Check Out These Judas Priest Concert Photos – 4 March 2015
13th Floor photographer David Watson was on the scene at Tuesday’s Westfest show and collected some excellent images with his trusty camera. Click on any image to view the photo gallery.
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More Westfest – Mt Smart Stadium – 4 March 2015
Tuesday afternoon is an odd time for a rock festival. Judas Priest’s closing number — I only caught the end of it; I had to work all day — might have better been titled Rockin’ Before Teatime. Theirs is not music that wants to be performed in daylight. As soon as Judas Priest left the […]
Judas Priest, Faith No More & Soundgarden – Westfest 2015 – Mt Smart Stadium 3 March 2017
It seemed a little surreal…watching the leather-clad Judas Priest in the late afternoon sun as they banged out metal classics like Breaking The Law and Living After Midnight. Later the nearly-full moon (out) shined during Soundgarden’s closing set. But overall Westfest 2015 came across as well-organized, well-behaved and LOUD. I arrived at Mt Smart shortly […]
Faith No More Grows Up: Interview
Faith No More is back! The band is set to release their first album since they split up in 1998. And…they will be in New Zealand in March appearing on the Westfest bill along with Judas Priest and Soundgarden. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke with Faith No More keyboard player Roddy Bottum about Sol […]
NZ Metal round up Feb 6th 2014
Well, it’s Waitangi day and already the Prime Minister has declared his envy of the dictatorial powers of Frank Bainimarama, the south island is on fire, and it snowed overnight on the desert road. I’ve been pretty absent for a while now, because of issues far too boring to discuss, yet it’s soon to be […]