Fastcore Photos – Band Photogrpahy by Will Butler

10/31/2019 – Halloween Cover Bands – Adolescents, Anti-Cimex, Crass, plus Nikki Dixx @ Local 506

8/7/2019 – CDR, Huffer, Tired Of Everything @ The Bunker

7/20/2019 – Avail @ The National

4/21/2019 – Guilt Parade, Rottweiler, Vittna – @ The Bunker

3/24/2019 – Zorn, Deep Tissue, Future Now @ The Bunker

3/21/2019 – Noisem, No/Más, Old Painless, Cammo, Culling @ The Wicked Witch

2/8/2019 – NØ MAN, Truth Cult, Vacant Company @ The Bunker

1/10/2019 – Joy, WVRM, Funeral Chic, Blood Ritual @ The Wicked Witch

1/2/2019 – Rashomon, Asesinato, Drugcharge, Tired Of Everything @ The Bunker

12/28/2018 – Fried Egg, Scarecrow, Sean Mustache @ The Bunker

12/15/2018 – Timesplitter, Essex Muro, & Tired Of Everything @ The Bunker

12/8/2018 – Glue Traps & Cold Feet @ The Bunker

11/19/2018 – L.M.I, Zipper, Tired Of Everything @ Slim’s

Tired Of Everything recorded by Jessica Atterbury

11/14/2018 – Forward @ Nightlight

8/31/2018 – Sensual World @ The Bunker

8/2/2018 – Cammo @ The Bunker

7/26/2018 – Lipid @ The Bunker

7/11/2018 – Burnout, Escuela, Cold Cream @ The Bunker

6/5/2018 – Tomb Warden and Adipocere @ Slim’s

5/26/2018 – Descendents @ The Ritz

5/15/2018 – Penetrode @ The Bunker

5/4/2018 – Come To Grief, Fistula, Priapus @ The Maywood

4/28/2018 – Leachate, Vesu, Oxidant @ The Bunker

4/17/2018 – Sete Star Sept @ The Bunker

3/27/2018 – Regional Justice Center @ The Bunker

3/16/2018 – Suppression, Ancient Torture Techniques @ The Bunker

Damaged City 2018 @ Black Cat

2/9/2018 – John Maus @ Motorco

1/19/2018 – D.O.C. @ The Bunker

9/24/2017 – Swank @ Milltown

8/22/2017 – WVRM, Joy, Kwaidan @ The Bunker

7/14/2017 – Public Acid, Gazm, Vittna @ The Bunker

7/5/2017 – Oxidant, Essex Muro, The Muslims – Benefit for Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge @ The Bunker

6/29/2017 – Oxidant, Rain Dogs, Bastages, Night Battles, Kate’s Bush – Triangle Chance For All Benefit Show @ The Pinhook

2/22/2017 – WVRM, Seeker, Suppressive Fire @ Local 506

2/18/2017 – Mind Dweller, Skemata, Bad Eric, Drugcharge @ The Nightlight

2/16/2017 – Davidians @ Neptunes

1/28/2017 – Mind Dweller @ Kosher Hut

1/21/2017 – S-21, Rare Form, Claw – Be Bad Weekend 2017 @ Strange Matter

1/2/2017 – Iron Cages @ The Bunker

12/2/2016 – Weak Wrists & Oxidant @ The Bunker

11/17/16 – Dead Prez @ The Pinhook

10/23/2016 – Pipe, Blackball, Natural Causes @ Nasher Museum, Durham NC

10/20/2016 – Oxidant @ New York Pizza

10/14/16 – Sect, Funeral Chic, Joy, Refocus @ Sound Factory

10/7/2016 Rubbish, Blackball, Essex/Murro @ Sound Factory

9/25/16 – Skemata and Kommunion- Live @ The Bunker

Usman’s going away show, might be the last Skemata show ever. This is the first time I have ever been able to record in 4K,…

9/20/2016 – Tenement and Dusk @ Hellraiser Haus

9/17/2016 – Funeral Chic, WVRM, Joy, Dwell

9/16/2016 – Asylum, Mind Dweller, Decoy

8/27/2016 – Firing Squad and Blackball @ Sound Factory

8/6/2016 – Caustic Christ, Double Negative, Blood Pressure, Night Birds @ Hardywood

This was the first show in a two show series to benefit Lauren, Darby, and Zoe and to remember the late Brandon Ferrell (No Way…

8/5/2016 – Happy Diving @ The Pinhook

7/21/2016 – Double Negative

7/18/2016 – JJ Doll, Skemata, Menthol @ Nice Price Books

7/9/2016 – Iron Cages, Blackball, Holder’s Scar, Salmonella

7/3/2016 – FLAG and War On Women @ The Orange Peel

Got a ton of audio of FLAG and just a song of War On Women from their show in Asheville:

6/22/16 – Triangle Chance For All Benefit – Lightning Born, Skemata, Salmonella @ The Pinhook

