Dave Musson Photography

Back at the start of December was one hell of a good tour – the Taste of Chaos tour – which was opened by one of my favourite current bands, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster.I’ve been keen for MATSOD to come back over here since they headlined the Barfly back in January ‘08, so [...]

Back at the start of the month, I popped up to Wolverhampton to photograph Northern Ireland’s finest band – The Answer.Firstly, I interviewed bassist Mickey for The Daily Dust, and grabbed a portrait afterwards. T...

She’s usually entertaining, often controversial and always gorgeous – it’s Lily Allen.As well as all that, she’s a very clever songwriter and a great performer. I really enjoyed her show at the NIA, and was very pleased to come away with plenty of good pics. Lighti...

Headling my first NIA experience – Sheffield’s Arctic Monkeys.The Monkeys are a band I’ve been keen to see for a while – they’re not necessarily my sort of music, but I appreciate what good song writers they are and how much energy their music has. I wasn’t...

So, last month I was off to photograph a show at the NIA for the first time and my first band at this venue? Eagles of Death Metal.They were OK to watch, but not especially amazing, and it was a shame Josh Homme wasn’t with them. However, lighting was pretty good and I think I [...]

Finally, almost a year after missing out, I got to photograph the excellent Biffy Clyro.On their tour last year I had pass problems which meant I could shoot the support act but not Biffy – not this year though. ...

Second on the Biffy bill – the superbly fabulous Manchester Orchestra.I’d heard great things about this band (who are not from Manchester and not an orchestra) but had never seen them live. All I can think now is – wow! They were superb, and the lighting was OK as well so I got some pretty [...]

What seems like an age ago now, I shot upcoming British band Pulled Apart By Horses.They were playing Birmingham Academy in support of Biffy Clyro, and went down rather well considering noone knew their songs. Lighting was OK for an opening band, but not brilliant...

You don’t often get the chance to photograph real legends, so when I was offered the opportunity to be one of only five photographers accredited to shoot the blues masters of ZZ Top, I grabbed it with both hands. The band were exceptionally good, and the lighting was superb. ...

At the end of last month I finally got to experience one of the most talked about bands in metal this year – Steel Panther. They were opening up the ZZ Top show at Wolverhampton Civic Hall which I was lucky enough to be given a photopass for to cover it for The Daily Dust. [...]

This is Ryan and I met up with him a few weeks ago for a portrait session in my home village of Bulkington. Ryan is looking to break into the world of performing arts and wanted some shots to attach to his CV when applying for roles. I used to play football with his eldest [...]

They may not be a band I’d choose to listen to, but the chance to photograph Bloc Party was too good to miss when they played Birmingham a couple of weeks ago. I was covering the show for The Daily Dust and you can read my review by clicking this link - I think I [...]

Playing their unique fusion of trance and metal, Enter Shikari came to Birmingham.This was my first experience of Shikari, and I have to say I was impressed with their tight, energetic performance. Lighting was pretty good and flash was allowed, so I ended up with plenty of keepers...