Idles At Centre Bell

  

Writing, writing, writing.I'm always up for finding out about a band that I don't know much about.  Such was the case this past week at the Centre Bell as the big rock show of the week was being opened by a band that my fellow photographers were singing the praises of.  Idles have been around for a little more than a decade now, but they've managed to fly under my radar. That certainly didn't stop them from treating the city to an incredible set.  Those years have provided their fans with five albums.  The most recent of which, Tangk, was released in February of last year.  I had never seen the band live before, but my fellow photographers quickly clued me in that I was in for a treat.  The band slowly hit the stage in a relaxed manner, exemplified by guitarist Mark Bowen and his choice of attire for the evening.  A bathrobe.  But, the energy level quickly jumped 100 notches as Idles broke in to ‘Colossus’ and Bowen transformed into a whirling dervish, flailing around the stage.  Before the second song began, singer Joe Talbot was already splitting the crowd down the middle for our first wall of death of the evening, and once the musical carnage had come to an end, the crowd surfers came out.  I was told to expect the unexpected from Idles and it was at that point of the show that I looked across the stage and noticed that someone was missing.  Guitarist Lee Keirnan was no longer stage left, but rather out surfing with the fans, all while shredding on the guitar.  My friends were correct, this was an act not to be missed.  All of the photographs were taken at f/3.2 while using various different shutter speeds, ISO settings and focal lengths.  Here are the rest of the photographs that I took of Idles as they performed on the Centre Bell stage.

If you would like to find out more about Idles 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 Deftones, who performed later that night, you can do so by following the link.  Idles are a hell of a band and put on a hell of a show.  Don't you dare miss it when they play in a town near you.