music photography by jeff barringer

My interest in music photography began in the mid 70's with a teenage attempt to photograph the band AC/DC on their "Highway to Hell" tour in 1977 at Austin's Municipal Auditorium.

Using an old Canon SLR, the wrong lenses, the wrong film, and with little background, training or knowledge of photography I wasted several rolls of film and what was at the time a good deal of money for a batch of prints that at best could be said to contain pretty colors.

At some point life intruded and by the early 80's I had set my hobby aside, looking for something less expensive and frustrating to spend my limited teenage funds on. I put the camera away, the pictures got stored, then lost. They weren't necessarily the best photographs in the world, though some were really good, but from a historical perspective many of them were important. Some of the bands I shot back then included Triumph, Journey, Rick Derringer, The Jam, The Beat, XTC, and a series of performance and candid backstage and dressing room shots of The Ramones during their "Road to Ruin" tour.

In 2006 my interest in music photograhy was re-kindled when I attended the SXSW Music/Film/Interactive festival. Along with compatriots from my online business, we launched a music blog/web-zine called club kingsnake shortly afterwards and that has allowed me to pursue my interest with a zeal that some have called obsessive .

I focus on shooting performance stills primarily in the Austin area and my work has not only appeared on our own web site, but on many others including The Austin American Statesman, MSNBC.COM, and MTV.COM. I do not sell my photos, but bands, labels, and publicists may use my photos for free if they contact me. I am also available as a stringer for music oriented publications that need photos in the Austin area.

I shoot almost exclusivily with Nikon D300s, and a wide array of primarily Nikon lenses.

I want to thank the following Austin organizations for allowing me access to shoot their venues and their bands on regular basis. This is in no way a complete list. La Zona Rosa, The Backyard, The Austin Music Hall, Direct Events, Frank Erwin Center, Antone's, Emo's, C3, Stubb's BarBQ, SXSW, Live Nation, and Roadrunner Records.

I want to thank all the artists who have allowed me to shoot them, with a special thank you going out to my friend Kerry King and Slayer for finding a way to get me into all their shows.

Micheal Stipe of R.E.M. at Stubb's BarBQ
photo by Jeff Barringer

Below are links to photo galleries of bands and artists that I have photographed. I will add more to the gallery as time allows. Please note the galleries may also contain photos by other photographers that use the club kingsnake photo galleries as well. Please refer to the photo credits to verify which are mine.

Concert Photo Archives: 2012 \| 2011 \| 2010 \| 2009 \| 2008 \| 2007 \| 2006					2008 Archive
Old 97s 12/27/08 La Zona Rosa	The Drams 12/27/08 La Zona Rosa	Mulholland Drive 12/19/08 La Zona Rosa	Diasporic 12/19/08 La Zona Rosa	Bus Stop Stallions 12/19/08 La Zona Rosa

Condiment Sandwich 12/19/08 La Zona Rosa	GWAR 12/05/08 La Zona Rosa	Kingdom Of Sorrow 12/05/08 La Zona Rosa	Toxic Holocaust 12/05/08 La Zona Rosa	In Flames 11/29/08 La Zona Rosa	Gojira 11/29/08 La Zona Rosa

36 Crazyfists 11/29/08 La Zona Rosa	The Black Crowes 11/22/08 Austin Music Hall	The Buffalo Killers 11/22/08 Austin Music Hall	Dragonforce 11/19/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Turisas 11/19/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Powerglove 11/19/08 Stubb's BarBQ

Dashboard Confessional 11/13/08 Frank Erwin Center	Plain White T's 11/13/08 Frank Erwin Center	The Cab 11/13/08 Frank Erwin Center	Puddle Of Mudd 11/02/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Aranda 11/02/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Temperedcast 11/02/08 Stubb's BarBQ

Kings Of Leon 10/25/08 Austin Music Hall	We Are Scientists 10/25/08 Austin Music Hall	The Stills 10/25/08 Austin Music Hall	All Time Low 10/25/08 La Zona Rosa	Mayday Parade 10/25/08 La Zona Rosa	The Maine 10/25/08 La Zona Rosa

Weezer 10/20/08 Frank Erwin Center	Angels & Airwaves 10/20/08 Frank Erwin Center	Tokyo Police Club 10/20/08 Frank Erwin Center	Pepper 10/18/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Supervillains 10/18/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Passafire 10/18/08 Stubb's BarBQ

Cat Power 10/12/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Cause For Applause 10/12/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Bassnectar 10/10/08 La Zona Rosa	Govinda 10/10/08 La Zona Rosa	Beats Antique 10/10/08 La Zona Rosa	Clutch 10/04/08 Stubb's BarBQ

