Photos of Body Count at Chicago Open Air. All photos taken by Luke Spencer in Chicago, IL on July 15, 2017.
Body Count turned up the intensity at Chicago Open Air. On arguably the most attended day of the festival, Ice T and company wasted no time in getting loud by covering “Raining Blood” by Slayer (turned into a mix in “Raining In Blood/Postmortem”). It was fierce and instantly hooked the crowd. Click on any photo below to open the gallery and scroll below the photos to watch the new music video for said cover in “Raining In Blood/Postmortem”.
Photos of Black Map at Chicago Open Air. All photos taken by Luke Spencer in Chicago, IL on July 15, 2017.
Black Map performed on day two of Chicago Open Air on the Blackcraft Stage featuring songs from their debut album In Droves. The band is currently on tour with Chevelle and Dinosaur Pile-Up. Click on any photo below to open the gallery and scroll below the photos to watch the music video for “Run Rabbit Run”.
Photos of Hell or Highwater at Chicago Open Air. All photos taken by Luke Spencer in Chicago, IL on July 14, 2017.
Hell or Highwater opened up the Main Stage on day one of Chicago Open Air performing songs from their debut Vista. The set included singer Brandon Saller going into the crowd and then carrying the band’s guitarists on his shoulders while performing a song.
Click on any photo below to open the gallery and scroll below the photos to watch the music video for “I Want It All”.
Interview with John Humphrey of Seether at Chicago Open Air talking about Rise Above Fest, filming a new music video, and eating Lucky Charms with Clint Lowery.
Photos of Seether at Chicago Open Air. All photos taken by Luke Spencer in Chicago, IL on July 15, 2017.
Seether is currently on tour all over the US and venturing overseas later this year promoting their latest album Poison The Parish. With the help of Sevendust guitarist Clint Lowery the band took the main stage of day two at Chicago Open Air. Click on any photo below to open the gallery and scroll below the photos to watch the music video for “Let You Down”.
Photos of Korn at Chicago Open Air. All photos taken by Luke Spencer in Chicago, IL on July 15, 2017.
Korn closed out the main stage on day two of Chicago Open Air. I’ve seen Korn perform many times and while the smoke and strobes were going wild, I can honestly say I have never seen the band perform with that much focus and fire before. It was an impressive end to an amazing day.
Click on any photo below to open the gallery and scroll below the photos to see the music video for “A Different World” featuring Corey Taylor.
Photos of Rob Zombie at Chicago Open Air. All photos taken by Luke Spencer in Chicago, IL on July 14, 2017.
I have shot Rob Zombie every year for the past four years now and I can honestly say that it never once gets boring or uninteresting. Every performance from the deadman and company always exceed expectations. Click on any photo below to open the gallery.
Photos of KISS at Chicago Open Air. All photos taken by Luke Spencer in Chicago, IL on July 14, 2017.
WE WANTED THE BEST AND WE GOT THE BEST!
Seriously, I haven’t heard that many women scream for a band at a festival in years. Whatever it is that Kiss has, they still got it and Chicago loved it. Kiss closed night one of Chicago Open Air on the main stage and performed for over 90 minutes. Click any photo below to open the gallery.
Photos of Stone Sour at Chicago Open Air. All photos taken by Luke Spencer in Chicago, IL on July 16, 2017.
Is Corey Taylor a fan of Channel Awesome? OF COURSE!
Stone Sour performed on the main stage on day three of Chicago Open Air. To give you an idea of how much the crowd loved this band, a unanimous and vigorous chant of “F*** Nickelback” broke out from the general admission crowd between songs with zero prompting from anyone on stage. It quickly became a festival wide chant to the hilarity of the band and everyone backstage in support of Stone Sour.
Currently promoting their latest album Hydrograd which was released less than a month ago, the band is continuing on the road with new tour dates and performing more festivals including Aftershock, Louder Than Life, Ozzfest Meets Knotfest, and Shiprocked. Click on any of the photos below to open the gallery and scroll below the photos to watch the music video for “Fabuless”.
Stone Sour at Chicago Open Air 2017
On a side note, a huge thank you to Corey for inviting the Channel Awesome crew along with myself to be guests for the show and watch the great performance on stage. I’ll remember that forever, along with the lovely YouTube Channel Intro you helped create.
Renowned gypsy punk band GOGOL BORDELLO has released the new single “Walking On The Burning Coal” from their upcoming seventh album SEEKERS AND FINDERS which comes out August 25 , 2017viaCooking Vinyl. The song premiered on Consequence of Sound who characterized the song “as contemplative as it is emboldening, the verses finding Hütz examining a familiar wanderer’s desire and the choruses demanding a challenge to be faced.”
The band will embark on a North American tour in support of the album from September to November with a special NYC-area record release show on August 26th at Port Chester’s Capitol Theatre (full tour dates below). NYC’s brass/woodwind Lucky Chops will support.
Written over an extended time on three different continents, Seekers and Finders finds the nine-piece multi-cultural band in top form – an aural party of violins, accordions, trumpet, marimba amongst the standard rock basics of guitars, drum and bass. “I was still bouncing between Latin America and Eastern Europe when songs were emerging, but finally, as soon as I moved back to New York, it all came into focus… as it always did for me here,” he explains.
Formed in 1999, Gogol Bordello took their style of Eastern European-influenced gypsy punk and doused it deep into the underground rock of New York City. Having worked with numerous grandmasters of production including Rick Rubin, Steve Albini, Andrew Scheps, and Victor Van Vugt, Seekers and Finders brings the band full circle with Eugene taking over the producer’s chair.
Gogol Bordello is Eugene Hütz (vocals/guitar), Sergey Ryabtsev (violin), Thomas Gobena (bass), Pedro Erazo-Segovia (vocals/percussion), Pasha Newmerzhitsky (accordion), Boris Pelekh (guitar), Alfredo Ortiz (drums), Pamela Racine (vocals/percussion), and Vanessa Walters (vocals/percussion). Seekers and Finderswill be released on August 25, 2017 viaCooking Vinyl. Pre-orders available nowhere.
TOUR DATES
7/22 Baltimore, MD @ Artscape Festival
8/20 Elora, ON @ Riverfest Elora
8/26 Port Chester, NY @ Capitol Theatre
9/8-9 Kansas City, KS @ Buzz Beach Ball
9/16 Chicago, IL @ Riot Festival
9/18 Niagara Falls, NY @ Rapids Theater
9/20 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
9/21 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
9/22 Portland, ME @ State Theatre
9/23 Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
9/25 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre
9/26 Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Theatre
9/27 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
9/29 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
9/30 Madison, WI @ Breese Stevens Field (supporting Modest Mouse)
10/2 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
10/3 Columbus, OH @ Newport
10/4 Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom
10/6 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls
10/7 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
10/8 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
10/19 Athens, GA @ Georgia Theater
10/20 Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall
10/21 New Orleans, LA @ Joy Theater
10/23 San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theater
10/24 Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey
10/25 Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
10/27 Des Moines, IA @ Wooley’s
10/28 Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theatre
10/30 Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
11/1 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
11/2 Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
