CHRIS CASELLA PHOTOGRAPHY

2008-05-17T21:32:00.006-05:00

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Home Sweet Home...

2008-03-18T18:43:00.004-05:00

Made a short visit this weekend to see family and friends. Drove to see the new roller coaster being built...

...and the frozen wasteland that I used to live near.

Sorry I did not call, Pete, I am sure you wont let me down and I will hear about it.

Blast From The Past...Part 2

2008-03-18T18:43:00.003-05:00

More oldies but goodies of the likes of Corrosion of Conformity, Slayer, Riverboat Gamblers & Duran Duran....may post more later.....there are tons to go through.

Blast From The Past...PT.1

2008-03-13T00:05:00.000-05:00

Some old images of Zeke, Social Distortion, High On Fire, Buckcherry, Mudhoney & Marilyn Manson. Probably post more later. Tons of oldies but goodies I have been digging through. A lot of it is from film.

Rocket from The Crypt...R.I.P.

2008-03-05T19:00:00.001-05:00

Got the new Rocket From The Crypt DVD from Vagrant Records the other day. The live recording is awesome. I was lucky enough to have been at their last East Coast date three days before their Halloween show that would mark the end of a sixteen year run. The DVD comes with a second CD of the show minus a few tracks. Too bad they did not do Nail Biter/Battery Licker. Would have been a great way to end it all. Here some images from the NYC show, some of which were used in the packaging of the DVD. Best live band I have ever seen, they are sorely missed in the world of rock n roll.

Me Myself & I

2008-01-26T00:22:00.000-05:00

A good friend of mine shot some images of me for for the bio page on my site. I really dig them. She did an awesome job. I absolutely do not enjoy having my photo taken so this was probably a real chore for her. I can be a bit difficult on the other side of the lens. I am sure there are images where I am looking into the lens, but I prefer it this way. I think I am going to go with the horizontal image.

From Scandinavia With Love

2008-01-26T00:21:00.000-05:00

The weather has shifted for the worse here. Below zero at night...not too much warmer during the day. It made me think of how cold it must get in the land bringing the music world a new and vital wave of rock n roll (The Peepshows, The Hellacopters, Gluecifer, Puffball, Turbonegro, etc., etc.). Nevermind that some of the great Scandinavian bands have broken up or are breaking up, the music is still way more important to rock than here in the States. All of this introspection got me digging through old images. Here are some of some great bands from that part of the world. Makes me think I might need to scan some negs from the past ten or so years and get those old images out. I will post some as I do.....

(Gluecifer-Last Show-NYC)

(The Hellacopters-Rock and Roll Is Dead Tour-Indianapolis)

(Turbonegro-Scandinavian Leather Tour-Cleveland, Backyard Babies-Lollipop Mag Shoot)

(The Hellacopters-Lollipop mag Shoot-Screwing Around-Indianapolis)

Disturbed/Still Remains

2008-01-12T17:27:00.000-05:00

These are scans of the Disturbed and Still Remains features from the pages of Revolver Magazine....more to come from Guitar World.

Try the chili recipe!

Popoff on Casella....

2008-01-09T16:15:00.000-05:00

I was perusing the pages of the Judas Priest book my images were included in and came a cross a nice blurb by Mr. Popoff himself....don't get too many of these so it was a great surprise. Here I thought just getting a signed copy with a nice note was enough....

"Chris Casella - Vital, top-flight working photographer and provider of some Priest shots. www.casellaphoto.com"

Mike Church...Master Chef...Guitarist-Still Remains

2008-01-09T15:28:00.000-05:00

These images are of Mike Church of Still Remains from day two of the midwest Revolver Magazine swing of Chicago and Grand Rapids feature shoots. Mike had cooking videos (kind of crazy backyard barbeque style) that became extremely popular on Youtube and MySpace along with being the guitarist of Still Remains. The videos caught on and the owner of a mexican grill put him in some commercials. He prepared an awesome chili for the shoot and myself, my assistant and some of his band mates. The recipe was published along with some images in Revolver's 2008 preview issue. The guys were a blast to hang out with. Thanks to Mike for agreeing to use his guitar for a cutting board, it really made the shots. I will post the images from the mag soon.

