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Arctic Monkeys :: SDSU Cal Coast Open Air Theater

August 11, 2014

Arctic Monkeys SDSU Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theater.  All photos by me.

I have written so much on Arctic Monkeys since I first started listening to them back in 2006/2007 so I won’t exhaust my descriptive resources any further. What I WILL say is that watching their transformation over the last 8 years into the slick and swaggering northern rockers you have undoubtedly seen today has been so gratifying and I am thrilled to have photographed them in San Diego at the Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theater on the SDSU campus. This was the show before their big Staples gig and they absolutely slayed their adoring fans on both nights. I haven’t been this up close and personal with the band in years so it was great to finally snag my own shots of their true rock n roll fervor. Considering all the time I spent trying to pawn off songs like ‘Mardy Bum’ and ‘Fake Tales of San Francisco’ to my college pals who kindly humored my odd taste in colloquial English musicians, it’s great (and crazy) to finally see the overwhelming response Arctic Monkeys now have in the US – girls screaming at the flick of a comb and guys pumping fists at every hurried beat.  They say don’t believe the hype.  But I think it’s too late.  Hype or not, Arctic Monkeys have arrived.

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