Tom Martin

Firstly I should point out that most of the photo's in this post were not taken by me! I am however responsible for facilitating this little project.. Last week I went on a road trip with the Leeds Metal phenomenon that is Chickenhawk to one of their gigs in London. I lent the band my old 400d so that they could take photographs of the journey themselves. Some of the images are being used to accompany a two part tour diary that the band wrote themselves. The first part of which is being published in Vibrations Magazine in Leeds later this month, so look out for that if your a Leeds local! Anyway I though it would be nice to post some shots from our little adventure...

Loading up outside the bands practice room in Leeds early afternoon...

Ryan enjoying a donut whilst he waiting for the rest of the band to turn up. Our driver for the trip was These Monsters Ian Thirkill who was very kindly working on his Birthday to make the trip possible!

Lots of messing around on the way down. Matt 'Barry' Reid...

 

Self portrait. Paul with a creepy Rob lurking in the background...

 The venue called Embassy in London's Mayfair was nuts! Really swanky and there was all sorts of other acts on including strange dancing ladies!

Rob showing off a commemorative disk of his own...

More Beyonce related horseplay...

Making a mess of the swanky back stage area!

Warming up and being mature...

Snoozing...

Showtime... (taken by the bands buddy Camille!)

Pedalboard was abandoned due to technical difficulties... still a fantastic performance though...

Crowd participation....

Nearly done...

Done. Very Rock'n'Roll. Awesome band. Lovely chaps. Ace gig. I think 2011 is very much going to be their year....