Death Dies Hard
Arriving at the Corner Hotel somewhat late – knowing full-well that the venue rarely has a designated photo-pit area isn’t the smartest thing to do. If I was to get any decent shots tonight I was gonna have to hustle through the crowd and pretty much hope for the best.
Catching the tail-end of Sydney act Ink, (they weren’t too bad at all) – I slapped on my photo-pass around the neck and proceeded with the ’scuse-me-shuffle’ to the front of the stage.
Surprised to find a make-shift barrier that was all of half-a-foot deep. Hardly enough room to work in comfortably and if the stage-diving, high-flying Dr Marten’s boots made an appearance, I’d be in trouble.
I briefly chatted with a couple of the other photogs present, trading some war-stories and the like. The band hit the stage at 11.15. Gotta luv punctual bands huh?
To be perfectly honest, I wasn’t too familiar with the Deathstars’ material but I had purchased their latest release ‘Night Electric Night’ several months ago and did enjoy it.
Knowing that they also are a visual band pleased me to no end.
If you’re going to get up on that stage, look the part. Take pride in your appearance and give the kids a show. That is what rock n roll is all about and tonight… tonight the Deathstars delivered in spades!
They looked great. They sounded fantastic and they brought to Melbourne a kick ass, (helluva) sweaty vampiric rock gig that most of the goth boys and girls lapped all up.
View the complete set over at the Slideshow to the right, or on 
