SHERBURT SELECTS - FOIL PACK 006
SHERBURT SELECTS is a way to express my childhood love for rare collectible cards.
Foils were some of my favorites to get. So why not do foil packs?
Yes, I do know there is a double entendre here with heroin foil packs. Yes, I am okay with that.
See what I am thinking of is Upper Deck and Fleer and Panini.
Where your mind goes, is not up to me.
The sixth pack has my favorite edit of the first set, Alkaline Trio.
Each set of 24 gets compiled and then packs get randomly sorted.
Six packs of four every quarter.
SHERBURT SELECTS is a way to express my childhood love for rare collectible cards. Foils were some of my favorites to get. So why not do foil packs?
Yes, I do know there is a double entendre here with heroin foil packs. Yes, I am okay with that.
See what I am thinking of is Upper Deck and Fleer and Panini.
Where your mind goes, is not up to me. The sixth pack has my favorite edit of the first set, Alkaline Trio.
Each set of 24 gets compiled and then packs get randomly sorted.
Six packs of four every quarter.
Foil Pack Features:
- ALKALINE TRIO at their headliner at ROMT in Royal Oak, MI March 2024
- DRAIN supporting Neck Deep at ROMT in Royal Oak, MI February 2024
- KOYO at the triple headliner at Edgemen Screenprinting in Clinton Twp, MI March 2024
- UNABOMB at the Smallβs Bar 25th Anniversary Shows in Hamtramck, MI January 2024
SHERBURT SELECTS - FOIL PACK 005
SHERBURT SELECTS is a way to express my childhood love for rare collectible cards.
Foils were some of my favorites to get. So why not do foil packs?
Yes, I do know there is a double entendre here with heroin foil packs. Yes, I am okay with that.
See what I am thinking of is Upper Deck and Fleer and Panini.
Where your mind goes, is not up to me.
The fifth pack has one of my favorites, Drug Church.
Each set of 24 gets compiled and then packs get randomly sorted.
Six packs of four every quarter.
SHERBURT SELECTS is a way to express my childhood love for rare collectible cards. Foils were some of my favorites to get. So why not do foil packs?
Yes, I do know there is a double entendre here with heroin foil packs. Yes, I am okay with that.
See what I am thinking of is Upper Deck and Fleer and Panini.
Where your mind goes, is not up to me. The fifth pack has one of my favorites, Drug Church.
Each set of 24 gets compiled and then packs get randomly sorted.
Six packs of four every quarter.
Foil Pack Features:
- ANXIOUS at the triple headliner at Edgemen Screenprinting in Clinton Twp, MI March 2024
- DRUG CHURCH supporting Alkaline Trio at ROMT in Royal Oak, MI March 2024
- MACHO at the Smallβs Bar 25th Anniversary Shows in Hamtramck, MI January 2024
- ORBIT CULTURE supporting Machine Head at Saint Andrewβs Hall in Detroit, MI February 2024
SHERBURT SELECTS - FOIL PACK 004
SHERBURT SELECTS is a way to express my childhood love for rare collectible cards. Foils were some of my favorites to get. So why not do foil packs?
Yes, I do know there is a double entendre here with heroin foil packs. Yes, I am okay with that.
See what I am thinking of is Upper Deck and Fleer and Panini.
Where your mind goes, is not up to me. The fourth pack is eccentric.
Each set of 24 gets compiled and then packs get randomly sorted.
Six packs of four every quarter.
SHERBURT SELECTS is a way to express my childhood love for rare collectible cards. Foils were some of my favorites to get. So why not do foil packs?
Yes, I do know there is a double entendre here with heroin foil packs. Yes, I am okay with that.
See what I am thinking of is Upper Deck and Fleer and Panini.
Where your mind goes, is not up to me. The fourth pack is eccentric.
Each set of 24 gets compiled and then packs get randomly sorted.
Six packs of four every quarter.
Foil Pack Features:
- FEAR FACTORY at their co-headliner with Machine Head at Saint Andrewβs Hall in Detroit, MI February 2024
- HIGHER POWER supporting Neck Deep at ROMT in Royal Oak, MI February 2024
- LAMB OF GOD supporting Pantera at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, MI February 2024
- WORRIERS opening for Alkaline Trio at ROMT in Royal Oak, MI March 2024
SHERBURT SELECTS - FOIL PACK 002
SHERBURT SELECTS is a way to express my childhood love for rare collectible cards. Foils were some of my favorites to get. So why not do foil packs?
