So, some 2 weeks ago Sturm und Drang pulled off a spectacular rock show over at D.O.M in Helsinki, I captured the entire evening digitally in a bunch of frames presented to you guys right here, I hope you’ll enjoy this set of shots. Start browsing folks!

( Sturm und Drang LIVE @ D.O.M Helsinki March 2011 – All shots by Tage Rönnqvist )

This was the second gig the boys rocked with the new bass player Joel Wendlin, the man is talented all right! The guys also presented a heap of new songs, and if you weren’t there, awesome stuff I tell you. Hope you enjoyed these shots, and remember – stay tuned, stay informed folks!

—>>> Sturm und Drang

Have a good one people.

// Tage – Finding myself, inside the hourglass… (Hardcore SuD-trivia)

]]> http://www.tageronnqvist.com/blog/the-sturm-und-drang-show/feed/ 8 http://www.tageronnqvist.com/blog/the-drang-week/ http://www.tageronnqvist.com/blog/the-drang-week/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:24:17 +0000 tage http://www.tageronnqvist.com/?p=2643 So, yes?

The week is almost reaching it’s very end. The Tage has spent his whole week in Wasa working at the Sveng.com offices with the film about Sturm und Drang. Been arranging, checking and browsing through about 4 years of footage from the on-going Sturm era, that’s a lotta stuff, as well as shooting some new moving frames with Alex and André – gonna be a great film, that’s a promise!

Last night was spent at the Camp dé Stürm, and here is a shared memory for you – the Linman in his element!

( André Linman at camp Sturm )

So, been a flashy fast super forward week with loads of events, happenings and bing bangs. And what’s new with the Sturm und Drang story, well, the boys are rehearsing, playing new tunes, bonding, gathering forces and powers, figuring stuff out really, and very soon I believe the boys will be ready to make the third record, gonna be a good one, I can assure you that! (Take notes)

Stay tuned for the weekend folks – lots of things to blogger about!

// Tage – Sturm

( Alex Ivars for the Luthman catalogue – shot at Radisson SAS in Wasa )

We didn’t really have any ideas for the shoot, we just knew that we needed some shots of his Valley Arts guitar, and that we needed them quickly. So, I suggested, “why not go to some fancy suite at some fancy hotel in Wasa”, great idea, he seemed to say.. Then I waltzed myself into the reception desk over at The Radisson SAS hotel in Wasa and kindly asked if I could borrow a suite for a few hours.. They responded nicely and said, “but of course my young man”. Nice!

Then we snapped a few shots and the one above was the best one. It was a splendid evening! We even took the time to grab some extra shots just for fun, here’s one for you!

( A posé.. )

And that was it! Hope you liked these.. More Sturm und Drang stuff on the way, stay tuned, stay informed!

// Tage – The Suite man

Dunno what that was all about, but yes.. I’m back with my first video blog in like several weeks. I’ve forgotten all about it and all of the sudden it came to my mind this very Tuesday when my epic Sturm und Drang film got some more flesh on it’s bones. Yes,together with  Jeppe and Alex we headed to the mini golf court in Wasa called Botnia Minigolf Klubb to shoot some good times.

( The laid back golfer from Gerby )

Yes, where was I, well yes, but of course. We went golfing a few holes. It was fun and I think the documentary got some cool summer event shots – well needed. And as promised, my v-log is back! Check out Mr. Ivars bragging about his golf win after a round of serious Tiger Woodsy manners..

( The Ivars after 18 holes and a beer )

The video clip is probably the shortest clip on the entire youtube, but what can you do? Complain? Want longer clips? Maybe next time alright.. I tried getting the man to talk about his feelings after the win, his thoughts on the game, what he thinks about the globalization, ash clouds and animal porn. But nothing. This is what he responded.

( The Tiger of Wasa )

Yes, this was it for today folks. More reports on Sturm und Drang later this week. I have some spectacular surprises coming your way. Await good times and longer inserts!

// Tage – Tiger Tage?

