FLAMING BIBLES, BROKEN TEETH
For concert photographer Rob Coons, it’s always safety last.
It's fair to say that Rob Coons’ initial exposure to live music was a trial by fire.
“My first show was still one of the most memorable, best shows I’ve ever seen—D.R.I. with Dr. Know in Cincinnati, around two hours from my small town,” recalls photographer Coons with a smirk. “It was absolutely bonkers—a million stage dives. It was so wild, the intensity of it and everything. And then towards the end of the show, a stage diver jumped on top of me and hit my head and actually cracked one of my front teeth off. I had footprints all over my shirt from people climbing over me to get on the stage, but I made up some crazy story to my parents and somehow it worked out. That night was a little bit different from when I saw Neil Diamond.”
