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.
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Snap Scene: British India – 3hree8ight6ix launch – Chasers – 4th July 2018

July 10, 2018 Mary Boukouvalas
Chasers in Chapel St South Yarra recently announced the venue will return to hosting international and national live touring acts, stand-up comedy and cabaret under the live brand Three Eight Six.

The venue has undergone an extensive refit to provide Melbourne music fans and Australian concert promoters with an important mid-sized venue as Three Eight Six, that will allow the finest in Australian and international talent to continue to play in this city.

British India were revealed to be the headline act for the night. 

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Snap Scene: Mannequin Death Squad – 3hree8ight6ix launch, Chasers – 4th July 2018

July 9, 2018 Mary Boukouvalas
Chasers in Chapel St South Yarra recently announced the venue will return to hosting international and national live touring acts, stand-up comedy and cabaret under the live brand Three Eight Six.

The venue has undergone an extensive refit to provide Melbourne music fans and Australian concert promoters with an important mid-sized venue as Three Eight Six, that will allow the finest in Australian and international talent to continue to play in this city.

Entertainment for the night consisted of a set from one of Melbourne’s most dynamic up and coming acts Mannequin Death Squad.

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Snap Scene: Dan Brodie – Yarraville Live – 30th June 2018

July 4, 2018 Mary Boukouvalas
Born in Melbourne, Australia, Brodie was raised in a musical family, his father, a professional guitarist and singer taught Brodie the basic chords of guitar and piano and along with his brother Chris, they began making music together, playing as fast and loud as they could to whoever would listen, not letting their lack of experience get in the way of having a good time, and honing their skills of playing live to an audience.

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Snap Scene: THEORY (of a Deadman) – Prince Bandroom – 26th June 2018

June 29, 2018 Mary Boukouvalas
“Complacency is such a disease when you’re in a band,” says Tyler Connolly, singer and guitarist for Vancouver, Canada’s THEORY (Of A Deadman). “People are so afraid to progress, but you have to change—you can’t just write the same song over and over. So when I saw where this record was going, I said to the other guys, ‘We’re in a car and it’s going off a cliff. Do you want to jump out or ride it to the bottom?’’

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Snap Scene: Bad Moon Born – Prince Bandroom – 26th June 2018

June 29, 2018 Mary Boukouvalas
Hailing from the Sydney rock scene, Bad Moon Born are an undeniably talented five-piece rock band with a captivating sound that is self-described as “girth rock”. They are a new wave of hard rock, with influences from Guns ‘N’ Roses, Alter Bridge, Avenged Sevenfold and Audioslave.

Their debut EP, Chemical Lullabies, has received positive reviews and had tracks added to rotation on the largest rock stations in New Zealand and Australia, gaining traction both nationally and internationally.

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Snap Scene: Chasing Lana – Prince Bandroom – 26th June 2018

June 29, 2018 Mary Boukouvalas
Chasing Lana are known for their raw and grungy sound, with loud, aggressive style mix, powerful melodic guitar’s, dynamic and solid rhythm sections and catchy vocal chorus’s.
When you see Chasing Lana play live, what you see is what you get. No fancy gimmicks or tricks, no computer generated effects, just a pure raw sound.
The band has two huge notable International supports now under their belts with P.O.D and Saliva and multiple successful headlining show’s around Australia in support of their E.P, Suffocate / Medicate’.

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