Show Preview: Blue Ridge Rock Festival 2021 — Danville, VA

Virginia’s 4th annual Blue Ridge Rock Festival will be taking place this year September 9-12 at the Blue Ridge Amphitheater in Danville, VA. Once again, the festival organizers have gone out of their way to provide an entirely “fan-driven” artist lineup. This musical event will be one of the best of the year!

Headliners for this year’s Blue Ridge Rock Festival include Rob Zombie, Rise Against, Breaking Benjamin, Five Finger Death Punch, Megadeth, Papa Roach, and Shinedown. I’m personally looking most forward to performances by Gojira, Lamb of God, Mastodon, and Anthrax. View full line-up and/or purchase tickets at blueridgerockfest.com. Continue reading below for more information.

Interview: Bill Garman (Concert & Sports Photographer)

Hazy Eye Music Media is proud to announce another interview in a series of interviews I’m currently conducting with some of my favorite concert photographers. I’m stepping outside of my comfort zone and have begun picking the brains of some phenomenal photographers. My interviews in this series focus on concert photographers outside of DC, MD, and VA. Anyway, check it out! I, Andy Jillson, was fortunate enough to interview Bill Garman. Bill is an extremely talented freelance photographer based in Massillon, Ohio. I met him last summer at the Knotfest Roadshow in Burgettstown, PA. Bill is the type of photographer I aspire to be. His work is unique and well, breathtaking.

Bill is not only a great concert photographer— he’s also an amazing sports photographer and shoots Notre Dame football for Irish Sports Daily. His sports photography is equally as impressive as his skills in the photo pit. Continue reading below for my full interview with Bill Garman. All photos copyright and courtesy of Bill Garman.

Photo Flashback: Alex Seeley Concert Photography 2019 — Pennsylvania

Well look who we have here…it’s Alex Seeley! Nice!!! Hazy Eye Music Media is more than happy to have Alex Seeley on board as a contributor/author. Alex is a professional product photographer, but he’s also an amazingly talented concert photographer. For Alex’s first post he will be taking us through some of his more recent rock photography. Yep, in this “Photo Flashback” we’re taking a trip down Alex’s “metal memory lane.” Continue reading below for more of Alex’s photos. All images copyright and courtesy of Alex Seeley.

Concert Review: Gojira @ KeyBank Pavilion//Knotfest Roadshow 8/23/19 — Burgettstown, PA

*Gojira @ KeyBank Pavilion (Photo by Andy Jillson)*

Slipknot embarked on a six-week long tour around North America and brought French heavy metal titans Gojira along with them for the ride. Knotfest Roadshow 2019 was without a doubt the summer’s heaviest-hitting metal festival tour. I was fortunate enough to be approved to photograph Gojira and all three of the other bands on the lineup. Continue reading below for full concert review. All images copyright and courtesy of Andy Jillson.