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About Me

I am a Sydney based Musician/Vocalist, Photographer & Writer.
I regularly write and photograph for online 'zine FasterLouder , and have been published in Brag & Australian Guitar World.
I play keys in Shanghai and sing for The Red Room .
My greatest fear in life is that PMS does not exist, and this is just my personality.
Thank you to Luis Rojas for designing my profile.
The Red Room
Shanghai
Chantel Bann Photography
I am a freelance photographer.
My interest in both the visual arts, and music, began from a very young age. As I grew older, my main desire became to combine my passions for music and photography. Hence, the bulk of my work now centers around live music photography.
My work has been published in Australian Guitar Magazine, on numerous web sites, and I am a regular contributer to online 'zine FasterLouder .
I am available for all manner of photography work, so feel free to contact me to help arrange your next photographic need.

My Interests

Vanguard veracity, murder
mendacity. When your life's
work is HONESTY, your
"friends" become ENEMIES!

- Kat Bjelland

I'd like to meet:

Linda Perry & Bjork.

Music:

Faith No More, Mr Bungle, Tomahawk, Fantomas, Secret Chiefs 3, Estradasphere, Lovage, Kaada, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Charming Hostess, Peeping Tom, Tori Amos, Linda Perry, Bjork, NIN, Cog, Junto, The Locus Scene, View Park, Jeff Buckley, The Tea Party, Lamb, Portishead, Darth Vegas, The Martenitsa Choir, Kristin Hersh/Throwing Muses, Tom Jones, L7, Bikini Kill, Hole, Babes In Toyland, Sleater Kinney, The Grand Silent System, Beethoven, Mozart, Bizet, Rachel's, Inga Liljestrom, Muse, Radiohead, Queens of the Stone Age, Alice In Chains, The Mars Volta, Le Tigre, Magic Dirt, 4 Non Blondes, The Butterfly Effect, .hinge, Tool, Fishbone, The Dresden Dolls, Karnivool, Pink, PJ Harvey, Sierra Swan, dozens more...

Movies:

Photographic Gallery:

A Clockwork Orange, Reservoir Dogs, The Labyrinth, The Lion King, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Pulp Fiction, Dark Crystal, Man on the Moon, The Secretary, Requiem For A Dream, Donnie Darko, Magnolia, Fight Club, American History X, Batman Begins, Kill Bill I & II, American Psycho, Thankyou for Smoking, Hotel Rwanda, Fire Walk With Me, Little Miss Sunshine, Devil Wears Prada, Borat, The Departed, Children of Men.

Television:

The Simpsons, Seinfeld, Futurama, Degrassi Junior High, Twin Peaks, Ren & Stimpy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office

Books:

Interviews & Articles:

A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess), Matilda (Roald Dahl), 1984 (George Orwell), Naked Lunch (William Burroughs), American Psycho (Brett Easton Ellis), American Scream (Bill Hicks biography), Red Velvet - Memoirs of a Working Girl

Heroes:

Bill Hicks, Mike Patton, Linda Perry.

My Blog

ANNOUNCEMENT: The end is the beginning

As some of you may or may not be aware, I have decided not to continue playing keys in Mz Ann Thropik. I will not go into detail as there are things better left unsaid. Besides, history already...
Posted by Chantel on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:27:00 PST

PHOTOS: Marilyn Manson @ Hordern Pavillion 6 Oct 07

More HERE...
Posted by Chantel on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 05:52:00 PST

PHOTOS: Tori Amos @ Civic Theatre, Newcastle 18 Sept 07

More HERE!!!!!...
Posted by Chantel on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:26:00 PST

PHOTOS: Tori Amos - 14 September 2007 - Sydney Opera House

More photos HERE!!!!...
Posted by Chantel on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:59:00 PST

PHOTOS: Secret Chiefs 3 @ Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle 17 May 2007 (3of 3)

Third and finally: Secret Chiefs 3 played in the HAUNTED (!!!) Cambridge Hotel of Newcastle. Find more photos here ...
Posted by Chantel on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:30:00 PST

PHOTOS: Secret Chiefs 3 @ The Factory 16 May 2007 (2 of 3)

Second gallery now up on Faster Louder. Check out the second Sydney show HERE!!! ...
Posted by Chantel on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:22:00 PST

PHOTOS: Secret Chiefs 3 @ The Factory 15 May 2007 (1 of 3)

So, I finally got around to having the first instalment of my Secret Chiefs 3 photos published on Faster Louder. This is set 1 of 3 taken at the first Sydney show of the May tour. MORE PH...
Posted by Chantel on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:10:00 PST

INTERVIEW: Tori Amos!! Yep I wrote it!!

READ MY INTERVIEW WITH TORI AMOS HERE!!!! WOW! This will also be published in The Brag next week (or so I hear)......
Posted by Chantel on Fri, 04 May 2007 12:49:00 PST

INTERVIEW: Kat Bjelland of Katastrophy Wife gets her Heart-On!

"There's so many pussy bands on the radio that just aren't pissed off with anything anymore! Nobody has any balls to say what they honestly feel!" Obviously, that is not the case for Kat Bjelland, who...
Posted by Chantel on Thu, 03 May 2007 07:06:00 PST

The day I spoke to Tori Amos...

Saturday 28 April 2007. Weather: overcast. Mood: Petrified. She's not why I started playing keyboards. No. I've never pretended to be a better musician than what I am. I press keys. ...
Posted by Chantel on Wed, 02 May 2007 05:59:00 PST