Disturbed...In Studio...October 2007...Chicago

2008-01-09T15:00:00.000-05:00

Here are some images of Disturbed in the studio working on their new album "Indestructible" due out in 2008. I was assigned to cover this for Revolver Magazine and Guitar World Magazine. I will post images from the magazines soon. The guys were a lot of fun to hang out with. Chicago is a great town, too bad I was having car issues, there were a lot of places I wanted to see and things I wanted to do. I got some great barbecue with a friend though and got to stay in a semi-scary hotel and have pizza delivered by a crazy biker, I HAD to tip him even if the pizza turned out to be mediocre.....I thought Chicago was known for its pizza.

Go Shopping

2008-01-06T20:43:00.000-05:00

Spend your Christmas money on some rock n roll!

F'n A.....Judas Priest Book!!!

2007-12-18T10:23:00.000-05:00

A bunch of my images were included in a book about Judas Priest by world renowned music writer Martin Popoff. It is a big, well crafted 380 page juggernaut full of photos, memorabilia and of course Popoff's signature writing! A must have for Priest fans everywhere. It can be had by going to his site or Amazon, here.

"Martin has the most thorough knowledge of heavy metal of anybody I've ever met." —Dee Snider, Twisted Sister frontman...."Popoff is a blast to read with an acute style as cerebral as it is from the gut . . . you can't help but be impressed by the furnace level of this wordsmith." —MaximumMetal.com

Back cover with my image...

This is what you are looking for at Amazon, etc...front cover...

Year Long Disaster Posters

2007-12-11T12:26:00.000-05:00

Two new poster designs featuring my promo images of Year Long Disaster for a tour of Spain. Also look for more images in Rock Sound, Kerrang! and at the Yahoo website where Year Long Disaster won the "Who's Next" contest.

Guitar World...January 2008

2007-12-03T10:45:00.001-05:00

Some images in their print form......more coming soon....

Slash . Chicago, IL

2007-11-20T12:35:00.000-05:00

Some recent images of Slash for Revolver Magazine including the actual published image.

Recent Guitar World Images...

2007-11-16T13:31:00.001-05:00

A few images from recent shoots for Guitar World with Shaun Morgan of Seether, Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 & Daniel Davies of Year Long Disaster. Some will be and are featured in upcoming and current issues of Guitar World.

Mondo Generator

2007-10-28T13:10:00.000-05:00

Some newer Mondo Generator promo and live stuff. More to come along with new images in Revolver magazine and Guitar World Magazine.

More Year Long Disaster....

2007-10-04T21:42:00.001-05:00

Year Long Disaster Tour

2007-10-02T22:25:00.000-05:00

Just got back from being on tour with Year Long Disaster (Turbonegro & Mondo Generator). YLD were great night in and night out. Check them out, better yet go to their site and see if they are coming to your town and get out of the house and see them live. Plenty of dates up the west coast of the US through mid October, the middle and eastern US in mid November and in Europe in late November - early December....even some Hawaii dates. There self titled record is out on October 9th via Volcom Records. Buy it!

Year Long Disaster Site
Year Long Disaster Myspace

Miranda Lambert

2007-09-12T20:52:00.000-05:00

Some images in this feature interview with Miranda Lambert. Click the image to see it.

NOW OPEN!

2007-09-11T12:33:00.000-05:00

Christmas is just around the corner....

Volcom Recording Artists...

2007-09-02T23:24:00.000-05:00

Year Long Disaster & Riverboat Gamblers....busy weekend. Photographed two incredible bands in two days. More to come. Make sure and click over to VPRmag for the Gamblers interview!

VPRmag

2007-08-28T23:08:00.000-05:00

More good stuff from the VPRmag camp....Stevie D feature and RPG (Richmond Virginia) feature....with audio!!! Click to check it out!

