Video: Bruise Violet by Babes In Toyland

I do like the connection between the guy in the front of the crowd and the singer of Babes In Toyland in the shot above.

Remember when you are covering a gig it is always worth shooting pics of the support bands because you never know how their career might progress but, having said that, I did not hear much of Truman’s Water after this concert.

I was back home in the north-east of England and I had heard that Babes In Toyland were playing at The Riverside in Newcastle, which was a venue I knew well, so I asked for a photo pass and was lucky enough to get one.

As I recall at the time I was aware of the band because they had been championed by DJ John Peel and they created an angry and wonderfully noisy racket.

When I arrived at the gig I managed to get back stage where one of the band was bizarrely smoking something through an apple and asked if I wanted to partake but I politely declined.

For whatever reason there weren’t as many photography restrictions and I was able to use flash and I do like the results from this gig. And, as these shots show, I managed to get quite close to the band on stage.

Having said that, because I was working in Cumbria, there was no way the photos would be used because they were not at a local event.