Photos by Marty Moffatt


NEW SLIDESHOWS    

 
The Union (Sonisphere, UK Aug 2010)       Voodoo Six (Sonisphere, UK Aug 2010)
FM (London, UK Jul 2010)       Romeo's Daughter (London, UK Jul 2010)  
FM (Cardiff, UK Jul 2010)       Airrace (Cardiff, UK Jul 2010)(coming soon)            
FM (Download Festival UK Jun 2010)  
    

Rock Music Photography

As a long time fan of rock music and a veteran of many hundreds of concerts, I like good music and appreciate the importance of good visuals.  I offer photography based around both live action and commercial publicity shots, suitable for websites, posters, flyers, press articles… or pictures to hang on your wall.  I like to build relationships with the bands I photograph, to ptovide images both they and I will be proud to display.

Below are complete slideshows and galleries of various concerts. There are over two hundred complete concerts captured in photos here, each containing up to 100  or so images from the concert. Please check 'em out. Alternatively, to see more of my work, and maybe find out more about some of the bands I'm photographing, please visit my MySpace site www.myspace.com/martymoffatt. There you'll see more photos and find links to some of my favourite bands' MySpace sites so you can check them out too and hear samples of their music.  You can also follow my activities and photoshoots on Facebook (www.facebook.com/martymoffatt) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/martymoffatt)

I have regularly had images published in rock and music magazines, such as Classic Rock, Guitar Player, Fireworks, Burnn, etc.  I also have images published all over the internet, on band websites, MySpace pages etc and in band publicity material such as posters, programmes and advertisements.  More recently I have provided images for merchandising and cover artwork for albums and DVDs for artists such as Jeff Scott Soto, Thunder, Danny Vaughn, Steve Augeri, Joe Bonamassa, FM, Gentlemen Of Distorted Sound, White Sister and Mitch Malloy among others. I am currently working with The Union, providing all the photography for their debut album and also a deluxe 'coffee table'  book of images from the making of the album.

COMING SOON: I also offer a full professional photoshoot service for bands and individual artists, producing a selection of images suitable for web or print use.  A portfolio of my photoshoot photos will be displayed here online very soon.  Please contact me for further details.

Please note:  All images in the slideshows below are copyright Marty Moffatt.  Please contact me if you wish to use any of them. 


The Union

The Union Sonisphere, UK Aug 2010 *NEW *
The UnionMilton Keynes, 10th April 2010 

The Union – Milton Meynes Soundcheck, April 2010

The UnionLeeds, 11th April 2010 

The UnionLeeds Soundcheck, April 2010
The UnionNewcastle, 13th April 2010 
The UnionNewcastle Soundcheck, April 2010
The UnionManchester, 15th April 2010 
The UnionManchester Soundcheck, April 2010
The UnionWolverhampton, 16th April 2010 
The Union – Wolverhampton Soundcheck, April 2010
The UnionOxford, 18th April 2010 
The UnionBristol, 19th April 2010 

The UnionSouthampton, 20th April 2010 

The UnionLondon, 21st April 2010 
The Union – London Soundcheck, April 2010
The Union (London, UK Dec 2009)

The Union (London, UK Dec 2009 rehearsals)

The Union (Leeders Farm Recording Studios, UK Feb 2010)

Thunder

Thunder (Manchester, UK Jul 2009) 

Thunder (Sheffield, UK Jul 2009) 

Thunder (Sheffield, UK Jul 2009 - soundcheck)

Thunder (Cambridge, UK Jul 2009) 

Thunder (Cambridge, UK Jul 2009 - soundcheck) 

Thunder (Newcastle, UK Jul 2009)

Thunder (Newcastle, UK Jul 2009 - soundcheck) 

Thunder (Nottingham, UK Jul 2009)

Thunder (Nottingham, UK Jul 2009 - soundcheck)

Thunder (Wolverhampton, UK Jul 2009)

Thunder (Wolverhampton, UK Jul 2009 soundcheck)

Thunder (Hammersmith, UK Jul 2009) 

Thunder (Hammersmith, UK Jul 2009 - soundcheck) 

Thunder (Xmas gig, Nottingham, UK Dec 2008)  

Thunder (Exeter, UK Nov 2008) 

Thunder (Manchester, UK Nov 2008) 