Behemoth-JFAC 08.11.07 Creepsville, Kentucky

2007-08-23T23:02:00.000-05:00

These images were shot as promo for an upcoming tour, Radio Rebellion, featuring the bands Behemoth and Job For A Cowboy. Unfortunately, due to some weird circumstances they may not be able to be used. There is a back story here....I was hired by a prominent magazine to travel to just outside Louisville Kentucky to shoot the bands for an upcoming feature. It was the last date of the Sounds of the Underground festival, which was being held at "the most haunted facility in the northeast" that has been featured on the Sci Fi channel, VH1, etc....I am sure with a little googling it can be figured out. Considering the show was outside in a cloud of dust, there really was nowhere to shoot....except the old, partially renovated building. The tour managers for the two bands and myself went to the office and basically begged the owner for access to the building to shoot. There was a lot of schmoozing and resistance but we were allowed a short tour with the understanding there would be some photography involved. The band members were brought to the office and we proceeded through the building, shooting the whole way without any problems from our guide. We got to hear some interesting stories and my assistant got a little spooked a couple times, but for the most part, no ghosts were seen or heard. When we were done, we graciously left and I respectfully asked for a phone contact. I photographed both bands live and decided to leave. On my way out, I stopped by the office one last time to try and apply my best charisma and personality to the situation to get a final ok to use the images. The owner was not there any longer but with phone number in hand, I set out for home. After editing the images, I sent them along with the contact number to the magazine. After repeated attempts to reach the owner who was never on site, the magazine had to go with some of the other images I shot for the feature. So, needless to say, these images may never see the light of day except through my blog or my site. I would have liked them to be used, but.......only time will tell.

VPRmag & Casella Photography

2007-08-19T01:26:00.000-05:00

New images can be viewed at the links below. More new stuff coming in Revolver Magazine and Guitar World Magazine.

New photo galleries here.....

and here.....

Ozzfest 2007

2007-08-10T09:45:00.001-05:00

A ton of other images can be viewed at VPRmag.

...Chris Cornell....07.22.07

2007-07-24T12:35:00.000-05:00

Bloodwolf......revisited

2007-07-24T00:03:00.000-05:00

More Licks........

2007-07-23T14:10:00.000-05:00

Chris Cornell . 07.22.07 . The Fillmore . Detroit

2007-07-23T08:26:00.000-05:00

A few images of Chris Cornell from Detroit. Amazing that he still is able to belt out old Soundgarden with ease.

Juliette and the Licks . Detroit MI . 07.22.07

2007-07-23T03:07:00.000-05:00

Some images of Juliette Lewis from the Juliette and the Licks show last night in Detroit at the Fillmore. This band is no joke....a ton of energy, great songs and real rock and roll swagger.

Bloodwolf . 07.21.07 . Columbus Ohio

2007-07-22T00:32:00.000-05:00

Image from todays shoot with Bloodwolf (Cleveland). More to come soon.

Old stuff, New look.

2007-07-19T18:49:00.001-05:00

I have reworked some portrait images with some Photoshop actions I found and adjusted. I am stoked to have found them, I have missed cross processing film to make more interesting portraits for some time now. So here are some new versions of images.....Josh Todd of Buckcherry along with a group photo, Blag and He Who Cannot Be Named of The Dwarves and Dregen of the Backyard Babies.

Shotgun Kelly . Columbus Ohio . 06.11.07

2007-06-20T12:08:00.001-05:00

Promo image for the band Shotgun Kelly from Columbus Ohio. Check'em out.

One Year....(Part 1)

2007-06-03T14:49:00.001-05:00

What better way to celebrate posting my blog for one year than with one of the hardest working bands in rock and roll and a beautiful model? I can't think of one either. Below are images from the Sandusky, Ohio "Ohio Bike Week" concert with Buckcherry. Included are images from an upcoming feature for Lollipop Magazine. A huge thunderstorm almost made the show impossible but they made it happen and it was incredible as always. This band does not disappoint, ever, period. They bring it night after night. If they come anywhere near you, go see them, one of the last true rock bands. In part two of the one year post are a few images of Ashleigh Page, a model I recently worked with. She is worth a look or two and definitely was great to work with. Really easy to work with and pro all the way.

If you have been reading my posts and checking out my images over the last year, thank you. I will continue using this as a way to get images out there.

One Year.....(Part 2)

2007-06-03T14:42:00.000-05:00

....more for the 1 year anniversary of posting images......Ashleigh......more to come.

Velvet Revolver . Rock On The Range . #1/3

2007-05-21T21:46:00.001-05:00

VR from Saturday. Tons more of them below along with the second and third installments from the event featuring Buckcherry and ZZ Top.

Buckcherry . Rock On The Range . #2/3

2007-05-21T21:40:00.002-05:00

Buckcherry from Saturday in Columbus. Part 2 of 3 Rock on the Range sets. The last installment from Saturday is ZZ Top below.

