Gary Numan band portrait – Opera House Toronto, May 24th, 2016

Gary Numan and his band were kind enough to allow me to photograph them during their three day residency in Toronto at the Opera House for their Classic Album Tour 2016. Numan and his band performed Replicas, The Pleasure Principle and Telekon in their entirety over three separate evenings on May 23rd, 24th and 25th….

Pete Yorn – Opera House, Toronto – March 22nd, 2016

Review and Photos by Mike Bax “You know you’re the best thing ever” I can still remember the first time I heard Musicforthemorningafter (Pete Yorn’s 2001 debut), played in snippets over a friend’s car stereo as we drove to a concert together. The songs on that album sounding so incredibly RIGHT in every sense of…

Deafheaven with envy and Tribulation – The Opera House, Toronto – November 1st, 2015

Review by Trystan Photos by Mike Bax deafheaven.com twitter.com/deafheavenband http://www.facebook.com/deafheaven http://www.sonzairecords.com/ http://www.facebook.com/envyOfficial.jpn http://www.tribulation.se http://www.facebook.com/Tribulationofficial Tour line-ups generally follow one of two formats: a) they’re completely random; often forcing fans of opposing genres to get along, and b) a comprehensive and logical arrangement of bands that compliment the headlining act. With Tribulation and Envy opening for…

The Melvins live at the Opera House – September 1st, 2010

Since the Melvins have not come to Canada for a decade, their performance was a celebration of their disfigured creations over the last twenty-five years. The band opened with the opening tracks from their latest album “The Bride Screamed Murder” before jumping into fan favourites from albums like 1993’s “Houdini” and 2006’s “(A) Senile Animal”,…

Lacuna Coil – Opera House Toronto – May 25th, 2010

Lacuna Coil, one of the hardest working metal bands on the planet, made their way through Toronto a few days ago, playing a headlining set to a decent sized crowd at the Opera House. Before playing ‘Heaven’s A Lie’, Cristina talked about sad days in the music industry currently, before dedicating the song to their…