It’s been a bit of time that I’ve done a write-up on the shows I’ve filmed or photograph. Luckily last night I didn’t film too…

6/1/2016 – Urochromes and Flesh Wounds @ The Station

4/21/2016 – Magrudergrind and Torch Runner @ Local 506

4/9/2016 – Avengers, Sheer Mag, S.H.I.T., Firewalker @ Damaged City Fest

4/6/2016 – Torso, Holder’s Scar, Skemata, Drugcharge @ Kings

2/26/2016 – Night Birds @ Hellraiser Haus

1/30/2016 – Blank Bodies, Holder’s Scar, Drugchrage @ Nice Price Books

1/16/2016 – Big Bleach, Menthol, Zaat @ Hellraiser Haus

11/22/2015 – Glittoris @ The Dog Pound

11/5/2015 – Bad Eric, Blackball, Exhaust, Menthol – Stephanie Wilson Benefit @ Schoolkids Records

This was a really amazing benefit show for Stephanie Wilson

9/27/2015 – ACxDC & Torch Runner @ Local 506

9/26/2015 – G.L.O.S.S. @ Static Age

9/14/2015 – Sheer Mag, Hank Wood and the Hammerheads, and Bad Eric @ Guilford College

Fastcore Photos – Issue #4 Zine

8/15/2015 – Gwar B-Q – Descendents, Cro-Mags, The Dickies @ Hadad’s Lake

7/23/2015 – Sudor @ Nice Price Books

6/28/2015 – Chain Rank @ Strange Matter

5/24/2015 – Kommunion and Blackball @ Empire Books

4/18/2015 – Full of Hell, The Body, Torch Runner @ Gatewood Studio Arts Building UNC-G

4/18/2015 – Bloody Phoenix @ New York Pizza

3/31/2015 – Blackball & Baktireet @ Slims

1/14/2015 – To Live A Lie Records Ten Year Bash – Sex Prisoner, Genocide Pact, Torch Runner @ Nice Price Books

1/14/2015 – Sex Prisoner, Burn/Ward, Orgasm, Kommunion @ Strange Matter

11/12/2014 – Forward, Skemata, Microrave @ The Maywood

8/28/2014 – Vile Intent, Wriggle, Exhaust @ Fantasy Ultra Lounge

8/24/2014 – Much Worse, Unholy Thoughts, Wriggle @ Kings

8/20/2014 – Gay Kiss, Ivy, Bandages @ Nice Price Books

7/18/2014 – Lemuria & Kind Of Like Spitting @ Kings

7/15/2014 – Cress & Appalachian Terror Unit @ The Maywood

A Set On Flickr.

7/6/2014 – Fucked Up & Weed @ Kings

7/2/2014 – Thou+The Body & Darkentries @ Legitimate Business

6/29/2014 – Priests, Wailin’ Storms, Pie Faced Girls @ Nice Price Books

6/12/2014 – Chest Pain, Suppression, Skemata @ Nice Price Books

6/5/2014 – Barge, Public Suicide, Prosthesis @ Nice Price Books

Maryland Deathfest 2014 @ Baltimore Soundstage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YINt_Vle1c,

5/19/2014 – Nasa Space Universe, Bandages, Animal Chin @ Nice Price Books

5/10/2014 – Recreant & Man Will Destroy Himself @ Slim’s

5/1/2014 – Prosthesis, Havania Whaal, No Love @ The Sump Hole

4/25/2014 – Government Flu, Red Death, Prosthesis @ Nice Price Books

4/14/2014 – Violent Reaction, The Flex, Prosthesis @ The Maywood

4/14/2014 – Violent Reaction, The Flex, Prosthesis, a set of Flickr.

4/13/2013 – Post Teens, Shitstorm, Holder’s Scar @ Fantasy Ultra Lounge

4/11/2014 & 4/12/2014 – Damaged City Fest 2014 @ St. Stephen

Shitstorm audio from the show at the Pinch Los Crudos partial audio from set

3/15/2014 – System Fucker @ Nice Price Books

2/25/2014 – Davidians & Sperm @ Nice Price Books

1/12/2014 – TLAL Fest I – Assholeparade, Sex Prisoner, Abuse., Genocide Pact @ In The Groove Records

1/8/2014 – Skemata & Sokea Piste @ Nice Price Books

1/2/2014 – No Statik, Skemata, Vacant Planet @ The Maywood

11/23/2013 – CØNDITIØN, Stepdad SS, Holder’s Scar, Wriggle, Vacant Planet @ The Maywood

9/28/2013 – Ruidosa Inmundicia & Slavestate @ The Maywood

9/7/2013 – Coke Bust, Abuse., Holder’s Scar, and Future Binds @ In The Groove Records