Yes, I do know there is a double entendre here with heroin foil packs. Yes, I am okay with that.
See what I am thinking of is Upper Deck and Fleer and Panini.
Where your mind goes, is not up to me. The second pack is stacked.
Each set of 24 gets compiled and then packs get randomly sorted.
Six packs of four every quarter.
SHERBURT SELECTS is a way to express my childhood love for rare collectible cards. Foils were some of my favorites to get. So why not do foil packs?
Yes, I do know there is a double entendre here with heroin foil packs. Yes, I am okay with that.
See what I am thinking of is Upper Deck and Fleer and Panini.
Where your mind goes, is not up to me. The second pack is stacked.
Each set of 24 gets compiled and then packs get randomly sorted.
Six packs of four every quarter.
Foil Pack Features:
- BEARINGS supporting Neck Deep at ROMT in Royal Oak, MI February 2024
- CHILD BITE opening for Pantera at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, MI February 2024
- MACHINE HEAD headlining at Saint Andrewβs Hall in Detroit, MI February 2024
- NEGATIVE APPROACH at the Smallβs Bar 25th Anniversary Shows in Hamtramck, MI January 2024
SHERBURT SELECTS - FOIL PACK 001
SHERBURT SELECTS is a way to express my childhood love for rare collectible cards. Foils were some of my favorites to get. So why not do foil packs?
Yes, I do know there is a double entendre here with heroin foil packs. Yes, I am okay with that.
See what I am thinking of is Upper Deck and Fleer and Panini.
Where your mind goes, is not up to me. The first pack has a few locals and a couple of international bands.
Each set of 24 gets compiled and then packs get randomly sorted.
Six packs of four every quarter.
SHERBURT SELECTS is a way to express my childhood love for rare collectible cards. Foils were some of my favorites to get. So why not do foil packs?
Yes, I do know there is a double entendre here with heroin foil packs. Yes, I am okay with that.
See what I am thinking of is Upper Deck and Fleer and Panini.
Where your mind goes, is not up to me. The first pack has a few locals and a couple of international bands.
Each set of 24 gets compiled and then packs get randomly sorted.
Six packs of four every quarter.
Foil Pack Features:
Graders from their reunion set at New Way Bar in Ferndale, MI March 2024
You Dirty Rat at their comeback show at Smallβs Bar in Hamtramck, MI January 2024
Neck Deep at the Royal Oak Music Theatre in Royal Oak, MI February 2024
Pantera at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, MI February 2024
Pantera Pays Homage to the Abbott Brothers in Grand Rapids Alongside Lamb of God and Child Bite
I have to preface this with; it meant a lot to me to do this because the 3 guys I grew up listening to this band with in high school are all dead. RIP Joey Bags, Hansen, and Dolsen.
The Cowboys From Hell in Grand Rapids
I have to preface this with; it meant a lot to me to do this because the 3 guys I grew up listening to this band with in high school are all dead.
RIP Joey Bags, Hansen, and Dolsen.
Pantera brought their headlining tour to Michigan and I drove my ass almost 3 hours to Grand Rapids to photograph it. I was 1 of only 6 photographers approved for this show and it was my 2nd arena gig ever. It felt like a hometown show right off the bat with a couple of photographers from Detroit being in the media pool, but the main reason was because Detroitβs Child Bite opened the gig. It was a helluva warm-up show for their appearance at the Garden this past weekend in New York City. Gimme some salsa ya weird metal cowboys. Anyway, the direct support for the show was Lamb of God and despite having to share the pit with 30+ VIPs, I still had no issue photographing them. I always found it weird that bands do this, and also making us sign a photo release just sends a pretty wild message. I think this mightβve been my last time photographing LOG tbh.
PANTERA NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
PANTERA
LAMB OF GOD
CHILD BITE
Rad to see Child Bite go from small Detroit shows to playing the Garden a few days after I took these. That was a big deal for me when I signed up to potentially do this show. Considering Phil has not one but multiple bands from Detroit on his Housecore Records label, itβs no surprise he would be sidestage for their set in Grand Rapids.
Everyone takes pride in their cityβs culture, or at least in my head, everyone does. Detroit is incredibly tight-knit and supportive of one another, even outside of our genre lines. Escaping this city is no easy task, even nowadays when things are perceived to be much better than it used to be. Woof, that is for an entirely different conversation and I am not doing that again here today. Instead letβs just check out the galleries below from the show!
