Paul Miles

Jason Obrotka

Before I Hit the Stage: Backstage Rock'n'Roll Moments in New York City is a contemporary rock photography book of candid and insightful images from concert dressing rooms and hallways that captures rock'n'roll artists in the intimate moments before their performance. For some, it's about the calm before the musical storm - for others, it's all about building adrenaline and getting the party started! This hardcover coffee table book is the world's first to photographically document touring rock'n'roll bands backstage in one city during one year. Before I Hit the Stage takes readers behind the scenes as the rock stars get into their stage clothes, put their makeup on, warm-up their fingers and vocal chords, get loose and enjoy moments with their VIP guests before they rock one of the world's greatest cities. Before I Hit the Stage is a unique and compelling collection of pre-show rituals and backstage antics in New York City. It chronologically presents hundreds of images of over sixty rock bands and solo artists. Included is: Andrew W.K., Barb Wire Dolls, Cherie Currie (The Runaways), Chimaira, Clutch, Danko Jones, Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman), Dinosaur Jr., Drowning Pool, Ed Kowalczyk (Live), Faster Pussycat, Fear Factory, Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols), Gunfire-n-Sodomy (feat. Don Jamieson from VH1's That Metal Show), Heaven's Basement, Huntress, Imperial State Electric, Jesse Malin (D Generation), Johnny Winter, Kid Congo Powers, L.A. Guns, Lacuna Coil, Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group), Lita Ford, Local H, Mike Tramp (White Lion), Miss Guy (Toilet Boys), Mudhoney, Nashville Pussy, NOFX, Orianthi, P.O.D., Parkway Drive, Pentagram, Pisser, Red Fang, Reel Big Fish, Saigon Kick, Saxon, Smash Mouth, Soil, Soulfly, Sponge, Spread Eagle, Stryper, Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls), Taproot, The Dandy Warhols, The Dictators NYC, The Dirty Pearls, The Jim Jones Revue, The Rockats, The Used, The Yardbirds, Tony Harnell (TNT) feat. Bumblefoot (Guns N' Roses), Violent Femmes, Walter Lure (Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers), Wheatus, Zappa Plays Zappa, plus VIP guests Alice Cooper, Chris Jericho (Fozzy), and Debbie Harry (Blondie).

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