]]> http://www.tageronnqvist.com/blog/the-mini-golf-experience/feed/ 10 http://www.tageronnqvist.com/blog/the-first-of-many/ http://www.tageronnqvist.com/blog/the-first-of-many/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:18:04 +0000 tage http://www.tageronnqvist.com/?p=1774 Well, yes.

Today was my first day out in the documentary fields, nice to be back! Today it all started again, today, today. Well, today I grabbed the bull by the testicles and went out to start shooting the Sturm und Drang boys again..

( Sturm und Jeppe )

The first (of many) documentary day/s held a bunch of fine moments in store for me and the video camera. I went with Jeppe to collect some nice “summer feel” footage at the shoreline of Wasa city.. Nothing particular happened, nothing spectacular got stuck on tape, but we got loads of footage of the first summer days of 2010. I think this sort of stuff will be well needed in the film. Random stuff with random comments filled with random environments…

( Can’t really say… )

And then, all of the sudden, we got a call from André Linman, the fronter of the act, telling Jeppe that they were going to rehearse some songs this fine evening. Quick as I was, I decided to go with the documentary flow and hang around for the rest of the evening with the rolling camera… I got some really nice footage at the Sturm und Drang band camp – and that makes a Tage happy! Hours well spent..

( Dirty fingers )

Yes, at the band camp the boys were going through some new tunes for the upcoming third record, it sounds really good, I’m glad to be a “part of the process” in at least a documentary type of way.

The rest of the evening was all about collecting great footage for me… And looking at Alex finger pulling my camera, is it called finger pulling? Tractor pulling? He was all over my video machine with his dirty fingers, changing all the set up’s for all kinds of reasons I guess..

Short story, while I was out in the backyard filming André having a “creative song writing moment in the sun” weird stuff happened. Alex and his crew stole my car keys and drove my car to a secret hide out. So when I was done filming André, I noticed that I had no car, it was gone like a prostitute in church, the boys were laughing like hell – fuckers.

Anything else to declare.. Well, the evening ended with the very first summer ice cream moment close to the archipelago. Sweet Jesus. One can’t wish fo a better start to the summer of 2010..

( Västervik )

The documentary Tage continues his duties tomorrow with a round of mini golf starring Sturm und Drang.. There are thousands of summer moments to be captured, and plenty of pics and stories to share with you, my fine rock readers..! Have a nice night folks!

// Tage – The und Drang!

( Alex Ivars of Sturm und Drang )

..So where should one begin? I got lots of words to spread out to your eager minds. Yesterday after I posted the André Linman shots I immediately got a call from Alex Ivars. (När ska vi fan ta bilder på mig va?).. English translation (Cindy says that the bus is leaving early). I told the dude that I was up for the job anytime, and we decided to take some shots today, which right about now has turned yesterday. So technically André’s shots were taken the same day..? Oh my God I’ve gone crossed eyed.

Anyway. I had to come up with something new for the Alex shoot, and the answer to my question was Vlogging. I asked Alex if he could say something in moving pictures about today’s shoot. Although the man wasn’t feeling that marvelous, since the André 18 party was yesterday, he managed to give me a small performance. So here ya go, the first Vlog ever by Tage.. Enjoy.

( The Alex Ivars Vlog from our shoot )

..Yes, you liked it. Waasa’s own Andy McCoy!

Furthermore.. The entire shoot took place at the City Hall of Waasa. And how did we manage to end up over there, or should I say over here, since I’m writing in past time.. Let me tell you after the next shot has been glanced through…

( The laid back posé )

..Yes, the story on how we got to take the shots at the City Hall.. (Stasshuuse) The orignal idea was to take the shots in the Church spotted behind Alex in the shot above. The Trefaldighetskyrkan of Waasa. It is a very aesthetic church, so I called up the dude who handles all the stuff about the J-man. After a call that lasted about 20 minutes he eventually said NO. The church didn’t allow us any metal shots. I wonder why? The dude who handles the church said that his children often listens to Sturm und Drang, but he would still not approve of any Alex shots.. Follow me to the next shot..

