BELLADONNA in the USA - ALEX's photo report!!...As all of you
Belladonna-freaks know by now, in October we'll take part to
Hitweek in
Los Angeles (USA), a one-week-long event dedicated to the best Italian new music.
So right on the eve of this new upcoming American adventure we feel it's the right time to publish a photo report of our March 2009 one, when we played
SXSW on Austin and the
Key Club in L.A. with the almighty
Steel Panther!!
All pics and words by
Alex, who besides being
Belladonna's drummer and rhythmical heart, is also our very own official photographer (even the pics where
Alex himself appears where taken by him with a self-timer) and diarist!!
Luana with the Steel Panther dudes: where Noir and Glitter unite!
We’ve met these crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy guys twice: in Austin and in Los Angeles, where we played before them at one of their legendary Monday club nights at the Key Club.
Their live shows were the funniest that I’ve EVER seen! ... DEATH TO ALL BUT METAAAAAL!!!!...
My favourite Bible verse! I'm sure you know what I mean!!
The sun always shines on... The Key Club! On Sunset Boulevard, of course!
We were so happy and excited to play there! A rock'n'roller's dream come true.
Soundcheck at the Key Club in LA: Dani and his glitter guitar!
Trying to out-SteelPanther Steel Panther?...
Soundcheck at the Key Club in LA.
“No Stage Diving”? Tam looks disappointed!
Dani in the bus/dressing room at the Key Club in LA.
You could spend hours reading all those graffitis and stickers inside it - and we did!
Dressing up to kill: Luana, just a few minutes before the show at the Key Club in LA.
Rock Noir is about to invade Hollywood.
Me and Dani with Alex Elena: one of the best persons and drummers I’ve ever met!
Italy was too small for him!
Houston, we have no problems!... Belladonna has landed!...
Here we are pictured just arrived from L.A, in the Houston airport seemingly endless corridors, not a soul in sight: spooky!...
Within minutes we'll be on another plane, on our way to Austin..
Austin, SXSW. Where there's a piano, there is Alice.
All the world’s turning, but her thoughts are standing still, lost in reflection.
The SXSW Artists Check-In!
Luana and Tori Amos: My Known Universe's 2 sexiest vocalists finally in the same picture!
Tori’s played an amazing and emotional concert at “La Zona Rosa” in Austin during SXSW.
Five very noir musicians in a too-early-in-the-morning pose in an all-too-bright Austin hotel! Living the Noirlife 24/7!
Dani & Alex “Brothers in Beer” at the SXSW SPV Party in Austin, at 2 p.m.!
A great way to start the day! While the Belladonna-boys hit the bar, the Belladonna-girls hit the grill instead, and took advantage of the splendid barbecue on offer!…
Luana with Justin Hawkins! He was the unexpected extra special guest at Steel Panther's SXSW show, singing a great version of The Darkness' “I Believe in a Thing Called Love”!
Very late at night - or rather very early in the morning! - at Austin Airport, once again with not a soul in sight!
Dawn is for vampires (bedtime for them!) and Belladonna (plane-for-Italy-time for us)!
Bye-bye SXSW, bye-bye USA - c u soon!