PANTERA
LAMB OF GOD
CHILD BITE
Neck Deep, Drain, Bearings, and Higher Power @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
Neck Deep has been on my list of bands to photograph since I started doing this over a decade ago. For whatever reason it just seemed like it was never going to happen. Denial after denial. Then I got approved and woke up the day of the show sick with the flu. And of course, more denials. Then I had to not put in once for inventory at my old job. It just seemed like a lost cause
NECK DEEP taken by SHERBURT 2.13.23
Neck Deep has been on my list of bands to photograph since I started doing this over a decade ago. For whatever reason it just seemed like it was never going to happen. Denial after denial. Then I got approved and woke up the day of the show sick with the flu. And of course, more denials. Then I had to not put in once for inventory at my old job. It just seemed like a lost cause. Then they announced this tour with one of my favorite bands in the world, Drain. I took this as a sign, that it was time. I could easily just hit Drain up and they would hook me up but I wanted to do this right. I wanted to do it on my own accord, and I wanted to go through the headliner. I didnβt want to ask for a favor. I didnβt ask for one for Blink or NOFX. So I did it the old way, the same way that got me the first gigs. Publicity.
NECK DEEP LIVE IN AMERICA
N E C K D E E P
D R A I N
B E A R I N G S
H I G H E R P O W E R
I have been working so many production shows that I haven't been able to do these kinds of gigs as often as I would like. These are a net loss for me every time. There is no payment for these kinds of gigs. Working for a publication maybe they might pay you, but I work for myself so I go in knowing I am losing money on parking, on a beverage, on food afterward and even sometimes, having to pay for tickets. Hence why a lot of these types of shows have been getting thinner and thinner on my calendar. The best part is that itβs not the same reason most start to give up shows, itβs because I have prior obligations to production companies and one of the biggest bands on the face of the planet. So with all that being said, at this point in my career, if I am willing to lose money to work, itβs because it is something I truly want to do.
Alongside Neck Deep and Drain were Bearings and Higher Power creating an absolutely stacked lineup stretching from UK Pop Punk to California Hardcore.
NECK DEEP
DRAIN
BEARINGS
HIGHER POWER
Boris and The Melvins Brought the "Twins of Evil" Tour to St. Andrewβs Hall
Boris and The Melvins at Saint Andrews Hall in Detroit was a treat for me being I was obliterated on dabs and in a really good mood knowing the next day I would be flying to California. That type of energy should be able to be bottled! It made shooting so relaxing, for the first time ever. Usually, I am anxious and trying to keep myself focused. Luckily I was able to just enjoy myself and photograph the sets and feel special. Knowing Nirvana played this room is a big deal for most of us right? So to have anyone that is connected to them come here and play in the same room, is a pretty big deal. This all plays into my theory that
Time Is A Circle Pit.
The Melvins and Boris at St. Andrewβs Hall
Boris and The Melvins at Saint Andrews Hall in Detroit was a treat for me being I was obliterated on dabs and in a really good mood knowing the next day I would be flying to California. That type of energy should be able to be bottled! It made shooting so relaxing, for the first time ever. Usually, I am anxious and trying to keep myself focused. Luckily I was able to just enjoy myself and photograph the sets and feel special. Knowing Nirvana played this room is a big deal for most of us right? So to have anyone that is connected to them come here and play in the same room, is a pretty big deal. This all plays into my theory that
Time Is A Circle Pit.
I decided to go all Black and white for this show and I think it worked in my favor. I am honestly not a fan of most lighting nowadays. Few will get me to put out massive amounts of color photos. I am more likely to do it with daytime outdoor photos than hall or theatre concerts. Just how it is. These two bands are all photogenic as hell and for playing slower tempos than the punk, hardcore, and death metal shows I usually photograph, it was such a welcomed change of pace.
The Melvins played βBullheadβ and Boris played βHeavy Rocks, both in their entirety. If you ever get a chance to see either of these bands, do not skip. It is a trip.
This post originally appeared on my predecessor site Time Is A Circle Pit.