( Don Alex )

..It was eventually the church dude who gave me the tip to call the city hall.. When I called the dude over at the City Hall with my mysterious questions about shooting some blog-shots of a rocker he responded with a simple “Kyllähän se käy”.. English translation (Tom told Lisa to shut her face – Carrots!).

I had never been in the building before, and let me tell you. I will for sure use the building again some time, for something media related. And all the time I hear you asking why I took these shots today.. Well, no reason I guess. I’m just a man. If you want your own “no reason pics”, just give me a call..

( The guitar sitter )

I think I’m all out of stories now, and I still have shots to post.. U-hum. Let me think. Church, City Hall, Hung over, Carrots.. No nothing comes to mind.

Well.. I really liked the Vlogging bit, so you’ll definitely see more of that shit in the future, as long as you are staying tuned and informed that is.. Since I’m in Waasa for the moment I don’t possess no video editing program.. So that’s why the video clip is unedited shot to Youtube straight from the camera, but hey, I saved a lot of energy and time.. More shots? Yes please..

( On the stairway to heaven )

And finally I’ll post 2 shots from today that are turned vertically.. And since I’m always having trouble posting vertical shots, it’s a layout issue, I’m trying another way to insert them this time.. Tell me if you think it’s convenient for the eyes, or is it a mess.. I’m trying my best, doing what WordPress allows me to do.. The final shots people!

( A massive shot part 1)

( A massive shot part 2 )

And that was it for today people. Hope you liked the very first Vlogging by Tage.. Although it wasn’t me Vlogging anything – it was all Alex’s fault..

Have a spectacular day now you hear! Peace out, and remember, stay tuned – stay informed.. ( I tried making Alex say those words, but he was too tired and he somewhat messed them up )…

//Tage – The Vlogger

]]> http://www.tageronnqvist.com/blog/the-ivars/feed/ 14 http://www.tageronnqvist.com/blog/rock-perry-2009/ http://www.tageronnqvist.com/blog/rock-perry-2009/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:39:26 +0000 tage http://www.tageronnqvist.com/?p=682 So yes?

It has all come down to this, and let me just say, finally! It has been months and months since the Rock Perry festival 2009 was held in Waasa, Finland.. Months I say. It has been such a long time ago that no one was alive back then, think about it.. That’s enough. I’ve had these pictures in my to-do list for a long time, and I’ve even got a few e-mails from the true SuD-fans asking me where the fuck the pictures are – and now they are here! So enjoy them fuckers! I’m gonna post a link at least 2 times in this entry to all the pics from the show, they can be found at my DeviantArt from the following link >>>>> ALL THE PICS <<<<<

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What am I even talking about, I hear the unknowing dudes ask, let me tell you.. Yes. These pics are from the Sturm und Drang show held at the Rock Perry festival during this past summer of 2009. The shots have been in a “soon-state” on my desktop for 5 months and now I have finally found the strength and honor to go through them and edit 67 of the shots.. 10 of them found in this blog, the other 57 on my Deviant-site…

( The Liver Runs Dry )

The fans, gotta love the fans.. Sturm und Drang has a song called “The River Runs Dry”, and you gotta give a big hand to the fans for coming up with something as innovative as this – Love it! A really really Finnish joke.. Awesome. Sturm und Drang – You need to know that you have the best fans in the world..

The facts about this show is summed up in many ways.. This was a show where my main focus was  to gather material for the documentary about the band. So I was with the boys in the band for many hours before the show, and even many hours after the show, so hopefully you’ll find some of the “not-live” shots interesting, cause they really are somewhat unique, no matter how stupid it sounds, I was the only one with a camera backstage so what you’ll see is really, and I’ll say it again, unique.. Maybe I should tag the word.. ( Tage is tagging Unique ).. And I’m back..