Thunder (Sheffield, UK Nov 2008)

Thunder (Wolverhampton, UK Nov 2008)

Thunder (London, UK Nov 2008)

 

Journey

Journey (Moondance Jam, USA July 2009) 

Journey (Download, UK June 2009) 

Journey (Hammersmith, UK June 2008) 

Journey (Manchester, UK June 2008) 

Journey (Wolverhampton, UK June 2008) 

Journey (Cardiff, UK June 2008) 

Journey (Nottingham, UK June 2008) 

Journey (Newcastle, UK June 2008) 

Journey (Sheffield, UK Mar 2007) 

Journey (Newcastle, UK Mar 2007) 

Journey (Nottingham, UK Mar 2007) 

Journey (Manchester, UK Mar 2007) 

Journey (Cardiff, UK Mar 2007) 

Journey (Bournemouth, UK Mar 2007) 

Journey (Birmingham, UK Mar 2007) 

Journey (Hammersmith, UK Mar 2007) 

Journey (Seattle, WA Aug 2006) 

Journey (Portland, OR Aug 2006) 

Journey (Marysville, CA Aug 2006) 

Journey (Shoreline, CA Aug 2006) 

Journey (Concord, CA Aug 2006) 

Journey (Manchester June 2006) 

Journey (Milton Keynes Monsters of Rock June 2006) 

Journey (Edinburgh June 2006) 

Journey (Las Vegas, NV Aug 2005) 

Journey (Paso Robles, CA Aug 2005) 

Journey (R&R Cruise, Jamaica Dec 2004)

Journey (Hilton Head, SC Aug 2004)

Journey (Clearwater, FL Dec 2004)

The Illegal Eagles

2009

The Illegal Eagles (Reading, UK April 2009)

The Illegal Eagles (Cheltenham, UK April 2009)

The Illegal Eagles (Cambridge, UK March 2009)

The Illegal Eagles (IndigO2, London, UK March 2009)

The Illegal Eagles (Salisbury, UK March 2009)

The Illegal Eagles (Bournemouth, UK February 2009)

The Illegal Eagles (Nottingham, UK February 2009)

2008

The Illegal Eagles (Wolverhampton, UK November 2008)

The Illegal Eagles (Cardiff, UK November 2008)

The Illegal Eagles (Manchester, UK October 2008)

The Illegal Eagles (slideshow, UK March 2008) 

The Illegal Eagles (Cheltenham, UK March 2008) 

The Illegal Eagles (Christchurch, UK March 2008) 

The Illegal Eagles (Salisbury, UK March 2008) 

The Illegal Eagles (Northampton, UK March 2008) 

The Illegal Eagles (Wolverhampton, UK March 2008) 

FM
FM (Birmingham, UK May 2010)
FM (Download Festival UK Jun 2010)
*NEW *

FM (Cardiff, UK Jul 2010) *NEW *
FM (London, UK Jul 2010) *NEW *

Tyketto

Tyketto (Southampton, UK June 2009) 

Tyketto (Islington, UK June 2009) 

Tyketto (Nottingham, UK Jun 2009) 

Tyketto (Dudley, UK Jan 2009) 

Tyketto (Shefield, UK Feb 2009) 

 

Vaughn

Vaughn Xmas show 2008, Dudley 

Danny Vaughn Band (Dudley, UK May 2007)

Danny Vaughn (support to Journey, Uk tour, March 2007)


Jeff Scott Soto and friends

JSS with Tempestt (London, UK March 2008) 

JSS with Tempestt (Dudley, UK March 2008)

The SAS Band (Bisley, UK December 2007) 

JSS Band (Islington, UK November 2007) 

JSS Band (Dudley, UK November 2007) 

JSS Band (Sheffield, UK November 2007) 

SAS Band(Bisley, UK Dec 2006) 

Jeff Scott Soto (Ashton Under Lyne, UK Sep 2005) 

Jeff Scott Soto (Nottingham, UK Sep 2005) 

Soul SirkUS (Bradford, UK May 2005)

Rush

RUSH (Manchester, UK October 2007) 

RUSH (Birmingham, UK October 2007) 

RUSH (Wembley, UK October 2007)

RUSH (Wembley, UK October 2007) 


Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa (Birmingham, UK May 2010)

