Faith No More
3rd March 2015
Mt Smart, Auckland, New Zealand
Photography by Doug Peters.
There have been times in my life when I look back and can barely believe I have been lucky enough to shoot certain bands. Case in point, Faith No More. I spent a large period of my teenage years absolutely obsessed with Faith No More and Mike Patton, and would spend hours listening to their albums (in fact, ‘Album of the Year‘ became my go-to CD to listen to while studying for my 5th Form exams and while creating my Art Portfolio), all the while dreaming about maybe one day getting to go and watch them live. Then all of a sudden they had broken up.
I resigned myself to the fact that seeing them live would now never be a thing, but I kept on listening to those albums on and off for years while graduating through the rest of my adult life. There were sporadic Faith No More gigs around the world in this time, but never any signs of a full reunion. Then, seemingly out of the blue Faith No More released a new album, they were back together! A tour was announced, and the rest is history. Not only did I get to see them live, I was lucky enough to be able to create the photographs of them you will see below. Teenage daydream goal not only achieved, but smashed out of the park!
Equipment: Canon EOS 1D MkIIN, Canon EF 70-210mm f4
Did you catch this amazing performance at Westfest 2015? Or have you seen Faith No More at another one of their shows? Tell me about it in the comments below!
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