Photos: Mayday @ Knitting Factory Concert House

Mayday @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
Gianni Cash of ¡Mayday! rockin' the guitar solo on-stage in Reno...

Holy cow, holy water and holy crap did ¡Mayday! put on an AMAZING opening set for Tech N9ne at Knitting Factory Concert House this past June in Reno, NV.  Keeping things numerically paired — like musicians walking onto Noah’s Ark — there were two dueling MC’s, two headbanging keyboard players who switched over to guitars mid-show and count them — two — masters of the beat cranking out the funky rhythm which exploded in a fiery storm upon a seemingly unsuspecting crowd.

Being the only photographer in the pit that evening, I had free rein to shoot at will, and only being limited to the first three songs of Tech N9ne’s set (not the opening groups), there was plenty of room to experiment with camera settings, positioning and a more artistic meets photo-journalistic approach to covering the opening acts.

I personally feel that the results from ¡Mayday!’s set, along with the rest of the evening were some of my best, and with the Nikon D7000 body and Nikon 50mm f/1.8D lens in tow, an ISO of 1600, aperture of 1.8 and shutter speed set to 1/250th of a second I was able to give these guys my full creative attention and connect with both individuals and the group as a whole in a way completely different than every other body in the venue … yet simultaneously in exactly the same way (new found fandom).

VIEW THE FULL ¡MAYDAY! GALLERY HERE

Mayday @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
Wreckonize of ¡Mayday! showing the crowd some love in-between verses...
Mayday @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
Bernz of ¡Mayday! caught in-between moments of microphone manipulation...
Mayday @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
Gianni Cash of ¡Mayday! looking a bit like Johnny Depp on the keys...
Mayday @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
Plex Luthor of ¡Mayday! before the instrument switch...
Mayday @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
Nonymous of ¡Mayday! working the bongos, congas and crowd into a frenzy...
Mayday @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
Lt Hopkins of ¡Mayday! pounding out the rhythm; lettin' y'all get down...
Mayday @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
Bernz (L) & Plex Luthor (R) of ¡Mayday! killing the stage at Knitting Factory Concert House...

Camera(s) Used:

Nikon D7000

Lens(es) Used:

Nikon 50mm f/1.8D


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Mayday Crowd @ Knitting Factory Concert House, Reno, NV 2011-06-26
The crowd during ¡Mayday!'s performance; very much enjoying the show...

Upcoming: Skrillex @ Knitting Factory Concert House [June 27]

Skrillex @ Knitting Factory 2011-06-27

YES OH MY GOD!  These were the first (screaming) lyrics we ever truly heard in a song by Los Angeles electro/dubstep/glitch producer, Skrillex, and for those brave enough to endure a bass-heavy headbangin’ evening at Knitting Factory Concert House on Monday, June 27th, you will assuredly hear those words, and many other electrified sounds blasting from the speakers.  I will be personally trying out my new earplugs (not that I don’t enjoy loud music, I’m just noticing a bit of a ‘ring’ in the ears lately after shows) and am beyond excited to get some face-to-lens time with ye old Sonny Moore aka Skrillex.

Who else will be there?  Young up-n-coming electro DJ/producer Porter Robinson, ‘big room bouncy house’ German electro favorite Zedd and special (Canadian) guest, Knight Riderz.  Get yo Monday night bass fix fa sho!

Will we see you there?  If so … make sure to get front and center against the barrier and show us your stuff!  Who knows, maybe you’ll be on the Home Page of IShootReno.com before July 1st rolls around?

$26-$65.  All Ages.  Get tickets.

Check out Skrillex on Amazon: Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites EP, Weekends!!! (ft. Sirah), Reptile’s Theme