By Gus Samarco, Rock At Night Raleigh
We’ll fans of Rock ’n’ roll, the Spotify Wrapped is out for this year and yours truly wanted to confirm his listening habits. Surprises await!
Let’s start with genre:
Basically I like it loud and heavy. No surprises there.
The top Artists brings no surprises with #1 being @Metallica, but those who know me will be scratching their heads with #2, @theinterrupers. Let’s have a pause here.
I was assigned to shoot Flogging Molly that night and The Interrupters was an opening act. I’m not ashamed to say I’m stuck in the wake of the British Wave of Heavy Metal and it’s splash in America with Pantera and the Big Fou and that’s what I basically listen to on my own will. As a concert photographer I like to listen to the artist I’m photographing, but in this case, the band was an opening act and I honestly neglected it. I’m happy I did. Their music hit me straight in the face, like a brick. Although it’s not what I usually listen, their music had an incredibly powerful uplifting effect on me, during a time I was struggling with life, so there’s that. Thank you, The Interrupters.
Alright # 3, 4 and 5, absolutely no surprises here (Maybe For All Kings is not everyone’s favorite Anthrax album, but I really flipping like it!)
Looking at the wrapped 2022 playlist, it also includes a lot of Pantera (duh!), Infectious Groove, Dirty Honey (another pleasant Surprise for 2022), Dio, Clutch and the very best band of 2022, Honeybee!
Well, although this is no surprise to anyone that knows me, I actually have a subscription to nugs.net so I can listen to my favorite Metallica live performances (which explains the next picture), it’s my favorite band, what can I say?
Did I mention I really liked The Interrupters? Well, Surprise!
Honorable mention to Honeybee, you can read my review of their album HERE
Gus was Born and raised in Brasilia, Brazil but have been living in Raleigh, NC since 2000.
Headshot Photographer under Peter Hurley, Gus started shooting concerts in mid 2014 and felt in love with it and hasn’t stopped since.
Gus is a very active fiction book reader and when he’s not working, taking pictures or sleeping, Gus loves riding his Mountain Bike and can also be found shooting (guns and cameras) USPS and 3Gun matches.
His favorite bands are Metallica, Pearl Jam, Whitesnake, Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Pantera, RATM, Beastie Boys and it goes from there. Gus also enjoy listening to EDM, Jazz, Classic and pretty much anything that has good music quality, not to mention his favorite Local Band, Jack the Radio
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