The Slaughter The Martour with Machine Head and More @ St Andrewβs Hall in Detroit
Machine Head brought the Slaughter the Martour to Saint Andrewβs Hall in Detroit Saturday night. Packed to the gills alongside friends in Fear Factory, Swedenβs Orbit Culture, and my favorite on the lineup Gates to Hellβ¦
MACHINE HEAD taken by SHERBURT
Machine Head brought the Slaughter the Martour to Saint Andrewβs Hall in Detroit Saturday night. Packed to the gills alongside friends in Fear Factory, Swedenβs Orbit Culture, and my favorite on the lineup Gates to Hell. As a precaution, I brought two King Palm Slims and tried to stay as covert as possible. At the moment I am experimenting with inadvertantly overhearing aging music fans and their casual opinions about Detroit. Before we get to the negative, letβs get to the positive. This show was sold out. The bands all ripped. I didnβt have a single boring moment at all, no matter where I was in the venue. Staff is mostly welcome to me except for the other newer middle-aged dudes who just havenβt figured me out yet. Theyβll get there.
The most thrilling part of all of this is that itβs the first new article on the newly launched site. After years of using branded sites, I peeked into the production world with the most non-press work last year. This led me to today where I am just going for it full bar all on me and not behind a brand or company idea. With that being said, I Like Their Old Stuff will live on with Anniversary Features on the site and Time Is A Circle Pit will be the Podcast presented by Sherburt. Fun times.
The Slaughter the Martour
M A C H I N E H E A D
O R B I T C U L T U R E
F E A R F A C T O R Y
G A T E S T O H E L L
There were a few cool moments about getting this to photograph this gig. For starters, I loved seeing Gates to Hell play to a new crowd. That band is one of my favorites coming from Louisvilleβs bustling intertwining hardcore and metal scene alongside the likes of Knocked Loose, Inclination, World Of Pleasure, Belushi Speed Ball, and a ton of others.
Getting to see Orbit Culture and their Swedish Melodic Death Metal onslaught kept my brain in functioning ADHD mode. I blame the double bass that was on a level only to be rivaled by Tomas Haake himself. Not a set to be missed.
The best part of the night wasnβt getting Fear Factory for the 2nd time in a year but getting Machine Head for the first time. Machine Head co-headlined my first show at Harpoβs with Coal Chamber. The openers for that show were Amen and Slipknot. 1999. 25 years later Robb Flynn is spitting on me at Saint Andrewβs Hall. Itβs really hard not to think about how much has changed since that show in 99, typing on a computer like this was unheard of outside of Doogie Howser and the original blog sites like Angelfire or Homestead. I was barely 16 years old when I first saw them and now Iβm staring at a bottle of Baby Aspirin.
I will say this. Over the last decade, I have gone to 100s of shows. This was a perfectly booked tour. I loved every minute of the show and had a blast working it with a bunch of pretty rad Detroit photographers and some newcomers. Dodging tour managers with cell phones and VIPs invading the photo pit was hilarious to me. I am so inundated with DIY shows and the things that happen there, I forgot a little bit, of just how ridiculous metal as a whole is. I prefer my punk and hardcore shows for sure but metal is always a very close third for me.
If youβre anywhere in the path of this tour, check it out and get tickets. It was worth all the trouble and welp, I kept hearing folks talk about this being their first time at this venue.
A venue that just celebrated 116 years since openingβ¦
WITH THAT BEING SAID I HAVE TO SAY THISβ¦
METRO DETROIT, STOP BEING AFRAID OF DETROIT. IT IS 2024. IT IS NOT ROBOCOP TIME ANYMORE. YES, SOME AREAS ARENβT THAT GREAT BUT YOUβRE NOT GOING THERE ANYWAY. ALL THE VENUES YOU WILL GO TO, ARE DOWNTOWN. ITβS OKAY. STOP STAYING AT HOME AND WATCHING THE SAME NETFLIX RERUNS. LIVE A LITTLE. GO TO SHOWS.
To Dream Is To Cream⦠The Only Sherburt Ever is Here.