The Sword 10/04/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Graveyard 10/04/08 Stubb's BarBQ	The Butthole Surfers 09/27/08 Stubb's BarBQ	The Kills 09/27/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Fuckemos 09/27/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Rodney Crowell 09/26/08 Zilker Park

Paula Nelson 09/26/08 Zilker Park	Carlos Santana 09/19/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Salvador Santana 09/19/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	The Toadies 09/03/08 Stubb's BarBQ	The Lions 09/03/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Paul Collins Beat 08/29/08 The Mohawk

The Pointed Sticks 08/29/08 The Mohawk	The Ugly Beats 08/29/08 The Mohawk	Tom Petty 08/26/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Steve Winwood 08/26/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Judas Priest 08/24/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Heaven And Hell 08/24/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Metallica 08/09/08 Pizza Hut Park	Ozzy Osbourne 08/09/08 Pizza Hut Park	Serj Tankian 08/09/08 Pizza Hut Park	Hellyeah 08/09/08 Pizza Hut Park	Jonathan Davis 08/09/08 Pizza Hut Park	Soilent Green 08/09/08 Pizza Hut Park

Kingdom Of Sorrow 08/09/08 Pizza Hut Park	Rigor Mortis 08/09/08 Pizza Hut Park	Within Chaos 08/09/08 Pizza Hut Park	Witchcraft 08/09/08 Pizza Hut Park	Seether 08/08/08 Stubbs	Red 08/08/08 Stubbs

Safety Suit 08/08/08 Stubbs	Less Than Jake 08/02/08 La Zona Rosa	Big D & The Kid's Table 08/02/08 La Zona Rosa	O Pioneer 08/02/08 La Zona Rosa	Slipknot 07/26/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Disturbed 07/26/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Dragonforce 07/26/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Mastadon 07/26/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Five Finger Death Punch 07/26/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Suicide Silence 07/26/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Walls Of Jericho 07/26/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	36 Crazyfists 07/26/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Airbourne 07/26/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	The Red Chord 07/26/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Powderburn 07/26/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Black Tide 07/26/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	M�tley Cr�e 07/23/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Buck Cherry 07/23/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Papa Roach 07/23/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Sixx:A.M. 07/23/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Trapt 07/23/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Alkaline Trio 07/06/08 La Zona Rosa	American Steel 07/05/08 La Zona Rosa	The Fashion 07/05/08 La Zona Rosa

The Hymns 07/06/08 Momos	Dethklok 07/06/08 Austin Music Hall	Chimaira 07/06/08 Austin Music Hall	Soilent Green 07/06/08 Austin Music Hall	Paramore 07/05/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Protest The Hero 07/05/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Street Dogs 07/05/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Entice 07/05/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Gina Cutillo 07/05/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Relient K 07/05/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Jack's Mannequin 07/05/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Greeley Estates 07/05/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Every Time I Die 07/05/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Norma Jean 07/05/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Say Anything 07/05/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Reel Big Fish 07/05/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	The Academy Is 07/05/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	The Bronx 07/05/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Against Me! 07/05/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Panima 07/05/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	The Briggs 07/05/08 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Rancid 06/13/08 La Zona Rosa	Lower Class Brats 06/13/08 La Zona Rosa	Ill Spent Youth 06/13/08 La Zona Rosa

Black Oak Arkansas 06/13/08 ROT Bake Rally	The Cure 06/02/08 Austin Music Hall	X 06/02/08 La Zona Rosa	Detroit Cobras 06/02/08 La Zona Rosa	Return To Forever 05/30/08 The Paramount Theatre	Dirty Wormz 05/30/08 Antone's

Newman Productions 05/30/08 Antone's	Dre Scott 05/30/08 Antone's	ZZ Top 05/15/08 The Backyard	Wilco 05/11/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Retribution Gospel 05/11/08 Stubb's BarBQ	My Chemical Romance 04/28/08 Stubb's BarBQ

Billy Talent 04/28/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Drive By 04/28/08 Stubb's BarBQ	The Used 04/27/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Straylight Run 04/27/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Army Of Me 04/27/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Street Drum Corps 04/27/08 Stubb's BarBQ

Rush 04/23/08 Frank Erwin Center	Dimmu Borgir 04/21/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Behemoth 04/21/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Pepper 04/17/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Red Eye Empire 04/17/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Iration 04/17/08 Stubb's BarBQ

Supervillains 04/17/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Ministry 04/15/08 La Zona Rosa	Meshuggah 04/15/08 La Zona Rosa	The Mars Volta 04/10/08 Austin Music Hall	Saves The Day 04/10/08 La Zona Rosa	Armor For Sleep 04/10/08 La Zona Rosa

