Vultures Eps4: The Cairo City Ramblers

Behind the scenes of Vultures episode 4: ‘The Case Of The Poisoned Dates‘: Pat Cairo (Paddy Dunne) with his patterned-jumper-wearing bearded band of merry men; the Cairo City Ramblers (Tommy Dowling, Mick Slattery & Laurent Murray).

You can read more about this shoot and see more photos from behind the scenes on Vultures here on the Oss237.com Blog.

Stage Dive

Just one of many stage-dive shots from my recent roadtrip to the Cuba Club in Galway to shoot Cut the Reins, 20BullsEach, Only Fumes and Corpses, the Lobotomies and Strike Anywhere.

You can see all my shots from the gig here on Flickr and you can read all about the road-trip and gig here on the Oss237.com Blog. You can also hear myself and the Chief talking about the gig and tracks from some of the bands on the 60th Sound System Podcast show.

Kerbstomp – BOTB 2008 Runners-Up

Kerbstomp, finalists & Runners-Up in the Hype Entertainment Battle of the Bands 2008. L-R: Joe O’Brien, Daire Nolan, Ferdia Bridgeman, Evan Cass.

You can check out all of my shots from the Battle of the Bands here in the new KilkennyMusic Galleries on Flickr.

Decadation – BOTB 2008 Finalists

Decadation, finalists in the Hype Entertainment Battle of the Bands 2008. L-R: Ian Eardley, Daire Nolan, James Delaney, Patrick ‘Iggy’ Kavanagh, Peter B.

You can check out all of my shots from the Battle of the Bands here in the new KilkennyMusic Galleries on Flickr. I still owe Decadation a promo-shoot from last year’s competition so there’s more shots of them to come soon.

Teratoria – BOTB 2008 Finalists

Teratoria, finalists in the Hype Entertainment Battle of the Bands 2008. L-R: Chris Forde, Katie Glennon, Briain Casey, Alan Byrne.

You can check out all of my shots from the Battle of the Bands here in the new KilkennyMusic Galleries on Flickr.

And the battle begins…

Oss237.com – Ross Costigan Photography is an official sponsor for the Hype Entertainment Battle of the Bands 2008, I’m also sitting behind the judges table and providing a photography package to the winning band.

You can check out all my shots from the Battle of the Bands 2008 here in the KilkennyMusic Galleries and you can read more about the competition here on my Kilkenny Music Staff Blog.

The Skins

The Skins supporting Laminate for their farewell performance in Cleere’s Theatre. You can see more of my shots from the gig here in the KilkennyMusic Galleries.

Cronus

Wexford thrash metallers Cronus live in the Zoo Club, Kilkenny. Once again playing around with settings in the low light conditions for a studio still series of live shots.

You can check out all of my shots from the gig here, along with over 1000 more of my live shots here in the KilkennyMusic Galleries and you can read about the gig here on my KKM Staff Blog.

Bassist Promo

One of several promo shots for session bassist Tanya O’Callaghan, I’m slowly but surely getting through my backlog of photos. This was taken in January. Keeping it simple, using a standard household lamp for the shoot.

You can read more about this shoot here on the Oss237.com Blog.

23

Dublin hardcore metallers, 23, live in the Zoo Club. You can see all of my shots from this gig here in the KilkennyMusic galleries and you can read about the gig here on my blog.

Abysmal Torment

Extreme metal from Malta, Abysmal Torment, in the Zoo Club with Atrax Mantis, Slave Zero and Sanatorium for Kilkenny’s heaviest gig ever.

You can check out all of my shots from this gig in the KilkennyMusic.com Galleries and you can read about the gig here on my blog.

Sirocco

Sirocco in the Zoo club with Kilkenny Metal Promotions. I’ve been trying out different shutter speeds and settings at gigs recently, trying to find the perfect setting for headbanging and windmills. You can read more about this gig on my blog.

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