Hello, it is me, your friend Sherburt. For the last 5 years, I have been running a website called I Like Their Old Stuff. I have covered everything from Movement Festival to Slayerβs Last Michigan Show to Local Gigs with 10 people in attendance. Over the years I always dreamed of getting past this stage of blogging or content creation and just making art without any kind of guidelines or pigeon holding by artist PR. Welp, this is a free-for-all. People can tell me in emails what their expectations are but the truth is, I have no desire to create for a person who answers emails. I am making art for me. I am making art for the fans of the bands. And I am making art for the bands. This has been an issue for me especially starting last year. I have to keep up these fucking appearances like I am a functioning media outlet when the truth is Iβm one human being on my own. I donβt have a team. Nor do I want one. Cue some uplifting Drum and Bass music please I need itβ¦
SHERBURT
It is timeβ¦
No more head tripsβ¦
Hardstylinβ at Cow Palace taken by Josh Badura
Hello, it is me, your friend Sherburt. For the last 5 years, I have been running a website called I Like Their Old Stuff. I have covered everything from Movement Festival to Slayerβs Last Michigan Show to Local Gigs with 10 people in attendance. Over the years I always dreamed of getting past this stage of blogging or content creation and just making art without any kind of guidelines or pigeon holding by artist PR. Welp, this is a free-for-all. People can tell me in emails what their expectations are but the truth is, I have no desire to create for a person who answers emails. I am making art for me. I am making art for the fans of the bands. And I am making art for the bands. This has been an issue for me especially starting last year. I have to keep up these fucking appearances like I am a functioning media outlet when the truth is Iβm one human being on my own. I donβt have a team. Nor do I want one. Cue some uplifting Drum and Bass music please I need itβ¦
Oh wait, did you think I was kidding about cueing the Drum and Bass music? I wasnβt. I can now be myself. Which means my humor will come out more than ever. So will my Junglist side. So will my politically driven side. So will my party animal side. I am so over faking-the-fucking-funk. So letβs get it! No use wasting more time!
First night working for NOFX taken by Jay Reynolds aka @nofxcrewofficial
So what was the problem?
Freedom. It just didnβt feel like I was free at all. I felt like I was just trying to get things to happen by forcing them. I realized I like making art in digital form with the photos I take and implementing video or written word or spoken word. I realized I was tired of the regular blog format and how fucking tiring it all is to try to keep up with the Jonesβs.
So what is this site about?
This is my place for free expression. No pigeonholding myself. Sure things might look similar at first, and that may be the point to get you hooked in here. What is to come is so much that I have never created before and I would like this to be the center of all of it. This is now the NEW SITE. This is now THE PORTFOLIO. This is now THE BOOKING SITE. This is now is a Hatebreed song I like a lot. This is also a space where you will be able to order prints from shows directly eventually. You will also be able to see events for Metro Detroit that are in the realm of stuff I cover. Sorry if there is an arena show, unless itβs Green Day or Blink 182 chances are I wonβt be covering it. The big thing is seeing how it goes from a media site to a lifestyle site. This is just now how things are for me. So I want to experiment visually and with audio and written word and design and just different ways to present my work.
This is simply a home base for Sherburt.
What about the Patreon?
Patreon was shifted to www.patreon.com/sherburtphoto and still has over 225 posts and will still be operational! More tiers will be added as time goes on, but all basic posts will still be visible with the $5 a month for life tier. That will never stop! What comes with other tiers will be the ability to donate more, but also giveaways and exclusives like 1-on-1 edit sessions/tutorials and even my own custom presets ripped right from my Lightroom.
With Alexis flying to Punk In Drublic Orlando, 3rd time working for NOFX. Flew in flew out in the same 21 hour period.
What sparked all of this?
Believing I can do more. My achievements last year proved to be the deciding factor in reversing into personal brand and out of the realm of trying to run a site. Becoming NOFXβs live music photographer, getting on the Tied Down Detroit media team, becoming a photographer for the revived Black Iris Booking, and joining the Pleasant Underground media team all led me here. It made me realize I didnβt have to fake the funk anymore with a blog site. I didnβt have to just make it look like I knew what I was doing. I do know what Iβm doing.
I also was faced with a brand new Squarespace editor that I couldnβt use with the old site without transferring to a new one. Instead of having multiple sites up I wanted to narrow inβ¦ and this all came from my Father asking me what my website was and then I said βWhich one?β. If my own Dad a former military networking engineer specialist couldnβt figure that out, then I knew I was in trouble. I had no real recognition of my brands but my alias name Sherburt continues to grow by the day. It makes all the sense in the world finally. And tbh, I wish I wouldβve done this sooner.
Photo by Hannah Badura
So instead of being Sherburt from Time Is A Circle Pit or I Like Their Old Stuffβ¦
I am just Sherburt.
Thank you for coming along with me.
And like a local reggae band, I gotta say BIG TINGZ COMING!
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