Pics from Progpower USA 2.0 -- Saturday
Here are Saturday's pics, in camera order.....
- The line awaiting doors-open on Saturday....
- ...and again. It's gotten a bit longer....
- Me and the mighty Dan Swano of Nightingale, Edge of Sanity, Pan-thy-Monium, Bloodbath, and Moontower. Whew!
- Dan with his sponsor, Jim Raggi
- Cooler 'with-sunglasses' version of the above
- Nightingale with Jim R.
- Nightingale without Jim R. Arguably an improvement
- Pan-thy-monium. Or at least their shoes. You'll have to ask Raggi about this one. Further, deponent saith not. :)
- Superior:
- Superior takes the stage for the first time in North America!
- Michael Tangermann, frontman and chief painter for Superior :)
- Bernd Basmer, lead guitarist and Billy Idol stand-in for Superior :)
- Michael Muller, "the other guitarist" for Superior
- Martin Reichart on left-handed bass, with Bernd. That left-hander was heavy going to and from the airport! Reports that Martin recently toured with Spandau Ballet are NOT true. :)
- Michael Muller. There may be something to the name "Mike Miller" when it comes to guitarists (this has been an obligatory Godhead reference :))
- Bernd gets down!
- Michael and Martin
- Across-the-stage (and crappy) shot of Bernd
- Martin and Michael T.
- Martin R. gets down!
- Michael M. gets down!
- Michael T. goes up! A case where the flash failed to off and the pic is probably better because of it
- Keyboardist Jan-Marco Becker lurks behind the Korg Triton
- Drummer Thomas Mayer lurks behind the Guitar-Center-provided drumkit
- "My brain hurts! Get out of my mind!"
- "Ladies and gentlemen! It's Billy Idol-- err, Bernd Basmer!"
- Michael T. (a crappy shot w/no flash)
- "Parallel liiiines...."
- Martin and Bernd
- Michael T. gets down!
- "Raise your arms if you're Sure...."
- Michael T. and Bernd -- the action pose!
- Crowd loves Superior, too! That's my friend Ryan Webb in the foreground
- "I can't HEAR youuu...."
- Jan-Marco and Michael M.
- We'd like to thank Scotty Ian for making an appearance.... :)
- As usual, my attempted photo of a drummer sucks....
- Martin R. and Bernd B. gettin' down!
- Bernd B., a good friend online for many years, and a longtime Ytsejammer
- Jan-Marco, no longer being eclipsed by the keyboards....
- Jan-Marco and Martin R. There's that cussedly heavy left-handed bass again. :)
- Another rare shot (this time, of Michael M.) where lack of flash didn't ruin it too much
- Close enough to count the fillings on Michael T.'s teeth. They look better than mine. :)
- Same close range, but no teef this time
- Martin R. and Bernd
- Martin R., a crappy longer-range shot
- Martin R., a considerably less-crappy close shot
- Martin, Thomas (!) and Bernd
- Bernd, a nice shot, too
- Michael T. animates the crowd
- Michael T., Martin and Bernd
- I don't EVEN wanna go here. :)
- Parallel liiines again. Martin thanks the crowd (I think)
- Jim Raggi and that chick from Somnus again. She looks a bit less somnambulent now
- Spiral Architect:
- Steel Prophet:
- Glenn comes onstage for a few words and to introduce his favorite band.....
- Evergrey:
- Kamelot:
- Tim and some chick
- Me and Tom from Evergrey
...and that's all, folks! :)
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