Metro Station 04/10/08 La Zona Rosa	Lydia 04/10/08 La Zona Rosa	Say Anything 04/09/08 La Zona Rosa	Manchester Orchestra 04/09/08 La Zona Rosa	Eli Paperboy Reed 04/09/08 La Zona Rosa	Tim Fite 03/29/08 Stubb's BarBQ

Les Claypool 03/29/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Ben Jelen 03/15/08 The Cedar Door	The Hymns 03/15/08 The Cedar Door	Blue Cheer 03/15/08 Red Eyed Fly	Honor By August 03/15/08 Rockfest	Magic Bullets 03/15/08 Bourbon Rocks

Moon Rats 03/15/08 Emo's Lounge	Son,Ambulance 03/15/08 The Dirty Dog	Tulsa 03/15/08 Emo's Annex	Allison 03/14/08 La Zona Rosa	Drop Dead, Gorgeous 03/14/08 La Zona Rosa	Phantom Planet 03/14/08 La Zona Rosa

Chiodos 03/14/08 La Zona Rosa	Paramore 03/14/08 La Zona Rosa	The Hard Lessons 03/14/08 Stubb's BarBQ	The Whigs 03/14/08 Stubb's BarBQ	The Raveonettes 03/14/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Vampire Weekend 03/14/08 Stubb's BarBQ

Billy Gibbons 03/13/08 Threadgill's	Roky Erickson 03/13/08 Threadgill's	Thurston Moore 03/13/08 Threadgill's	Freddy Steady 5 03/13/08 Threadgill's	The Black Angels 03/13/08 Threadgill's	The Strange Boys 03/13/08 Threadgill's

Trail of Dead 03/13/08 Threadgill's	The Golden Dogs 03/13/08 Threadgill's	Mike Claxton 03/13/08 Threadgill's	Dennis Keller 03/13/08 Threadgill's	Ari Shine 03/13/08 Lambert's BarBQ	Astra Heights 03/13/08 Lambert's BarBQ

The Deadbeat Poets 03/13/08 Lambert's BarBQ	Buttercup 03/13/08 Lambert's BarBQ	Carlotta 03/13/08 Lambert's BarBQ	Joe Doucet 03/13/08 Lambert's BarBQ	Joe Jonas 03/13/08 Lambert's BarBQ	Little Joe Washington 03/13/08 Lambert's BarBQ

Orange Jefferson 03/13/08 Lambert's BarBQ	Spot Barnett 03/13/08 Lambert's BarBQ	Texas East Side Kings 03/13/08 Lambert's BarBQ	Texas North Side Kings 03/13/08 Lambert's BarBQ	Thierry Cognee 03/13/08 Lambert's BarBQ	Ray Reed 03/13/08 Lambert's BarBQ

Van Morrsion 03/12/08 La Zona Rosa	Jonathan Rice 03/12/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Papercranes 03/12/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Dead Confederate 03/12/08 Stubb's BarBQ	R.E.M. 03/12/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Anathallo 03/12/08 The Mohawk

Casket Salesman 03/12/08 Emo's Annex	Chris Bathgate 03/12/08 Emo's Annex	Pepi Ginsberg 03/12/08 Emo's Annex	Paul Collin's Beat 03/12/08 Beerland	The Forms 03/12/08 The Mohawk	Zykos 03/12/08 Emo's Lounge

Unknown 03/12/08 Emo's Lounge	Unknown 03/12/08 Emo's Lounge	Unknown 03/12/08 Emo's Annex	Unknown 03/12/08 Emo's Annex	Unknown 03/12/08 Emo's Annex	Billy Bob Thornton 03/11/08 Stubb's BarBQ

Scissors For Lefty 03/11/08 Club de Ville	The Golden Dogs 03/11/08 Club de Ville	Taxi Doll 03/11/08 Stubb's BarBQ	The Peoples Party 03/11/08 Street Performance	The Smithereens 03/10/08 La Zona Rosa	Seven Mary Three 03/10/08 La Zona Rosa

Marilyn Manson 03/01/08 Austin Music Hall	L.A. Guns 02/20/08 Rock City Icehouse	Hellape�o 02/20/08 Rock City Icehouse	Molotov 02/13/08 La Zona Rosa	Velvet Revolver 01/31/08 Stubb's BarBQ	Robin Trower 01/28/08 La Zona Rosa

Van Wilks 01/28/08 La Zona Rosa	Red Light Love 01/19/08 Emo's	Sharon Tates Baby 01/19/08 Emo's	As I Lay Dying 01/15/08 La Zona Rosa	Evergreen Terrace 01/15/08 La Zona Rosa	August Burns Red 01/15/08 La Zona Rosa

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