minutes to gather my pictures – then home to a nice cup of tea. There’s no better way to round the week off!

Dan Black – former singer of London indie-rockers The Servant, now solo and whipping up a storm on both sides of the Atlantic with a brilliant cover of Notorious BIG’s rap classic Hypnotize.
Image shot 18 November at London’s Hoxton Bar and Grill for Clash Music Magazine and a review that will run in January’s edition [...]

Santi White’s style has been compared often to that of M.I.A and Missing Persons. Listen beyond the rap and R&B underpinning and you will hear the spiked pop of Yeah Yeah Yeahs mixed with the darker melodies of The Pixies for an all together sublime musical experience (the latter she even cites as a big [...]