Articles by Mary Boukouvalas

About Mary Boukouvalas

Mary is a photographer and a writer, specialising in music. She runs Rocklust.com where she endeavours to capture the passion of music in her photos whether it's live music photography, promotional band photos or portraits. She has photographed The Rolling Stones, KISS, Iggy Pop, AC/DC, Patti Smith, Joe Strummer, PULP, The Cult, The Damned, The Cure, Ian Brown, Interpol, MUDHONEY, The MELVINS, The Living End, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, Rage Against The Machine, The Stone Roses –just to name a few - in Australia, USA, Europe and the Middle East. Her work has been published in Beat magazine, Rolling Stone magazine, Triple J magazine, The Age Newspaper, The Herald Sun, The Australian, Neos Kosmos, blistering.com, theaureview.com, noise11.com, music-news.com. She has a permanent photographic exhibition at The Corner Hotel in Richmond, Victoria Australia.

Snap Scene: X-mas Even, Even, Clio Renner, Corner Hotel, 23rd December 2020

January 18, 2021Mary Boukouvalas

Ever since working up a rocking version of Badfinger’s “No Matter What” in their early mid-‘90s days playing the pubs around Fitzroy and St Kilda, Even have usually had a cover or two on the go. […]

Snap Scene: Mick Thomas & The Roving Commission Corner Hotel – 19th December 2020

January 8, 2021Mary Boukouvalas

Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission re-jigged their Melbourne shows due to venue capacity increases brought about by the easing of COVID restrictions. They decided to fold their three shows at the Corner Hotel into two – scrapping the Sunday matinee – and his two shows in one night at Memo into just the one. […]

Snap Scene: The Crookeds, Stay Gold, Brunswick 20th December 2020

January 8, 2021Mary Boukouvalas

THE CROOKEDS are Sonny James Falsone, Oscar Linkson, Matt McLean and Aaron Franks. […]

Snap Scene: The Casanovas, Stay Gold, Brunswick 20th December 2020

January 7, 2021Mary Boukouvalas

The Casanovas are from the Live Rock’n’Roll Capital of the Universe – Melbourne. Originally coming to international prominence with the rise of rock in the early 2000’s, they have shared stages with the likes of Motörhead, Mötley Crüe and The White Stripes. […]

Q&A Scene: Cody Hudock ~ CODY AND THE BLACKOUTS (USA)

December 17, 2020Mary Boukouvalas

Tell us about your new single/ album/ tour? Time Stood Still is actually a song I wrote many years ago for different project, which took on an entirely new life when we started playing it […]

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Q&A Scene: Thijs Flinsenberg ~ DUTCH MONKS

December 17, 2020Mary Boukouvalas

Tell us about your new single? ‘Never! Not anyone’ was actually the first song that Jesse pitched to me when we started playing music together. As scientists working at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, […]

Q&A Scene: ELI GREENEYES

December 16, 2020Mary Boukouvalas

Tell us about your new single ‘21’? 21 is about changing and growing into yourself as an individual and young adult, and being bloody terrified in the process. I realised that I had been running […]

Snap Scene: Thee Marshmallow Overcoat, Thornbury Theatre, 28th November 2020

December 10, 2020Mary Boukouvalas

Christened Thee Marshmallow Overcoat during their first gig Ashley Naylor, Davey Lane & Brett Wolfenden all have an intrinsic passion for ‘60s R&B, Garage, Freakbeat and Psychedelia. The list of artists for whom they span include The Stooges, The Yardbirds, The Who, The Easybeats, The Small Faces, The Kinks, Manfred Mann, The Byrds and much more. […]

Q&A Scene: WARDRUNA

December 9, 2020Mary Boukouvalas

Q&A Scene: Pete & Will ~ PLASTIC FACE

December 8, 2020Mary Boukouvalas

Tell us about your new single ‘HiiViSiON’? The song ‘HiiViSiON’ was written right smack bang in the middle of the pandemic. Pete had just fled back from NZ and was hot off the plane and […]