Over the years, many a scribe has penned the words 'Rock is dead', but here we are in 2023, and as far as I am concerned, it is still alive and kicking all kinds of butt. Sure, the older bands may be getting long in the tooth, but there is always some hotshot guitar player and singer with a wild voice waiting to step up to the plate and take a swing for the fences. Back in 2012, that band was Rival Sons, and now, more than ten years later, they have proven the critics right as they have been waving the flag for old school rock and roll ever since. I first discovered them in the pages of Classic Rock magazine, where their 2011, Pressure & Time was ranked as the #2 Album of the Year and the band itself had been labeled as Breakthrough Band of the Year. Their 2014 album, Great Western Valkyrie, is considered by many to be one of the greatest
modern rock records and Rival Sons are still making great records, evidenced by their most recent effort, Darkfighter, which was released back in June, and the recently announce companion piece, Lightbringer, which will be released in October. On stage, Rival Sons have few equals as well. Singer Jay Buchanan is like a mix of John Morrison and Robert Plant, but with a voice all of his own that is unmistakable and guitarist Scott Holliday is a gunslinger from another era, wielding his guitar like another famous Holiday, though spelt differently, famously wielded a sidearm. Rival Sons are easily one of my favourites out there today and it was great to see, and shoot them, on the Théâtre Beanfield stage. The first photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/80sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm and the second photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/80sec, ISO 4000 at 41mm. Here are several more photographs that I took of their performance.
f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 5000 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 8000 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 5000 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/50sec, ISO 10000 at 38mm
f/3.2, 1/50sec, ISO 8000 at 42mm
f/3.2, 1/100sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/100sec, ISO 8000 at 70mm
f/3.2, 1/40sec, ISO 8000 at 28mm
f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 8000 at 70mm
f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 8000 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 8000 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/100sec, ISO 8000 at 61mm
f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 4000 at 39mm
f.3.2, 1/100sec, ISO 4000 at 47mm
f/3.2, 1/100sec, ISO 4000 at 35mm
f/3.2, 1/60sec, ISO 4000 at 35mm
f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 12800 at 61mm
f/3.2, 1/60sec, ISO 4000 at 50mm
f/3.2, 1/50sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 8000 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 12800 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 12800 at 35mm
f/3.2, 1/100sec, ISO 12800 at 44mm
f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 12800 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 12800 at 42mm
f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 12800 at 70mm
f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 12800sec at 39mm
f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 12800 at 35mm
f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 12800 at 50mm
f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 12800 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 12800 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 12800 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 8000 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 12800 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 8000 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/80sec, ISO 8000 at 61mm
f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 12800 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 8000 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 12800 at 24mm
If you'd like to find out more about
Rival Sons and their music, you can do so by following the link to their website. If you'd like to see the photographs I took of Aviv, who performed earlier in the evening, you can do so by
following the link. Much thank to Jake Turner of
Crush Music for getting me a pass to photograph the show. As always, I am very appreciative of the opportunity.
Rival Sons are one of the best band out there today. They're currently touring so don't miss out the chance to see the show if they're playing near you.
Over the years, many a scribe has penned the words 'Rock is dead', but here we are in 2023, and as far as I am concerned, it is still alive and kicking all kinds of butt. Sure, the older bands may be getting long in the tooth, but there is always some hotshot guitar player and singer with a wild voice waiting to step up to the plate and take a swing for the fences. Back in 2012, that band was Rival Sons, and now, more than ten years later, they have proven the critics right as they have been waving the flag for old school rock and roll ever since. I first discovered them in the pages of Classic Rock magazine, where their 2011, Pressure & Time was ranked as the #2 Album of the Year and the band itself had been labeled as Breakthrough Band of the Year. Their 2014 album, Great Western Valkyrie, is considered by many to be one of the greatest
modern rock records and Rival Sons are still making great records, evidenced by their most recent effort, Darkfighter, which was released back in June, and the recently announce companion piece, Lightbringer, which will be released in October. On stage, Rival Sons have few equals as well. Singer Jay Buchanan is like a mix of John Morrison and Robert Plant, but with a voice all of his own that is unmistakable and guitarist Scott Holliday is a gunslinger from another era, wielding his guitar like another famous Holiday, though spelt differently, famously wielded a sidearm. Rival Sons are easily one of my favourites out there today and it was great to see, and shoot them, on the Théâtre Beanfield stage. The first photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/80sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm and the second photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/80sec, ISO 4000 at 41mm. Here are several more photographs that I took of their performance.