And maybe I should give you the link to all the pics from the show again.. Should probably do that, and who’s gonna argue? Here comes the link, click the following to get all of the shots from this gig >>>>> ALL THE SHOTS <<<<<

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And as always with this “blogging with vertical pics”.. It really sucks. You never know when and why a picture starts and when it ends.. It’s a hell-hole this wordpress thing, so forgive me if the layout sucks ass. But whaddaya gonna do about it? Returning to the posting of more shots..

( These Chains? )

And since the fans get to be so hilariously funny with their wordplay board “The Liver Runs Dry” I get to wordplay a little don’t you think.. This shot above – I call it These Chains – which is another SuD song… Although I’m not half as funny.. I’m such an ass – but then again, whaddaya gonna do?

And to your right you can witness Alex Ivars, the guitar virtuoso of Sturm und Drang, having one of those killer sticks in front of the tour bus.. To the far right of this shot you could see the drummer of Backyard Babies,but I cropped him out to give Alex the light he needs.. Haha.. It’s actually true. And what more should I tell you about this gig, I still have many shots to publish, and I need horseshit to write about.. What do I remember from this day? Nothing comes to mind at the moment, so I’ll keep blabbering about nothing until I reach the bottom of this pic, and then I’ll post another one right away and hopefully I’ll have some memories to share from that picture instead of this one.. Hmmm, reaching it now, reaching the end, hopefully, and since wordpress is a basterd of a layout program I won’t even know when I’ve reached the end, I guess it’s right about now, finally!

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( Sturm und Fisheye? )

I’m really happy I got to try out some of these FishEye shots.. Since I was the only one who got to be in front of the audience border for the whole show I got some peace and relaxing moments to try out my FishEye lens from the right angle.. I don’t really know if I got what I wanted, but at least I got to practice a little with the lens.. And practice will some day make perfect, I fucking hope.. And mind you, all of these shots are taken with my Canon EOS 40D (which is for sale), this was all before I invested in my 5D Mark Tage.

To the left you see André Linman thanking the lovely audience for a spectacular show.. And this is something I remember now guys.. After the show André always asks everyone what they thought of the show.. And this time he was in flames and fumes, he was really really happy with the show, he shouted out “Dehe va satan den bästa spelningen vi nånsin gjort, VITTU”, and I’ll fast translate this one into German with google translator, just to be different.. “Dies war Satan, der beste Gig, den wir je gemacht haben, Vittu”…

Hopefully the german speaking readers, of which there are none, can agree with my translation, and one can only hope right…

And yes, the gig was really good, this was the first time ever they covered The Darkness – I believe in a thing called love, I think.. Maybe.. Anyway – the gig was powerful and André’s singing was really good, heck, all of the boys did great.. Although Alex’s responce to André’s happy chants after the gig was a laid back “Yes”..

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( Alex and André at Rock Perry )

The shot above has got to be one of my favourites of all time shooting Sturm und Drang – I love André’s face and pose – it’s, in my opinion, one of the most “live” pics I’ve taken.. And since my opinion is the only thing that counts – I’m right.. Haha.. All in all, I like this shot! What? Ahh, shut up.

So, right, this Godforsaken piece of shit for a program called WordPress just crashed down.. Aw, for fuck sake.. But then I got a little bit lucky with the auto save function, if it wasn’t for that function this post would never have seen the light of today.. God I hate this shit..

Well then.. To your left, or if you are behind your screen, it will be to your right, enough said.. The pic of André is taken 1 minute later than the Jeppe pic in the same place and posé.. The light was cool and some of the stage smoke leaked out backstage, so it was a Canon moment.. And it’s kinda cool right, he looks like an MC driver with the wrong t-shirt. Lekledare, haha, it means Awesome cool Turtle from Waasa in English, I think.. I may be wrong..

