by Simon Walker | May 26, 2020 | Bands
A day of sunshine and live music Stonedeaf, a new entry on the UK rock/metal festival calendar and 2019 was its second year. A one day experience, nine bands bringing together likeminded people who are looking for a good time, great music amongst fantastic company....
by Simon Walker | May 18, 2020 | Bands
30 Years of Hysteria Sheffield band Def Leppard formed in 1977. It would be another 10 years before they release the album Hysteria, their best-selling album to date. Thirty years later, they celebrate the release with their huge Hysteria Anniversary world tour. On...
by Simon Walker | May 14, 2020 | Bands
Getting Access All Areas Having been lucky enough to receive regular photo passes, like all good things, I wanted more. More access, being able to shoot backstage and from the stage itself. It would be three years from starting out before I received my first AAA...
by Simon Walker | May 10, 2020 | Bands
The First Three For two years I’d been shooting bands in pubs and clubs. 2017 was the year I had my first real ‘official’ pit experience in a much larger concert venue. The Leeds O2 Academy which holds up to 2,300 people. Black Star Riders were...
by Simon Walker | May 7, 2020 | Bands
Thunder, an English powerhouse rock n blues band born 31 years ago! This makes me feel very old. In 1989, Thunder burst onto the scene with their hard rock debut album “Backstreet Symphony’, which hit number 21 of the album charts. I was introduced to...
by Simon Walker | May 4, 2020 | Bands
And so it begins.. It’s been five years since I started this journey into music photography and so I figured it was about time that I had a website allowing me to document it properly. As much as I use Instagram and keep my Facebook page updated when it comes...