I shoot metal more than anything. Dark rooms, fog thick enough to chew, red lights blasting faces into silhouettes, guitarists whipping hair like helicopter blades, pits opening and closing like moving fault lines; it’s where I feel most at home creatively. Metal gives you intensity, unpredictability, and a constant current of motion through the lens. But every once in a while, you need a hard left turn. Something with bounce, humor, and color. When Spike and the Gimme Gimmes

Thursday night in Vegas. The neon was humming, but I was tuned out. I was standing in line to snag my media pass for Spike and the Me Gimmes , AirPods in, volume up, completely sealed off from the noise of the strip. I was in my own world, jamming out, oblivious to the guys in line next to me. They were laughing, gesturing, and apparently cracking jokes at my expense, but I missed every word. Once I got inside and the AirPods came out, a gentleman walked up to me with a knowi

Photo credit: Rich Johnson - SPECTACLE PHOTOGRAPHER Spike And The Gimme Gimmes  are spreading holiday cheer in true Gimmes fashion! The band is hitting the road this winter to celebrate the release of their brand-new single,  “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” The track, out on November 21st on Fat Wreck Chords , will be available as a  limited-edition red flexi disc , tucked inside a  spectacular 2026 calendar and available digitally guaranteed to keep fans in the  ho-ho-ho