Trudi - www.bandsonstage.co.uk

About Me

I'm a part-time freelance photographer - see www.bandsonstage.co.uk for photo galleries, portfolio, contact details and all that jazz. My photos have been published in Alternative Mag, Classic Rock, Kerrang!, Spin, Playmusic, Bubblegum Slut, band websites, cd booklets (most recently The Wildhearts ).

Associate Editor of the brand new SoundCheck Magazine

Attention London bands!
Need photos? Budget problems? See my first hit for free offer to find out how to bag yourselves some quality shots for your MySpace profile.

I'm married to Jason , former bassist for Planet of Women . I may well have decided to pick up a camera to get out of lugging his Ampeg rig up flights of stairs :o).

I also have a full-time job in IT & VLE support, and am doing a part-time MA, and am now also trying to remotely co-ordinate a house renovation project in Mexico, so am constantly sleep deprived and expect to remain that way for the forseeable future!

In October 2006, my Friend Taz and I did the Great North Run in aid of Cancer Research, dressed as badgers (it's a long story). We did this for our wonderful friend Trace, who lost her battle with cancer on December 3rd 2006. We'll be donning our trainers again in 2008 - more info at www.madasbadgers.org .

Please visit another fantastic project raising money for Cancer Research:

My Interests

Photography, rock music, Mexico, good food, travel, roller derby, renovation projects. ..

I'd like to meet:

People with something to say for themselves, photography enthusiasts, *anyone* who doesn't object to having a camera pointed at them. People who understand the urge to travel halfway across the country, or indeed across a continent, for a gig. Anyone who understands that there doesn't always have to be a catch, and who accepts people for who and what they are, rather than what they think they should be! Free spirits, original thinkers, anyone who doesn't view life as a competition. People who aren't afraid of silence, people who understand the value of stopping to smell the roses.

Get in touch through MySpace or through my website .

Music:

How long d'you want this page to be? :op
The 'music I like' list is *very* similar to the 'bands I've seen live' list. Music is a huge part of what makes me tick...

AC/DC Aerosmith Alice Cooper AntiProduct B*Movie Heroes Backyard Babies Butch Walker Cheap Trick CJ & the Satellites Cold Chisel Conny Bloom Dare Damn Yankees Dan Baird Dan Reed Network Danny Vaughn David Lee Roth Def Leppard Desperado Electric Boys Fastway Frehley's Comet (your first gig sticks with you!) Ginger GMT Hardcore Superstar Heaven & Hell Honeycrack Jackdaw 4 Jane's Addiction Jellyfish Jimmy Barnes John Norum Kiss Little Angels (only band I ever got to see at the Wardour Street incarnation of the Marquee) Motorhead Muse Nine Inch Nails Plan A Sack Trick Scorpions Silver Ginger 5 Skid Row Stan Bush Terrorvision Tesla The Almighty The Georgia Satellites The God Damn Whores The Jellys The Quireboys The Ramones The Yayhoos The Yo-Yo's The Wildhearts Therapy? Thin Lizzy Twisted Sister Van Halen WOLFSBANE Zen Motel

Movies:

Sci-fi, anything Spanish language shot in or around Mexico, big cheesy blockbusters. Not so good with gorefests unless hiding behind sofa.....

Television:

Soaps and reality shows are generally a POINTLESS DRAIN OF LIFE FORCE.
My idea of hell is being strapped down and forced to watch Big Brother...

I am, however, a bit of a sad case when it comes to Sci-fi. I was addicted to Heroes, and I love Doctor Who - after that dire made-for-TV movie it could all have gone so horribly, horribly wrong, but it's great, and the recent casting of Derek Jacobi was an absolute masterstroke (see what I did there?). And I like Smallville, but apparently I'm not supposed to admit to that...doesn't matter, I had a cool bypass operation at birth...

Books:

Photography, web & design, Mexican cookery books, music & film biographies, silversmithing/jewellery design and animation stuff, and the occasional dollop of science. I don't get round to reading a lot of fiction these days, and it would take me a few months of solid reading just to get through the stuff I've bought and stockpiled - and that's without falling asleep on the sofa at the drop of a hat every time I get time to pick a book up... ..

Heroes:

Trace ..

My Blog

Caption competition...

Personally i think 'Danger No Climbing!' is far too lame... :o)...
Posted by Trudi - www.bandsonstage.co.uk on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:37:00 PST

One year ago today

...the earth became darker and the sky became brighter.Thank you Trace for being you, being part of our lives, and helping us all to become who we are.With love, always.
Posted by Trudi - www.bandsonstage.co.uk on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:09:00 PST

Sparks flying

...literally! One of the surprises of the event was the extra visual entertainment laid on while some of the bands were playing:I really like this one - straight from camera, no photoshop at all apart...
Posted by Trudi - www.bandsonstage.co.uk on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:56:00 PST

Tesla @ Islington Academy

Bit of info about the show....absolutely ace, though less mental than Shepherd's Bush Empire... still, it was a matter of weeks, not years, since the band last played here.Setlist... being a bear of l...
Posted by Trudi - www.bandsonstage.co.uk on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:52:00 PST

Beware of the Leopard

I left the boys at home this afternoon and scooted off to Olympia for the MacLive Expo. I'd registered early and got myself a free ticket, saving 15 quid on the door price. This turned out to have bee...
Posted by Trudi - www.bandsonstage.co.uk on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:16:00 PST

Off to Rock and Blues Custom Show tonight

...back on Sunday. Not expecting any access to computers, only to mud! Phone is reachable in case of emergency.
Posted by Trudi - www.bandsonstage.co.uk on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:01:00 PST

Aaaaarrrrgggghhhh

Warfare has now been declared on the little furry buggers. Scavenging from under the birdcage is no longer good enough. NOW they are stealing food directly from the birds' food pot.They've also found ...
Posted by Trudi - www.bandsonstage.co.uk on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:28:00 PST

Leicester

OK, this is pretty much it for my Wildhearts-related blogs (for the time being, anyway)...and the rest...There's not exactly a lot of room to move at the Charlotte when it's full...I spent most of the...
Posted by Trudi - www.bandsonstage.co.uk on Sat, 19 May 2007 10:28:00 PST

More from Milton Keynes...

See Flickr for the rest...
Posted by Trudi - www.bandsonstage.co.uk on Sat, 19 May 2007 09:36:00 PST

...and more new photos

Ten more from Koko uploaded tonight. It's really nice that the Flickr sets are getting lots of views at the mo. Don't be shy about leaving comments if you have a look - it's really interesting to see ...
Posted by Trudi - www.bandsonstage.co.uk on Thu, 03 May 2007 04:08:00 PST