Captain Reckless and Stu Arkoff at Club Red, Tempe Arizona, 2007.
I always have a dilemma when I shoot -- the question of color vs black and white. I started out shooting black and white, processing and printing everything the old fashioned way, and that sort of stuck with me. Plus I developed a love for the great documentary photographers, such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, James Nachtwey...an image in black and white has such a timeless quality to me.
And yet, when people wear vibrant red coats like Stu's that night, or when I have beautiful colored stage lighting, I get a little intoxicated in all that color. But I eventually go back to my roots.
I had Vic Victor put in a word with Stu about shooting some stuff for Zombie Ghost Train, when they played together shortly after the KK naked shoot for Girls and Corpses and shortly before this show. So Stu calls me to chat about doing photos, and asks me, "we don't have to take our clothes off, do we?"
I'm never gonna live that shoot down.
Stu and Reckless trade a lot of banter on stage, and they are one of the funniest bands to catch live. Also of note: Stu has quite a hard time keeping his tongue in his mouth, as anyone who has seen photos of him can attest to. And Reckless is one of the fastest damn bass players I have ever seen.
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