Joe Bonamassa (Bournemouth, UK May 2010)
Joe Bonamassa (Southampton, UK Dec 2009) 

Joe Bonamassa (Wolverhampton, UK April 2009)

Joe Bonamassa (Bristol, UK 2008)


Other Bands

Romeo's Daughter (London, UK July 2010)*NEW * Romeo's Daughter (Birmingham, UK May 2010)

Voodoo Six Sonisphere, UK Aug 2010 *NEW *
Voodoo SixManchester, April 2010 
Voodoo SixWolverhampton, April 2010

Voodoo SixOxford, April 2010
Voodoo Six Bristol, April 2010
Voodoo Six – Southampton, April 2010
Voodoo SixLondon, April 2010

Airrace(Portsmouth, UK Mar 2010) 
Winger(Bristol, UK Mar 2010)
 Winger(Portsouth, UK Mar 2010)
Winger(Nottingham, UK Mar 2010) 

GUN (Birmingham, UK Mar 2010) 
Colin Blunstone (Southampton, UK Feb 2010)  

Heaven's Basement (Wolverhampton, UK Mar 2010)

SAS Band (Bisley, UK Dec 2009)

The Treatment (Sutton in Ashfield, UK Dec 2009)
Airrace (Sutton in Ashfield, UK Dec 2009)
Alice Cooper (Swindon, UK Nov 2009)

GUN (Bristol, UK Nov 2009 - coming soon) 

GUN (Nottingham, UK Nov 2009)

Mostly Autumn (Bilston, UK Nov 2009) 

Magnum (Bristol, UK Nov 2009)

Magnum (Wolverhampton, UK Nov 2009)
Aynt Skynyrd (Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute)

Heaven's Basement (UK, 2008)

Get Vegas (UK, 2008)

Tara's Secret (Dudley, UK 2008)

John Parr (UK, 2008) 

ThundHerStruck (Moondance Jam, MN July 2008) 

The Scorpions (Hammersmith, UK July 2007) 

Styx (R&R Cruise, Caribbean Dec 2004)

REO Speedwagon (R&R Cruise, Caribbean Dec 2004)

Thunder(Oxford, UK Nov 2006)

Thin Lizzy (Manchester Mar 2006) 

Alone (Heart tribute)

Strange Kind of Purple (Deep Purple tribute)

The Essential Journey (promo pics)

The Essential Journey (Stourbridge, UK June 2005)

Deft Leppard (Stourbridge, UK Sept 2005)

Broadside (The Furnace, Swindon, UK Oct 2005)

Seven Sins (The Furnace, Swindon, UK Oct 2005)  

Fever Dog (The Famous Ale House, Swindon, UK Jan 2006)


Testimonials from musicians etc

Hi Marty, just dropping you a line to say that your pics of FM at Download are simply awesome.
Jim KirkPatrick (FM)

Hi Marty, I was just looking thru' your photos from our show at islington.  Fantastic work Marty!  There's some great images there.
Ed Poole (Romeo's Daughter)

That little slideshow is superb.  If it's OK with you I'll post a link on my diary
Dave Ling (music journalist)

Hi Marty, just wanted to say a big thanks for the photos, they are amazing... That you get those results with that bunch of reprobates is more than impressive!
Ryan Aston (The Ultimate Eagles)

Some great stuff.  Thank you.
Kip Winger

Brilliant!  As Usual!!.  Cheers mate, love them.
Matt Pearce (Voodoo Six)

They look great, top man.  As you said considering it was dim they have come out amazing.
Tony Newton (Voodoo Six)


Just worked my way through everything and I think you've excelled yourself again mate!  Really great work.
Luke Morley (Thunder, The Union)


Great pix!  Only seen the Manchester ones so far but they rock!  Look forward to the rest of them.
Matt Pearce (Voodoo Six)


Marty! I must say that you did an amazing job shooting this show.  I would love to get all your high res shots on disk.  Thank you so much!
Rachael Iverson (Joe Bonamassa's marketing team)


Marty, those kick ass!!!!!!!!!! I love your pics!  You give good lens babe! LOL.  Thanks again so much for these amazing pics.  We'll put some up on our website for sure - thanks to you we have some cool performance pics too instead of all party pics.
Stephanie Leigh (ThunHerStruck)


