The Claypool Lennon Delirium Warfield December 31, 2019 Photos by Elizabeth Gohr A new decade has commenced and celebrated in style with none other than Les Claypool to hold down the New Years Eve slot and reap in the joy of starting over the calendar clock with a night full of enchanting festivities. Having played NYE every year in the Bay Area since 1992, Claypool has kept his enthusiasts amused with fun themes, quirky concepts, and a various array of openers (including himself) that has now amounted to sixteen celebrations headlined with Primus and twelve shows with side projects. The…
Author: Elizabeth Gohr
Elizabeth Gohr
Elizabeth has been documenting music for the past decade in and around the San Francisco Bay area. Her admiration for live music infused an inspiration to convey her photography pursuit. Captivated by the challenge of shooting live music, much experience was gained working with local bands in small venues to the festivals and featured shows. An enthusiast at heart, she continues to develop the endless creative outlets of visual art. View her work at www.egohrphoto.com
Earthless Starline Social Club, Oakland December 8, 2019 Photos by Elizabeth Gohr Legendary underground psych band Earthless resurfaced back in Oakland at the Starline Social Club to play their final show of the year after having played a generous handful of shows spread across the globe. Notorious for their exceptionally loud sets, Earthless undoubtedly presented their energy as raw and undiluted as possible. This band came to be at the start of the 21st century from the Southern California surf and skate hub of San Diego. Drummer Mario Rubalcaba has been known to shred wood in more ways than one…
Metallica Chase Center, San Francisco September 6, 2019 Photos by Brett Murray Fans from all over the world flooded into the brand new state of the art arena for a delightful grand opening of the Chase Center featuring round two of Metallica with the San Francisco Symphony (SFS). This whimsical collaboration came about from a twenty-year reunion, having broken through music barriers performing together at the Berkeley Community Theatre in the spring of 1999. Encrypted in music history with a great live documentation and album called S&M (Symphony and Metallica), this show has proven to have achieved high levels of…
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets The Masonic March 15, 2019 Photos by Elizabeth Gohr San Francisco greeted an old acquaintance from their infamous psychedelic era with a warm welcome from all generations of devout admirers. Nick Mason, the original drummer from highly influential band Pink Floyd, brought his rendition of this timeless entity to life with a touring ensemble called the Saucerful of Secrets, marking Mason’s return to performing in North America since 1994. Over half a century ago, Mason along with fellow architecture students at the time, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, art student Syd Barrett, and David Gilmour cosmically…
Om August Hall February 26, 2019 Photos by Elizabeth Gohr The considerate gift to observe OM was presented at The August Hall, a recently revamped historic music venue in downtown San Francisco. To see OM live isn’t quite just some entertainment on a Tuesday night but an extremely beneficial opportunity to partake on a unique musical experience with the sound healing and mystical guidance from bassist Al Cisneros, also of Bay Area band Sleep. When the doom titans stepped away from Sleep in the late 90s, the members left no stone unturned and the formation of such essential side projects…
The Claypool Lennon Delirium The Fillmore San Francisco CA December 31, 2018 Photos by Elizabeth Gohr. The Bay Area’s beloved bassist Les Claypool continued his course of New Year’s Eve celebrations with his most recent side project, The Claypool Lennon Delirium at San Francisco’s most historic music venue The Fillmore. Taking a brief break from his elder offshoot Primus and altering into a different mind frame with the Delirium, Claypool carried on his 27th New Year’s Eve jubilee holding it down for a memorable night every year. This was made quite apparent at a 2012 Primus NYE show with a…
San Francisco’s very own experimental and anonymous music group The Residents have surpassed the masses in historically exploring all creative outlets in the realms of music and art. With an impressive resume backing their multi decade expansive career, The Residents generate creativity nonstop with the newest addition being a full-length fictional novel called The Brickeaters. As part of the LitQuake literary event held in San Francisco, The Residents recently brought their unique performance to The Swedish American Hall for a special show and also included readings from The Brickeaters with the storytellers projected on an inflatable globe in between songs.…
