Portraits of Rockstars The Moment After The Show

Since 2005, Swiss photographer Matthias Willi and journalist Olivier Joliat have been developing a photographic project entitled “The Moment After the Show: Rockstars exposed”. In the 144 page publication, the pair has persuaded about 100 bands to pose in front of their camera all sweaty and exhausted, revealing themselves in a way that regular audiences don't generally get to witness. Some of the bands featuring in the book are:

Archive, Melissa Auf der Maur, Beatsteaks, Bitch Queens, The Black Angels, Blackmail, Buckcherry, The Budos Band, Client, The Datsuns, Dead Moon, Deftones, Dendemann, dEUS, Eagles of Death Metal, Fântomas, Fucking Beautiful, Ghinzu, Gnarls Barkley, Adam Green, The Hives, Isis, The Jackets, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Juliette And The Licks, Kamikaze Queens, Karma to Burn, Kashmir, The Kooks, Kyuss, Mark Lanegan, The Lemonheads, Jamie Lidell, The Lombego Surfers, Madrugada, Mando Diao, Metallica, Mondo Generator, Muse, Navel, Peaches, Placebo, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Raveonettes, Reverend Beat-Man, Kid Rock, Sludge, Sonic Youth, Sons & Daughters, Soulwax, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Stiller Has, The Stooges, Tafs, Trail Of Dead, Triggerfinger, Two Gallants, Farin Urlaub, Vive la Fête, Wir Sind Helden, The Young Gods, Zatokrev.

Also see: Before and After Photos of Joggers and Boxers - Before and after their matches

Gnarls Barkley - Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo Green

Farin Urlaub (Die Aerzte)

Iggy Pop

Kid Rock

Matthew Bellami (Muse)

Merill Nisker (Peaches)

Joey Castillo and Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age)

Brian Molko (Placebo)

Juliette Lewis (The Licks)

Ruben Block (Triggerfinger)

Els Pynoo (Vive la Fête)

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