ZZ Top . Rock On The Range . #3/3

2007-05-21T21:30:00.000-05:00

The last word from me concerning Rock on The Range (I think...). These guys need no introduction.

Rock On The Range . 05.19.07 . Columbus Ohio

2007-05-21T07:03:00.001-05:00

Some images of Velvet Revolver at the Rock on the Range festival on Saturday. More to come including Buckcherry and ZZ Top.

Burden Brothers . 05.19.07 . Columbus Ohio

2007-05-20T22:43:00.000-05:00

Some images of Kirtland/Sony Red recording artists Burden Brothers from Dallas, Texas featuring Vaden Lewis formerly of the Toadies, "Taz" Bentley formerly of the Reverend Horton Heat & Tenderloin, Corey Rozzoni formerly of Clumsy, Casey Hess formerly of Doosu & Zakk Busby formerly of Slow Roosevelt. Good bunch of guys that rolled through Columbus last night.

Heaven & Hell....Part 2

2007-05-16T10:09:00.000-05:00

More from the Heaven & Hell Tour featuring Black Sabbath (Dio era), Megadeth and Machine Head.

Heaven & Hell . 05.08.07 . Cincinnati, Oh

2007-05-10T10:39:00.000-05:00

Some new photographs of Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath - Dio Years) & Megadeth from the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati Ohio. More to come, including Machine Head live images and portraits for a feature from the same show.

Pike Apparel . 04.21.07 . Columbus Ohio

2007-04-23T17:22:00.000-05:00

More of Karina from the Pike Apparel shoot for Lollipop Magazine.

Fuck Subtlety . 04.21.07 . Columbus Ohio

2007-04-22T13:21:00.000-05:00

Some images from the Fuck Subtlety shoot for Lollipop Magazine featuring the super talented Karina. Make up by Anji the Make Up Queen and hair by Greek Angie. More of Karina to come from the Pike Apparel shoot.

Published Chimaira Image . Guitar World

2007-04-20T09:34:00.000-05:00

Image of Rob & Matt of Chimaira in the April 2007 issue of Guitar World.

New Published Image

2007-04-04T11:37:00.000-05:00

Lamb Of God image used in a cross promotional advertisement for Gig Nation dot com and Lollipop Magazine.

Revolver . Phil labonte . All That Remains

2007-04-01T13:27:00.000-05:00

Some outtakes and the actual pages of Phil Labonte (All That Remains) from my shoot for Revolver Magazine......get the May 2007 issue at the newsstand.

Fu Manchu 03.15.07 Columbus, Ohio

2007-03-15T17:23:00.000-05:00

Legendary rockers Fu Manchu....more to come.

Tom Beardslee Images 02.27.07

2007-02-27T15:02:00.000-05:00

Images from today's promo shoot with Tom Beardslee. New record out on Blooming Generation Records. He is a really talented musician, check him out.

More Slayer & Dwarves Images

2007-02-22T19:45:00.000-05:00

More images of Slayer & The Dwarves (02.12.07 & 01.29.07 respectively).

Slayer . 02.12.07 . Columbus Oh

2007-02-12T23:55:00.000-05:00

The Mighty SLAYER!

The Dwarves . Cleveland Oh . 01.29.07

2007-01-30T20:02:00.000-05:00

The Dwarves, "Rock Legends". I will post more, maybe some video and the interview later.

Rocket From The Crypt (R.I.P.) 10.28.05

2007-01-22T22:13:00.000-05:00

Never posted any of this stuff. These are from the last east coast show ever by the mighty Rocket From The Crypt. They will be sorely missed. Fantastic show.

More Buckcherry . Columbus Ohio . 01.19.07

2007-01-22T00:24:00.000-05:00

Buckcherry . Columbus Ohio . 01.19.07

2007-01-20T01:15:00.000-05:00

Buckcherry live at Lifestyles Community Pavillion in Columbus Ohio. Great show.

More Published 01.19.07

2007-01-19T08:45:00.000-05:00

Here are a couple new "published" images. First, Corey Taylor from the new issue (March 2007) of Revolver Magazine. Second, a screenshot of a gallery from The Hellacopters site from a page with a bunch of live images.

Old Stuff...New Stuff Coming 01.18.07

2007-01-19T00:49:00.000-05:00

Here are some old images. New stuff coming over the next few weeks.

