I was lucky enough to be at the LG Arena (the NEC to you and me) last night to shoot the mega pop-rock-emo group Fall Out Boy for Powerplay Magazine. I don't think I've ever experienced quite so many girls screaming at a gig before, or seen so many drunk young ladies in one room either, but it was all good fun and, most importantly, the band put on a great show.
Now, I may be too old to have gotten into the whole emo scene, but I'm not completely out of touch; I know most of you are here hoping to see pictures of FOB bassist and mainman Pete Wentz. So, just for you, here's a little section dedicated entirely to the poster boy of modern rock music, enjoy.
OK ladies, tongues back in your mouths please, there's more to come! No matter how gorgeous you may think Mr Wentz is, FOB wouldn't be where they are today wihtout having written some good songs, and that is down to singer-guitarist and chief song writer Patrick Stump. I really admire some of his vocal melodies, and his live voice is excellent. he doesn't get enough bigging up, so here's a few pics of the man, and no-one else.
The band is completed by the highly impressive Andy Hurley on drums, and guitarist Joe Troham - who is second in my own personal list of hair idols, being beaten only by John Fred of Black Stone Cherry.
Good lord, you poor things, you've had to look at SIX pictures that haven't featured Pete in any way shape or form...blimey, you'd better have another Pete section before a panic ensues! Just a quick note of interest, the picture where he's spitting water, most of that landed on me, but don't go getting jealous, it wasn't particularly nice!
Here's some more shots of the other members of the band - you know, the one's who aren't every emo girl's fantasy date!
The lighting was so much better than my only other time shooting at the NEC, sorry LG, Arena. That time, for Machine Head last November, I only ended up keeping about 10 shots, and none of those were particularly great. Not so for FOB though, I'm really pleased with all of these ones that I've blogged.
Because I'm so nice, here's one final section dedicated to Mr Wentz...
I readily admit that FOB have been something of guilty pleasure for me for a while now, so it was pretty cool to shoot them, and as ever, it's great to have such a well known name in my portfolio.
Another highly enjoyable show, with some great images to take away from it. I've got a busy one this week with three gigs in three days to shoot, so keep checking back here as they'll be plenty of updates!