And what more.. This blog thing took me days and hours to make, so I’d appreciate if no one reads it or checks it out, just to be different. Well I could always post a link to the band’s website, yes, I’ll do that, so if you wanna have a peek at the web site of Sturm und Drang, follow the link >>>>> STURM UND DRANG <<<<<

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And now we have reached the point when I’ll post the last picture of this set, so enjoy the last one while you can, since the band is not touring at all for the moment, so there will be no more Sturm und Drang live pics for a while, but perhaps and almost certainly some other type of shots of the group, but as for the live shots – this is the last one for some time – and it’s not even a stage shot – ironic isin’t it?

( Calle backstage – with his fans almost backstage )

And this was the last one.. Hope you liked the shots, and since no one is reading anymore I can finally put out some ugly words – “kisi kakka”…

And remember – for all the shots of this series click the following link >>>>> ALL THE SHOTS <<<<<

//Tage – The Rock Perry Unique

]]> http://www.tageronnqvist.com/blog/rock-perry-2009/feed/ 13 http://www.tageronnqvist.com/blog/nothing/ http://www.tageronnqvist.com/blog/nothing/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:31:01 +0000 tage http://www.tageronnqvist.com/?p=560 So, yes? Nothing photo/music/video/something/kalsonger has really happened the last two days, so I don’t really have anything to say.. But instead of leaving the site quiet like a rabbit in a refrigerator, I thought I’d just go on about some bullshit n’ cat piss. Cause this asshole loves to update – if you haven’t noticed.

( Tage with Phil )

It’s been a very very cold fucking day, I tell you, the thermometer was really pissing me in the anus this morning when it told me (it actually spoke) that the temperature outside was about minus 3 000 000 degrees celsius. And it really was, when my nose said hello to the world outside, it dropped down to the ground and blew up like Wesley Snipes in Demolition Man – and this is all true.

So, later today, without a nose, I visited a place called Citymarket and I found myself a “must have” record. I buy quite a lot of CDs in this thing called life, and this very evening I found myself the record called “Genesis – The Hits”, a double CD with all the hits, well, not all of them, but maybe three quarters of them. And I got it for 6 euros. Hooray! So that was the big thing of this day. Before I found out I was pregnant.

And of course I did all kinds of christmazzy stuff and said hello to about 5000 relatives, but I guess no one cares. And I could also let you in on the fact that I’ve gone on Christmas vacation now for about 10-15 days, so the photo editing processes and the taking of new pics is kinda out of the question, for some days now.

But hey, if someone wants some shots during Christmas, and if you live in Waasa, hit me with a call and a banana and we’ll work something out.. And yes of course, I should give the Sturm und Drang boys a Christass (you didn’t notice that I misspelled Christmas) call and perhaps get some new SuD shots.. That’d be cool, perhaps The Alex Ivars Test Part II is coming up, who knows..? Hopefully it is..

So, everyone, have a nice dan före dan före dan före dopparedan. And I’ll keep in touch with more news of nothing as soon as nothing happens.But what was it James told us, Nothing matters..? Else? What was he trying to say, that what..

//Tage – Bjällerklang fuckface

( The front of the magazine )

( page 6 and 7, my pic on the right side )

We took them pics on a hot summer day in Vaasa, Finland during the past summer. Alex wanted some cool pics that made him look cool, and I thought ok, but before we left I decided that we need a picture that is a bit different, so we took a nudie of him, haha.

When we were finnished we had about 10 different shots and the magazine holders decided which one to put in the catalogue. Unfortunately they didn’t choose the nude shot, that is why I will publish it here, I haven’t published it earlier anywhere, so it’s a real rarity, haha, if you can say that about my Sturm und Drang shots. And I think it sure was a pity that they didn’t choose the nude shot. Enjoy the pics! Don’t really know if Alex approves of this, but hey, I’m only a man.

( The one on the left was used, I wonder why? )

The last facts – the catalogue is put together for different brands in the music industry and handed out in about any bigger music/instrument store, it is called Into-Luthman Soundability catalogue (Kuvasto syksy 2009 – kevät 2010). I think it comes out every 6 months or something, I don’t fucking know ok.

//Tage – Peace up, A-town down