Dilute in Detriot

i generally don't like stories behind photographs, but i think this

one is helped by it...

 

in the summer of 2001 i went on a cross country tour with a s.f. band

named dilute. it was their first major tour. this shot was taken in

detroit, about halfway through the trip. at this point they had

played a number of bad shows in a row: small crowds that gave little

or no response, poor cd/merchandise sales, etc. shortly after

loading everything into a small club (that turned out to be a dive

bar) in detroit they sat down to wait around till show time. at this

point they had gotten used to me shooting pictures of them so i was

able to get this natural, unposed shot of what the rock and roll life

can be like...

A very expressive shot, which we are obviously meant to contrast to the classic rock iconography of groups of young men inter-relating intensely and purposefully whilst on stage.