Appetite for Destruction Turns 20

Anyone who knows me is aware that I'm a HUGE Guns N' Roses fan. Appetite for Destruction marked a major turning point in my life. That album single handedly drew me into the world of rock n' roll. It inspired me to play guitar and explore classic rock like Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath and AC/DC. Through G N' R I also got into early punk bands like The Stooges, New York Dolls, The Ramones and Dead Boys.

Last night I was lucky enough to attend a 20th anniversary celebration at Key Club in Hollywood. Original G N' R drummer Steven Adler and his band Adler's Appetite were joined on stage by his past band mates Duff McKagan and Izzy Stradlin. Slash was also in attendance though he didn't not join them onstage. I was bummed by that since I've been trying to photograph Slash for a while now without any luck. Overall the vibe was positive and it was great to hear G N' R's best songs performed live again.

I'm still hoping G N' R will reunite at some point. I saw them three times back in the early 90's and they were truly one of the best rock bands I've ever seen. In the meantime I suggest hardcore Guns fans check out a new book called Reckless Road which documents the bands early career. I was able to look at a pre-release copy last night and it's filled with great photos and scans of original flyers from their shows on the Sunset Strip.

More photos on my Flickr Concert Set.

John K Comcast Commercial

The commercial I worked on for John K is finally live! The folks at Cold Hard Flash have an interview with John and some of the animators. They've also posted some of the cool production art. It was a fun project and I got to work with a lot of talented people that I had only known from "The Internets".

Go check it out now!

*UPDATE*
Here's a sample of John's pencil art and my inks before being brought into Flash for coloring and animation.

God of War: Chains of Olympus

My brother Dana and his team over at Ready at Dawn Studios talk about creating the upcoming God of War release on PSP. Dana also worked on the epic and hugely successful computer game World of Warcraft and more recently Daxter for PSP.

Klaxons & Fist Fite at El Rey

Brought to you by the excellent people at Losanjealous. More shots available on my Flickr page as well.

The Binges, The Vacation, Yearlong Disaster and Tokyo Smog

An amazing show with a great line-up! I really enjoyed every band. More pics on Flickr as usual. The Roxy is pretty dark, so I didn't get as many usable pics as I'm used to.