aaron farley photographer: The Melvins and Music Music Music

One of the greatest things about shooting pictures for a living is getting to work with people who you've respected, listened to or watched for a large portion of your life. That was exactly the case when Alarm Magazine called me to shoot The Melvins for this month's cover. I've listened to their music since high school and have seen them a ton since then.. even when Leif Garret went out on tour with them to sing smells like teen spirit. (pretty much as an excuse to drink whiskey out in the van while listening to metal, and to get a free ride to New York to do the Howard Stern show) (allegedly). I posted the layouts below, and some of the out takes. Also a new mag. called MusicMusicMusic out of Brooklyn just landed on my doorstep yesterday. Big 11x14 layout, and i had no idea way it came to me, but i was happy it did. Then I opened to page 20 and there were my pics of No Age, from last years Fyeah Fest. Another great thing about picture taking for a living, you give someone photos 9 months earlier who has an idea for a magazine or a zine in good faith, and a magazine actually shows up out of the blue on your doorstep. I can't even say that about most magazines, that have been around for ever, and actually claim to pay!! so check it out for sure.. listen to Melvins and No Age below..