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 
~WOW~
I HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME LAST NIGHT. THE DEATHSTARS TONGUED US FROM FRONT TO BACK~
MUCH LOVE TO THE BOYS FROM DEATH AND THANK ~YOU~ FOR THESE AMAZING ~PHOTOS~
~WOW~
You managed to capture the night wonderfully. I really admire your black and white pictures. They have a certain timeless quality.
Really enjoying this new site visceral
Cheers for the kind words guys. Enjoy the photos.
Thank you for these wonderful photos. I was at the show and was wondering if there were any mementos of the nite and I found this site from google. Is there a way we can download the photos to keep?!
-I would like to download sum too.
Whilst I am honored peeps would like to download some of these photos, unfortunately I can’t just give away my work for free.
There will be facilities to purchase photos from this site at a future date. Subsequently, you can email me at dogmatic@gmail.com should you wish to purchase any of the shots.
Just spent the last hour going through all your wonderful photos. You sir are one talented individual.
Great set of images John.Keep up the good work.
Cheers Ian!
Good to see you on here. Much respect!