The Deadly Vibes, Blue Trucks and New Hong Kong Hair City brought their individual flavors of rock to VU Livehouse in Ximending last weekend in a highly anticipated triple bill, and one of the last Taipei shows for the Deadly Vibes before their upcoming European tour.

Hitting the stage first, The Deadly Vibes played a tight set of dirty rock, complete with trips into the crowd for a spot of dancing and some cool guitar interplay.

Up next were The Blue Trucks. A tight three piece playing alternative rock, they brought a lot of fans to the gig and rocked before an appreciative crowd.

The final band of the night was New Hong Kong Hair City. NHKHC have recently expanded their sound by adding a fifth member to the band.

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Following Rock In Hose, The Deadly Vibes took to the stage. Blasting out a highly energetic set of down and dirty rock n roll, they blew the roof off the place. The way they ran about the stage you’d have thought they were playing in an arena instead of the small stage in a basement club. This was the last band I shot as I had to leave, although there were a couple more bands still to come. Remember to check in tomorrow for this weeks 5.

Rock In Hose took the stage at Rock N Roll Circus after Full House. Self described as “a new burlesque troupe based in Taipei with a focus on putting the come back in comedy, the ho back in hose, and the form back in performance”, Rock In Hose were playing their first Taipei show, and only their second show ever, having debuted in Taichung the previous night. Some drink giveaways followed to get the crowd ready for the rockin sounds of The Deadly Vibes. Check back tomorrow for photos of their set.

Hitting the stage after Spacefunk‘s great set at VU Livehouse, the Moneyshot Horns quickly had the crowd dancing. Regularly venturing into the crowd, singer Dooley Candler’s charismatic stage presence, combined with a tight rhythm section and brassy horns, delighted the crowd. Words don’t really do it justice, so I’ll leave you with the pictures. Shooting info was pretty much the same as for Spacefunk.

After their gig at Bliss a couple of weeks ago, Spacefunk returned to the stage at VU Livehouse in Ximending, Taipei. Supporting the Moneyshot Horns (photos coming later this week), Spacefunk kicked things off close to midnight with their blend of funky electro tunes. I’ll let the pictures do the talking for now – don’t forget to click on them for the larger version. Shooting and technical notes are at the end of the post.

Shooting Notes – This was a much better venue for shooting than the last time I photographed Spacefunk. I mostly used the Canon EOS 5D Mk II at ISO ranging from 1600 up to 6400. The Canon EOS 40D was used for a handful of shots at ISO1600. Lenswise, the better stage lighting allowed me to shoot quite a bit with a 70-200mm f4L, which was shot either wide open or at f5.6. I also used the 17-40mm at the same apertures and 50mm at either f2.8 or f5.6 at different times throughout the night. Everything was shot in manual with shutter speeds varying according to the lens. Most of the photos taken with the long zoom had a shutter speed of either 1/80 or 1/125. The normal and wide lens were generally shot at 1/50 or 1/30.