Paperback Hero

After a great session with Juke Kartel, my name is starting to get out in the music scene, which is awesome. It also helps that one of the biggest fans of my work (and my roommate) is a guitarist for Lifehouse, the one and only Ben Carey. So when Bryan Hopkins, lead singer for Paperback Hero and good friend of Ben's, asked me if I would do some promo shots for them at the Key Club, a famous Hollywood club on Sunset Boulevard, I jumped at the opportunity.

I had about 20 minutes with the fellas at the famous bus behind the club (it's been used as a dressing room for bands that play at the club for years). A very cool scene for an awesome band. After the shoot I stuck around and got some live shots. I also mixed in a few shots from a show they did at the Hard Rock with Juke Kartel about a week before the Key Club.

Here's what we got....

From left....Pete Burke: Drums, Dan Fine: Bass, Bryan Hopkins: Lead Vocals, Chris Latham: Guitar











Bryan Hopkins....





Dan Fine....





Pete Burke....



Chris Latham, with the rock star pose I was looking for. I hope that was directed at the camera and not me....





















The Hard Rock made for a very cool venue....



Here's Ben playing with the guys and showing off for the camera....









Gotta throw a few more Juke Kartel shots, they played right before Paperback Hero at the Hard Rock....

Juke Kartel

Some good friends of my Aussie roommate were in town the other day to put on a show at the famous Troubadour in West Hollywood. The band, Juke Kartel, is from Melbourne, Australia and are breaking into the American music scene in a huge way. You may recognize the lead man, Toby Rand, from the hit reality show, Rock Star Supernova, in which rock stars battled to be the lead singer for a band which featured Tommy Lee and others. Great group of guys that put on a heck of a show, good enough for a guitarist named Slash from a little band called "Guns N Roses" to stop by and be part of the crowd.

Aside from being a roadie most of the day, I managed to snap a few pics as well....



Toby Rand....



Dale Winters....







Jason Pinfold....















Todd Burman....



I love this one, that's actually a camera flash from the crowd lighting up Toby....







Tommy Kende....