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.
Music and fashion were the passions at The National Gallery of Victoria last Friday night. The fashion was courtesy of Christian Dior and the music from Japanese power pop trio Shonen Knife. Whilst big in Osaka indie rock circles since forming in 1981, they gained attention on the world scene after releasing albums on K Records and Sub Pop in the USA in the late ’80s. Championed by the likes of Nirvana, Sonic Youth and Redd Kross, they have maintained somewhat of a cult status around the world.
Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes were the stand alone act in Australia during the 90s.They cut through with wit, flash and weirdness for four albums. Last year for the first time since 1997, Dave Graney ‘n’ the Coral Snakes reformed to perform classics from their soft and sexy songbook featuring the original gangsters who made their much acclaimed masterpiece Night of the Wolverine– Dave Graney on vocals with Clare Moore on drums, Rod Hayward on guitar and Robin Casinader on piano. They join forces once again to play a rare show at NGV for the Friday Nights series
Being passionate about music, and also being extremely indecisive, choosing and rating a Top Ten Gigs of 2016 list was extremely difficult for me to compile. I had the same problem with my Top Ten Gigs of […]