Theory Of A Deadman At Théâtre Beanfield

“Let the music smother me, whole weekend recovery, dancing on a Friday night.”  Our Monday night concert review opened with a quote, so it seems only fair that our Friday night show gets one as well.  This lyric from The Darkness also very fairly describes the atmosphere inside of Montreal’s Théâtre Beanfield.  Theory of a Deadman were in town and the sold out crowd was ready to party knowing that there were two days ahead to recover from their rock and roll excess.  Theory of a Deadman brought their Unplugged Tour to Montreal and they went all out with the effort.  Appearing on stage by walking down a set of stairs to a decorated the set meant to look like a 1980’s style basement.  I’m not going to lie, they nailed the decor to a T.  Right down to the wood paneled wall that we had at my house growing up.  They mentioned that they ran out of place for the bar, which got a chuckle from the crowd, but they were pretty common in 1980s basement, and yes, we had one of those as well.  Though it was easy to get distracted by all of the decorations, neon signs and mismatched furniture, once the music began, the crowd was immediately rocked back to the present. This was my first live Theory Of A Deadman experience, but what an experience it was. Though the show was billed as being acoustic, it still rocked as hard as any other concert I have been too.  After the band settled in to their seats, they began with ‘Gentleman’ and the party had begun.  Singer Tyler Connolly retreated to one of the previously mentioned recliners at the back of the set after explaining where some of the pieces had originated from, but quickly returned to his feet, circling his band mates for ‘World Keeps Spinning’.  What followed was a collection of their greatest hits that covered several albums and had the fans cheering for more.  The band mentioned that the tour served as a little bit of fun between albums, so I guess it is pretty safe to guess that some new music will be coming from Theory of a Deadman shortly.  Their latest, Dinosaur’, was released two years ago and they have never gone more than three years between albums so it wouldn’t be a surprise to find out a new album will be appearing soon.  In the meantime, this Unplugged Tour is great fun for the band and fans alike.  Everyone wins.  All of the photographs were taken at f/3.2 while using various different shutter speeds, ISO setting and focal lengths.  Here are the rest of the photographs that  I took of Theory Of A Deadman as they performed on the Théâtre Beanfield stage.

 

If you would like to find out more about Theory Of A Deadman and their music, you can do so by following the link to their website.  If you would like to see the photographs that I took of Jeff Martin, who performed earlier in the evening, you can do so by following the link.  Much thanks goes out to Jackson Carignan of In De Goot Entertainment and Christopher Gonda of V13 Media for getting me a pass to shoot the show.  As always, it is very much appreciated.  Theory Of A Deadman are due to wrap up this acoustic tour shortly, but with a new album on the way, Theory Of A Deadman will certainly be hitting the road again soon.  Don't miss them when they end up playing near you.