Corey Taylor 11.25.06

2006-12-03T15:28:00.000-05:00

Images from a recent shoot for upcoming issues of Revolver Magazine with Corey Taylor of Stone Sour & Slipknot.

Chimaira 11.21.06

2006-11-28T16:11:00.000-05:00

Some new images from a recent shoot with Rob and Matt of Chimaira for Guitar World Magazine.

More published images......

2006-10-05T10:54:00.000-05:00

From top to bottom.....Avenged Sevenfold featured on promotional material for Lollipop Magazine...High On Fire, Marilyn Manson & The Hives featured on promotional material for Lollipop Magazine... Feature for Revolver Magazine's 50th Anniversary issue on the Ozzfest roadcrew...Backyard Babies feature from issue #68 of Lollipop Magazine.

Priestess . 09.28.06 . Grog Shop . Cleveland, Ohio

2006-10-05T09:52:00.000-05:00

Great rock band from Canada touring there debut record Hello Master. These are some images for a feature in an upcoming issue of Lollipop magazine.

Check'em out here....... Priestess

More panoramic.....

2006-08-22T19:08:00.000-05:00

Got more film scanned from Black Label Society at Ozzfest.

Riverboat Gamblers . Cleveland 08.11.06 . Cincinnati 08.12.06

2006-08-14T20:13:00.000-05:00

The Riverboat Gamblers are one of my new favorite bands, especially live. Tons of energy, tons of good songs and a great bunch of guys. They really helped me out over the two days in Ohio shooting them. I woudn't miss the opportunity to see these guys....broken bones waiting to happen.

X/Rollins Band . House of Blues . Cleveland, Oh 08.11.06

2006-08-14T20:07:00.000-05:00

Awesome performances. X was incredible (both in Cleveland and Cincinnati). Rollins Band was on fire in Cincinnati.

Lacuna Coil April & July 2006

2006-08-09T13:08:00.000-05:00

Images from Ozzfest XI and the tour with Rob Zombie earlier this year.

Panoramics

2006-08-03T15:38:00.000-05:00

Ozzfest . Unearth . Performing on the Second Stage

Ozzfest . Loading Bay . Second Stage

Slayer-Brave Words Bloody Knuckles Magazine

2006-08-02T13:46:00.000-05:00

This is the published layout from Brave Words Bloody Knuckles magazine featuring my Slayer images. It turned out pretty cool.

Ozzfest XI . 07.21.06 . Columbus, OH

2006-07-31T17:03:00.000-05:00

These are a few images from the hundreds I shot over two shows (Columbus/Indianapolis). There could have been a little more variety on the second stage, musically speaking. Black Label Society is far and away the best band on that stage. There are some good up and comers (Walls of Jericho, Unearth, etc.) but alot of it starts to sound the same. Still a good festival. As one performer stated, "where is lollapalooza, lillith fair, hoard tour?".....I think my metal card is going to get revoked.

Zakk Wylde . Live Images . 2005-2006

2006-07-31T16:49:00.000-05:00

Here are some photos of Zakk Wylde from the last couple years. It's always fun to shoot one of the present time guitar greats. I have tons of respect for what he does with his fanbase. By creating "Chapters" of the Black Label Society he allows the fans to be involved with the music on a whole other level.

Ozzfest XI . 07.23.06 . Indianapolis, In.

2006-07-24T21:07:00.000-05:00

It was a great change of pace to be able to go behind the scenes and photograph. I will post more of this and some traditional band shots later, this is more interesting.

Paul Raven (Ministry/Killing Joke) 07.03.06 Columbus Ohio

2006-07-05T21:42:00.000-05:00

Paul was kick ass to shoot. Good guy and easy to work with.

Al Jourgensen (Ministry) 07.03.06 Columbus, Ohio

2006-07-03T21:27:00.000-05:00

These are from a shoot with Ministry. Al and the band were cordial and very cooperative. Very easy to work with. Maybe I will post more of the rest of the band later once they are edited.

Unholy Alliance Tour 06.19.06 Cincinnati, Ohio

2006-06-28T15:54:00.000-05:00

Here are some photos from the Unholy Alliance Tour featuring Slayer, Lamb Of God and Children Of Bodem. Great to get the chance to photograph the legendary Slayer.