Thank you soooooo much - you are so awsome for sending these so quick.  We had a great time out there and we are all very glad you came out again, and hope we have more time to hang next year :)  We will get these pics up on our MySpace very soon.  You rock Marty.
Carin Toti (ThundHerStruck)   


Wow !!!, I think these are the best so far, no other photographer has captured the band anywhere close to the way you have and I would just like to say how much I admire your work with the Illegal Eagles, I know on the gigs there is a lot of banter and stuff but I never take for granted the hard work and talent that you put in to these sessions at the shows, you have my utmost respect and admiration and I would like to say a big thank you to you for the work that you have done with the band and long may it continue.
Keith Atack (Illegal Eagles)

You’re a very talented man. I would love to get these shots they are amazing.
Mitch Malloy (Mitch Malloy band)

These are awesome! I love your work.
Steve Augeri (Journey, Tall Stories)

Fabulous, as always! Great job, mate.
Chris Childs – (Thunder, Illegal Eagles)

GREAT JOB Marty!! You have the touch. Thank You!!
Bill Bieloh - owner and promoter of Moondance Jam classic rock festival

Hi Marty! It's Andrea the Bassist for Thundherstruck. I just wanted to say how fantastic your photos are and I look forward to them every year.
Andrea Zermeno - ThundHerStruck

Don't know when you'll get this Marty but all I can say is FAN F**KING TASTIC! You never cease to amaze me. The shots are amazing and I shall direct people at our web sites to go to your page and check them out.
Danny Vaughn (Tyketto, Illegal Eagles, Vaughn)

Fantastic pics from Firefest. We all really appreciate you taking the time to do them. Really excellent.
Marc Stackhouse (Burn)

I was on melodicrock.com and saw the OUTSTANDING shots you took of us at firefest. They were amazing and I'd love to get some prints for my personal scrapbook. Is there a way to see all the pix you took of our set (yours were by far the best I've seen btw) and maybe get a disc or something?
Jess Harnell (Loud and Clear)

Wow, you took some beautiful pics of us at Firefest. I work with a bunch of picky, high-end audio/video artists in the Los Angeles area who aren't easy to please, and they were very impressed with your work.
Dennis Dries (White Sister)

I just wanted to say what truly amazing photos you have taken of Jeff at the Firefest show. I was absolutely blown away.
Richard Mace – publicist for Jeff Scott Soto

I must say the pics I have seen are superb! Nice to see B&W ones as well which I feel give the shots an edge.
Steve Price (ARfm radio)

Saw the TALON pics you posted. GREAT shots. You have a great eye for live photography.
John Kivel (Kivel records)

I was just checking out your photos of Tall Stories at Firefest V. Fantastic photographs, you are very talented!!
Rick Falco (Rox Diamond)

I saw the slideshow, awesome shots! Is there any way to send them to me as jpegs so I can put them up on my myspace?
Chandler Mogel (Talon)

This is Rob from Danger Danger. I was reading the Melodicrock.com noticeboard and found the link to the Paul Laine photos you took at Firefest. The pics look totally awesome :-) I would really like to use a couple of them, if thats ok with you. Let me know.
Rob Marcello (Danger Danger, Paul Laine)

It's Stevie Stewart, keyboards from the Sweet here just letting you know that I thought your shots were really cool. Thanks for shooting us at Moondance.
Stevie Stewart (Sweet)

I got forwarded a link to your Firefest pics of Crunch. Just wanted to drop a note and say they are absolutely GREAT! You have a great eye man!
Jamie Rowe (Crunch)

Wow! We all loved your pictures of us from Fire Fest. Well done my friend! We would love to use some of them for our new website.
Adam Holland (Valentine)

Thanks for taking photos of us again! They’re FRICKIN’ AWESOME!!! U Rule!
Dyna Shirasaki (ThundHerStruck)

All in all Marty's photos reflect a great gig - probably one of Jeff's best - he ought to be very rich as he is one of the best concert photographers I have ever seen.
Frank Tunney (Tour Manager for JSS Band)

Hi Marty,those are some really great photos there mate.The Thunder lads were telling me in rehearsals how good you were and they weren't wrong! Would there be any chance I could put a few of them up on my myspace?
Pete Shoulder (musician)

