Pentagram

Jeffrey Lee Jul 03, 2018

I'd like to say how much I enjoyed the SXSW Music Festival experience with the members of PENTAGRAM (Bobby, Greg, Victor), Sean "PELLET" Pelletier (thanks for everything, including my admission costs, and accommodations at the Best Western Plus for two nights), Kelli Malella of Metal Blade Records (for just being sweet, and easy going - not to mention the advance copies of the new album), Demian Fenton of 9.14 Pictures (for the invitation to attend the film premiere), the professional staff at the Scoot Inn and Spin Magazine, and everyone else who made the weekend a bitchin' blast. I met a lot of people there, made some new friends, had the priceless opportunity to see Scott "Wino" Weinrich after many a year, hard core PENTAGRAM fans Sean Weingartner, and Benjamin Yaker were on hand to share the good times, and my friend Gregory Dorsett!
No surprise to see Sean Weingartner at the PENTAGRAM show, he's a true supporter of the band, and never misses a gig. Big surprise for me to see Scott Weinrich! I hadn't seen, or talked to Scott in seventeen years, since the MELVINS show at the 9:30 Club in '94.
Some additional highlights: PENTAGRAM's "Last Rites" is released 12 March on Metal Blade Records, in time to coincide with the bands appearance at SXSW.
"Last Days Here" World Premiere, 14 March 2011, at the SXSW Film Festival, Vimeo Theatre, 500 Cesar Chavez Street.
A 9.14 Pictures film documentary, directed by Don Argott, and Demian Fenton. This was the films world premiere, and I was invited to attend the screening, and received two film credits for my contributions. Oh yeah...as nothing exceeds like excess, my infamous image of Bobby was used not only for the film poster, but the DVD cover as well.
Speaking of excess, my most enduring image of Bobby Liebling appears on the cover of Decibel Magazine (May 2011, Issue 079). Featuring a seven page spread on Bobby entitled "Miracle Man - All hail the latest unlikely resurrection of Bobby Liebling and PENTAGRAM" by J. Bennett. I received a contributing photographer credit, as well as a hefty supply of copies. They arrived just prior to the bands appearance at SXSW, and came in very handy that weekend.
And as if that weren't enough... yet another high profile article on Bobby Liebling, and PENTAGRAM. It appeared in the May 2011 issue of Spin. The magazine solicited me for a batch of vintage images of the band to use in the issue, and on their online website to supplement the related six page spread entitled "Dr. Doom" by David Marchese.
Spin also had at SXSW, their 'Spin Shed' on Red River Street. PENTAGRAM spent some time there meeting and greeting the staff, other media types, and their fans. They posed for the cameras, and submitted to interviews from various other outlets...PENTAGRAM finally received the long overdue attention, and exposure they deserved, and a bit rubbed off on me too.