John Gilleese
Photographer (Manchester, England, U.K.)
- After spending 10 years mixing bands as a sound engineer and herding cats, sorry....musicians, as a stage manager, I decided to leave the stage and enter the photo pit. But I'm pretty sure I'm one of only a select few people who can truthfully say they had their hand in Martin Sheen's trousers.
CKY and Sumo Cyco put on a riotous night of rock n' roll in Manchester and our photographer John Gilleese joined in the debauchery to bring us back these photos.
Good music is for everyone and Blackberry Smoke showed that when they rocked out at the Manchester Apollo recently. John Gilleese donned his Stetson to bring back these photos.
Our man John Gilleese loves his riffs dirty so we sent him along to check out Corrosion Of Conformity, Orange Goblin and Fireball Ministry and here's his photos!
Having just released their new album, The Unheavenly Creatures, progressive rockers Coheed And Cambria made a short visit to the UK and we were lucky to catch them in Manchester. Check out the photos and review here.
Halestorm have been rocking their way around the UK on their recent tour with Avatar. We joined the tour when it rolled into Manchester and you can check out the photos here.
We caught up with Steve Earle & The Dukes as they came to Manchester's O2 Ritz in search of wannabe outlaws. Check out the photos here.
Whatever genres of metal or rock you subscribe to, give Boss Keloid’s Melted On The Inch a listen because it is going to be heading up a lot of “Best Of” lists when December rolls around.
Ubisoft recently released the fifth instalment in the Far Cry series and we ventured into Hope County, Montana, to see if we could lend a hand against the Project at Eden's Gate cult.
Joe Satriani enlisted the talents of John Petrucci and Uli Jon Roth to accompany him on the European leg of this years G3 tour. We caught up with the trio at the O2 Apollo in Manchester UK.
Trivium brought Code Orange, Power Trip and Venom Prison along with them on their UK tour and we caught up with the chaos at a sold out Manchester Academy.
Archer will return to our screens next week for their 9th season, but what adventures will unfold on Danger Island?
Savage Messiah brought their chunky riffs and headbanging antics to Manchester Academy 3 with support from The Raven Age.
Seattle duo Bell Witch brought their thunderous performance of Mirror Reaper to Rebellion in Manchester with support from Monarch! and Vow.
We caught up with Texan pop punkers Waterparks as they came through Manchester as part of their Entertainment Tour.
Bowling For Soup + Friends = One night of unbridled pop-punk fun. Check out our photos and review here...
After a depressing January, we joined The Menzingers at the O2 Ritz to kick February off with a bang! Check out our review and photos here...
Los Angeles rock outfit Escape The Fate are in the middle of a 20-date run of UK and European shows with support from Set To Stun and Shields.
We caught Finnish goth rockers HIM's last-ever show at Manchester Academy when they stopped by on December 16th accompanied by Atlanta rockers Biters.
Sikth stormed through Manchester on December 2nd, along with Devil Sold His Soul and Press To MECO, who all cranked it up at Academy 3!
Buffalo bruisers Every Time I Die and Manitoba monsters Comeback Kid were accompanied by Higher Power and Knocked Loose for an unforgettable show at Manchester’s Academy 2.