I've just been sent the photos from the Thunder tour by Ian. They look fantastic, thanks a lot!
Martin Saint (Get Vegas)

Your photos are f…ing amazing! I can’t believe that Jeff told me you DONT do this for a living. I hope you don't mind if I use some for my MySpace page and maybe my regular website (if I ever get around to updating it).
Thanks so much for taking all of them.
Howie Simon (JSS Band, Alcatraz)



Special Events & Festivals


Firefest VI (October 2009)
Friday

Lost Weekend

Eclipse

Bad Habit

HEAT

Treat


Saturday

Airrace
The Poodles
Drive She Said
Romeo's Daughter
White Sister
Crown of Thorns
Honeymoon Suite
FM  


Firefest V (October 2008)

Saturday

Tyketto

Pink Cream 69

JSS

Valentine

Paul Laine

Loud and Clear

Talon

 

Sunday

Firehouse

Danger Danger

Tall Stories

White Sister

Mitch Malloy

Rox Diamond

HEAT

David Readman

Burn

Firefest IV Nov 2007

Tyketto (Firefest4, Nottingham, UK October 2007) 

Harem Scarem (Firefest4, Nottingham, UK October 2007)

Jorn (Firefest4, Nottingham, UK October 2007) 

Valentine (Firefest4, Nottingham, UK October 2007)

Crunch (Firefest4, Nottingham, UK October 2007)



Special Events

Journey To The Cure Sparkle Tie Summer Ball (charity event featuring Steve Augeri and Kevin Chalfant)
Journey UK Fans Convention 2009 (charity convention in Barnsley 17/10/09)




Metalfest 2009

Metalfest 2009 (Saturday) 



 

Moondance Jam 18, Minnesota July 2009


Moondance Jam 2009

 

Moondance Jam 17, Minnesota July 2008

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

 

Moondance Jam 16, Minnesota July 2007

General pics of the festival and the crowd

Concert photos from Moondance Jam





A selection of comments from fans of the bands I photograph etc

“Marty, you are to photography what Michelangelo was to painting. Your work is so, so amazing because it is strongly spiritually engaging. Thank you for sharing what only your mind’s eye can see through a camera and through your visual presentation. It is so wonderful to have an artist of your visual talent living among us today. I will continue to follow your work and hope that the entire world catches on and enjoys your vast talent. Please count me among your greatest fans.”

“Great effort as a band and Marty Moffatt’s great photos speak louder than words.”

“WOW!!! You should consider yourself the most fortunate person alive to have seen these shows and to have taken such a beautiful collection of “The Best Journey Concert Photos” ever!!!!”

“Once again a stunning set of images from Marty Moffatt Esq…”

“Well Done Marty, it’s becoming quite a ritual…crack open an ice cold lager, set up Journey album of choice on Itunes (Revelation, on this occasion obviously!!), run Marty’s slideshow …and relive the night all over again…AWESOME Awesome, awesome photos!!!”

“Nice photos and unbiased review so far. Finally, I can read something from a professional. Appreciate hearing you appreciate the revitalized & re-birth of Journey with this awesome new line-up. Keep us posted! So far, I’m loving this group & looking forward to their music…I take it back — those are GREAT PHOTOS!”

“Thank you Marty Moffatt for your effort and also for sharing all these beautiful photos to us.”

“Congratulations Marty, great pictures bring their reward. Keep up the good work.”

“Stunning pictures. Marty, can you ensure you attend all the gigs I go to in the future, so that when I'm a dribbling, drooling wreck with the memory capacity of a senile goldfish, I'll have something to look back at?”

“As always you have excelled - dashed brilliant old bean.”

“Not only do you take some of the best photos that I have seen, but you go out of your way to put them up for us to view. Thank you!”

“Im totally looking them up. Great shot's Marty. Do you ever pinch yourself and go "omg, my life ROCKS!" lol”

“Just saw the pics from Newcastle, wow...best yet! That first shot of Neal is so OMFG!!! LOL I’m so happy for you getting such a great opportunity with the guys! Your work has improved with each shoot! What fun you must be having!”

“Lights and shadows.. Colors and hues... Capturing the subject perfectly.... As always I am awed by your photos Marty. Thank you for sharing all of them and hoping for more on the next Journey Tour....”