John Zorn’s 65th Birthday Celebration The Chapel September 2, 2018 Photos by Elizabeth Gohr. John Zorn returned to The Chapel for a grand celebration of his 65th birthday packed with 7 remarkable shows in 4 days and accompanied with an incredible array of accomplished musicians delivering Zorn’s compositions to life. The New York native has been a prominent maestro in music history for the past four decades and continues to showcase his endless capabilities of creativity as a saxophonist, producer, and composer of experimental music and film scores. Night two of the series and on the night of Zorn’s 65th…
Lynyrd Skynyrd Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View May 25, 2018 Photos by Elizabeth Gohr. The time has come for many music legends to part ways with the stage and retire their creation humbly by saying goodbye to the fans proper with a last and final tour. Having shared with the world their time, energy and pure talent for numerous decades, music artists by the likes of Black Sabbath, Slayer, Paul Simon, Elton John, and Lynyrd Skynyrd present the ability to witness a piece of physical history before it slips into the immortal auditory realms forever. American classic rock masters Lynyrd Skynyrd…
The Residents The Chapel, San Francisco 4/5/2018 Photos by Elizabeth Gohr. The Residents made a grand return to their hometown of San Francisco for two nights of spectacular sold out shows at The Chapel. This incredibly unique experimental band with an immense underground following has opened the minds and captivated the wonder of many fortunate souls for over 45 years now and continues to prove their ambitious notoriety in having endless creative music and artistic innovations. Now on a generously lengthy tour, they bring their one of a kind show to smaller venues perfect for intimately exquisite experiences. Aside from…
Primus The Fox Theater, Oakland, CA December 31, 2017 All photos by Elizabeth Gohr. There’s truly no better way to end a year and then start a new one than with Primus. A guaranteed show that has been going strong in the Bay Area for 26 consecutive years always sparks great excitement for the fans that have this fantastic event to look forward to all year. This year presented the theme around the recently released Primus album entitled The Desaturating Seven, a conceptual album based upon the vibrant children’s book called The Rainbow Goblins. The recent tour for Primus allowed…
John 5 and The Creatures DNA Lounge March 12, 2017 All photos by Elizabeth Gohr. The importance of technical instrumental music is often overlooked in todays mainstream society. As one may generally stumble upon a steamy rave blaring synthetic sounds while attempting to grab a slice of pizza at the DNA Lounge, Sunday night made the exception as John 5 and The Creatures invaded the DNA and temporarily abducted the minds of true music appreciators. This guitar virtuoso holds true to the impressive resume of artists he has worked with both on stage and in the studio. A frequent collaborator…
Murder City Devils Great American Music Hall February 9, 2017 All photos by Elizabeth Gohr. The Murder City Devils made a grand return to a sold out Great American Music Hall in support of a recently embarked on West coast tour. Their rambunctious energy gave everyone a dose of exactly just what they needed, as MCD is known to cause quite the ruckus. The Seattle based band got fired up fast with a song off their most recent album I Don’t Wanna Work For Scum Anymore, fueled by Spencer Moody providing pure raw emotion through gruff vocals. The first notes launched…
Ween Bill Graham Civic Auditorium October 14, 2016 All photos by Elizabeth Gohr. The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium generously greeted Ween with thunderous applause as they graced the stage for two evenings on full moon creeping stormy nights. No need for any openers as their 30 song setlists kept all the senses swimming for hours. A comfortably packed house filled the air with good energy as everyone stood out of their seats and grooved to their favorite Ween songs as they sonically surfed through their lengthy catalogue. After a five year hiatus, Gene Ween (Aaron Freeman) has reunited with his…
For decades, The Residents have graced the world with over 60 studio albums, numerous multimedia projects, videos, live DVDs, as well as an impressive catalogue of incredibly original tours and performances. Based out of San Francisco and emerging in the early 1970s, the iconic eyeball with a top hat became a well-known figure for many. Fusing the boundary between art and music into one eclectic wave of inspiration, The Residents are innovators in every creative endeavor they embark on. To experience The Residents’ performance has become a privilege to those who dove into the depths of complete oblivion only to…