LUPARA/Ex-BROKEN HOPE Guitarist Jeremy Wagner Attends Ross Halfin's Ultimate METALLICA Exhibition In Australia; Photos AvailableFormer
BROKEN HOPE/current
LUPARA guitarist and author,
Jeremy Wagner has posted the following blog entry:
"Last month I traveled to Australia and had some of the most amazing experiences-most memorable and important to me was getting married for the first time to my gorgeous wife, Kym.
I thought about keeping a diary of my
events while I was there and blogging about them later. Instead, I ended up just updating my Facebook page with my adventures on a daily basis.
A few of the coolest details I didn't post on Facebook were specific to my time in the beautiful city of Sydney. The good times included hanging with my old friend and former Broken Hope bandmate, Brian Griffin, and the guys in
LAMB OF GOD - who fucking sounded amazing and owned the Sydney crowds every night. Thank you, Brian for treating Kym and so well.
Also in Sydney, I met one of my favorite
rock photographers - Ross Halfin - and also visiting Blender Gallery in Paddington, Sydney where I took in the first ever Ross Halfin Ultimate Metallica exhibition. It was there that Kym and I bought a few exclusive Halfin prints.
During this time in Sydney, I gave away autographed copies of the zombie anthology,
Hungry For Your Love, (featuring my story, Romance Ain't Dead), to the guys in
Lamb of God, Ross Halfin, and
Kirk Hammett.
I'd say autographing my book for
Ross Halfin AND
Kirk Hammett, and then having Ross AND Kirk sign the Ultimate Metallica
photo book for me will go down as one of the coolest fucking experiences I've had in this life.
The Ultimate Metallica Exhibition was quite amazing. The collection of photos filled two floors of Blender Gallery. I saw famous and rare photos of
Metallica - from the first photo shoot Halfin ever had with the Metalliboys in '85 to more recent
pictures from the Death Magnetic world tour.
Some of my favorites were there; pictures of
Cliff Burton playing
live at Donnington and pics used inside for the jacket and inner sleeve of the Master Of Puppets album. Aside from taking in these incredible and limited edition prints, was the fact that Ross Halfin was on hand to answer questions about the photos and he was kind enough to tell the story behind the photo if you asked him. I must say, I really like that guy and he made the entire experience that much better.
Photos of the signing session as well as Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich's personal tour of the exhibition can be found at
www.RossHalfin.com. More pictures are available at the Blender Gallery Facebook page.
Check out some of my pictures
here from my Sydney trip. Also, note
Ross Halfin and
Kirk Hammett holding copies of, Hungry For Your Love.