Vintage Parkway Drive shots

So as I mentioned in the post previous I have been working on a photo website. I've sorted through over six folders of snowboarding slides and have moved onto the eight folders of band photos I have amassed over the years. Fuck I am so over scanning in pics..

I came across these shots of Parkway Drive that I had taken at some stage in 2003 up in Brisbane at a venue called Mary Street. At the time I was singing in a band called Perish The Thought and we were playing this ten band lineup. For Parkway this was about their 4th or 5th show and we sure got stitched having to go on after them. This was the first time I had ever seen Parkway and I recall standing there in amazement at these dudes absolutely killing it with these tiny little kid beating the fuck out of his drums. Even back then you could tell this band was a cut above the rest and would go far.

At the time I was working on Rest Assured fanzine so I shot a quick band pic of Parkway in between bands for a profile in the next issue. It's not the greatest of pics but serves as a document of the time and moment I guess.


What's amazing about the shot above is the people in the crowd. Closest to the camera is Oscar who is the younger brother of Parkway singer Winston. Oscar himself sings in 50 Lions who have since become one the biggest hardcore bands in the country today. In the white shirt and hat is Jed who is the older brother of Parkway drummer Ben and who has since toured the world with Parkway as their merch guy / tour manager. Behind Oscar's head with his finger pointed is Jia who is currently playing bass in Parkway and is their third bass player having been with the band for over a year or more now.


Strangely enough after Parkway played all of the Byron kids at the show would stand up the back and watch the other bands play without getting involved. Was some sort of weird Byron vs Brisbane rivalry going on and the Byron kids didn't want to make the Brisbane bands look good by dancing to them. All pretty hilarious when I think back on it now..