Brutal.
Powerful.
Loud.

Typically, not three words used to describe a Mariachi band. But those three words describe The Bronx, the US hardcore/punk band, who also released an album of pure Mariachi tracks. The Bronx returned to Brisbane, playing two sets of music, vastly different and at vastly different volumes. Mariachi El Bronx played first and it was just what you’d expect from a Mariachi band. Beautiful, catchy melodic music it was.

The band returned later in the evening and the instant they were on stage, you knew things were going to be different. From the start of their first brutal track, The Bronx destroyed the crowd and their ears. The protection offered by a barrier at the front was useless for us photographers as wave after wave of crowd surfers landed on our heads, their arms and legs flaying.

Photography was tough, mostly red and blue washes but after having disappeared off the photography radar for a month, I had a great time getting back into it.

Life has gotten in the way of maintaining this blog in the last month or so but hopefully it’ll be back into the swing of things really soon. There will hopefully be more photos and more random words that make grammatical sense while concurrently having little intellectual effect on the reader.