8/14/2013 – Impalers, Mercy Killings, Sucked Dry, Thick Skin @ The Maywood

7/25/2013 – Reivers & Future Binds @ Legitimate Business

6/7/2013 – Abuse., Barge, Holder’s Scar, Child Support @ The Maywood

5/24, 5/25, 5/26/13 – Maryland Deathfest 2013 @ Sonar

5/15/2013 – False Light, Abuse., Holder’s Scar @ Legitimate Business

5/3/2013 – Last Words & Altered Boys @ The Mattress Fort

4/23/2013 – Violent Reaction, Hounds Of Hate, Abuse. @ The Maywood

4/15/2013 – Cülo, Double Negative, Desist @ Berkeley Cafe

3/27/2013 – Double Negative & Whatever Brains @ Slim’s

Double Negative has suffered the loss of another drummer, Bobby is no longer with the band. Luckily they picked up an even younger and super…

From The Vaults: SF&L Fest (2011)

I have always regretted not going to see Fiesta Grande or the Gilman Street Speed Trials. West Coast powerviolence has been something I always wanted…

From The Vaults – Youth Of Today (2011)

One of my favorite bands ever, Youth Of Today killed it at Chaos In Tejas. Ray Capo had super positive stage banter and they sounded…

From The Vaults – R.A.M.B.O. (2005)

This is the very first band I ever recorded on video. This is the only time I ever used that $15 camera I mentioned a…

2/22/2013 – Fuck The Facts @ X Manor

Glad to see another show at this house, I think the official name is X Manor (not to be confused with an ex-house show house…

From The Vaults – Double Negative (2007)

This video is probably the first time I have been armed with a video camera other than my mega cheapo $15 Walmart digital camera from…

2/16/2013 – Last Words & Thick Skin @ Greenleaf Coffee Co-Op

I was getting nervous that I may miss this show, the big flakes of snow continued to fall through the morning and into the afternoon…

2/7/2013 – Torche & Bats and Mice @ Local 506

Went to this show with my co-worker for his birthday and we met up with someone else at work from another department for dinner and…

2/1/2012 – Violent Outburst, Abuse., Church Whip, Future Binds @ Danger Room

A new house to have shows opened up in Raleigh (about time!) known only as the Danger Room. A bunch of people peacefully protested Church…

1/17/2013 – Catharsis, Man Will Destroy Himself, Cynarae, Dead In The Dirt @ Kings

This show was Catharsis’s first reunion show before A389 Fest and Man Will Destroy Himself’s second to last show ever. I haven’t seen Catharsis since…

1/4/2013 – Last Words, Macht Nichts, Misled Youth @ Berkeley Cafe

12/29/2012 – Over And Out, Priapus, Gut Feeling @ Legitimate Business

12/19/2012 – Breakout, Abuse., Desist @ Berkeley Cafe

This was Desist’s first show and Abuse.’s homecoming show after a short tour up north, probably the first real tour for 75% of the band’s…

12/10/2012 – Rapturous Grief, Last Words, Mad Dog @ Slim’s

Learning the new camera will be a learning curve. I needed a wider lens for most of this show! Tried video and got a couple…

12/8/2012 – Last Words, Abuse., Macht Nichts @ Noct House

Upgraded myself to a D7000 and I suppose I should have taken pictures but decided to get crazy with some video. This is Macht Nichts…

Fastcore Photos Book Is Out

From The Vaults: Audio Posts

Before I had a video camera I got an audio recorder. Here is some audio I captured. The Terror/H20 was a show I didn’t have…

11/18/2012 – Water Torture, Thedowngoing, Abuse. @ Katmandu

Upcoming book hype

Fastcore Photos has been a three year OCD odyssey by Will Butler to capture the raw intensity of DIY hardcore punk, grindcore, and powerviolence shows…

11/9/2012 – Cheap Art, Last Words, Mad Dog, BrainxToilet @ Katmandu

9/30/2012 – OFF!, Negative Approach, Double Negative @ Kings

8/28/2012 – Gowl, Misanthropic Noise, Abuse., Mad Dog @ The Union

6/4/2012 – Sectarian Violence, Stripmines, Lung Matter @ The Union

5/30/2012 – Beartrap, Torch Runner, Bottomfeeder @ The Union

5/29/2012 – Backslider & Priapus @ Kings

5/28/2012 – Nashgul, Backslider, Koward, Dragged Into Sunlight @ Strange Matter

5/18/2012 – Sixbrewbantha & Abuse. @ Slim’s

3/9/2012 – Torch Runner, Old Painless, Mad Dog, Last Words – Benefit show for the Amalfitano family @ Berkeley Cafe

1/15/2012 – Torch Runner, Curmudgeon, Mad Dog, Abuse., Pure Scum @ Kings

1/9/2012 – Coke Bust, Poison Planet, Tenement , D.O.C. @ Kings

12/16/2011 – No Power, Mad Dog, Pure Scum, Burma @ Six Forks Pub

Fastcore Photos – Issue #2 digital edition

Download/view issue PDF: Color version (10.9 MB) via Internet Archive Color version (10.9 MB) via 4Shared Color version (10.9 MB) via Issuu (viewer) Color version…