Dez and the crew from Devildriver assault the sold out crowd at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio.

The annual light display erected in the historic Fort St Clair park in Eaton, Ohio. Thousands of lights and a beautiful setting. Worth visiting and enjoying

A few quick shots of Zakk and Mr. E. after they opened their Christmas presents. They each got a nice red corduroy jacket, a sweater and a big cool pillow with happy skulls to share!

A lively contest played in front of a packed house at Twin Valley South. The Eaton Eagles and the TVS Panthers played a great game.

This lively metal band featuring "The Burger King" on drums kept the venue rocking in preparation for Mobile Deathcamp!

Middletown Ohio's Superkreep performing live in Troy. Smoking players, great riffs, a completely solid metal band!

Mobile Deathcamp, heavy-duty speed metal from Toledo, Ohio. If you dig old-school Anthrax, Slayer, etc, you're gonna love Mobile Deathcamp. Good guys too!

Eaton's travel experts, AAA (located next to Marsh) hosted the Preble County Chamber Of Commerce Taste of the Town. The put on a wonderful spread of wines, cheeses, and other tasty treats. Watch for the Chamber's next Toast of the Town and come on out.

In it's 10th seasonal parade, the Preble County Ohio Horseman's Council gathered an assortment of local riders to deliver Christmas gifts to local retirement and senior living facilities. Just another way that Preble County residents help out each.

A really wonderful event held in downtown Eaton on the square. Featured the Eaton Community Choir, the 2nd Grade Choir, The Eaton High School Marching Band, a parade, and Santa and Mrs. Claus.

The great Johnny and and his band

Great band from Knoxville, TN opening for Kittie

Arkaea rocked McGuffies in Dayton when opening for Kittie

Kittie rocked the crowd at McGuffies in Dayton.

The Semi-Annual Dawn Patrol Fly-in at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. A great event with dozens of WWI replica Flying aircraft, displays, reenactors etc. A great historical lesson for anyone! To order prints larger than 5 x 7 please e-mail me at chris@chrisa.us so I can upload a larger resolution image.

A great game between the TVS Panthers and the Bethel Bees. The Bees pulled in out in the end 27-21

The world's most famous heavy metal band rocked "the Queen City".

Another wonderful evening of baseball at Dayton's Fifth Third Field!

One of the best shows held in Southwestern Ohio, the Annual Eaton Car Show brings in some of the best classic, vintage and tricked out show cars.

The Dayton Dragons Professional Baseball team playing Friday night. Rain delayed the game. Die-hard Dragons crowd as usual!

Mrs. Ohio International Lindsey Gregg threw out the first pitch for tonight Dayton Dragons game against the West Michigan Whitecaps.

A few photos of the Port Huron Lighthouse and the Blue Water Bridge

Edsel Dope and his band of merry men performed at the Alrosa Villa and rocked the masses. Great show by a great metal band.

For those who want to rock, you'll dig Bon Voyage, a truly impressive AC/DC tribute band.

A few detail photos of my black denim Harley Davidson Street Bob.

One of the most beautiful places in the world. Iargo Springs outside of Oscoda, Michigan.

Simply a wonderful gathering of some very cool people. The Class of 1979, Oscoda High School.

One of the best metal bands out there. Great tunes, enthusiasm and great metal.

Crunch, crunch, crunch, these guys are heavy.

Impressive set by this up and coming band!

One of my favorite bands. These guys never mail it in. Trivium

Behemoth live on the Hot Topic Extreme Metal Stage.

The Welsh heavy metal band BFMV rocked the crowd at the Mayhem Fest in Indianapolis Indiana.

Manson must hate photographers. We had one song to take photos and of course he made sure it was dark as all hell punctuated by flashing strobes. White face makeup didn't help much either!

The most evil of all metal bands performing at the Verizon Wireless Center, Indianapolis

Great people and a very cool cause. Learn more about Home is the Foundation at:
www.hitfoundation.org.

Some photos of my walk down Queen Street and a few other locations around the wonderful city of Toronto, Canada.

The great Robin Trower performing live at Bogarts in Cincinnati.

Opening for Threat Level and Mobile Deathcamp. This up and coming Ohio metal band has potential.

Indy-based Threat Level rocking live in the capital city of Ohio! Great metal band!

Mobile Deathcampl performing a brutal set live in Columbus, Ohio. Impressive speed metal band hailing from Toledo, Ohio

Joe and Lani tear it up live

Live at the Rock On The Range concert, Columbus, Ohio

Live at the 2009 Rock On The Range concert, Columbus, Ohio

Live at the Rock On The Range concert, Columbus, Ohio

Live at the Rock On The Range concert, in Columbus, Ohio

Live at Rock On The Range, Columbus, Ohio 2009

Live at Rock On The Range concert in Columbus, Ohio

Live at the Rock On The Range 2009 Concert, Columbus, Ohio

Live at the 2009 Rock On The Range concert in Columbus, Ohio

Live at the 2009 Rock On The Range concert, Columbus, Ohio

Live at the 2009 Rock On The Range concert, Columbus, Ohio

Live at the 2009 Rock On The Range concert, Columbus, Ohio

Live at the 2009 Rock On The Range concert, Columbus, Ohio

Live at Rock On The Range, Columbus, Ohio

Live at the Columbus, Ohio Rock On The Range concert

Live at the 2009 Columbus Rock On The Range Concert

Live on the 2nd stage at the 2009 Rock On The Range concert, Columbus, Ohio

Finally, some decent photos taken at the zoo!

Photographs of the Gem City, Dayton Ohio

Congratulations to Infinite Staircase for a nice job opening the show for Dope, Sevendust and Black Label Society.

Dope rocking the Madison Theater.

Sevendust live in Covington, KY

Bob Dellaposta and his great blues/rock band live at the Dark Horse Tavern, Miamisburg, Ohio.

From Columbus, Ohio, the 2008 CBA/IBC Challenge Winners from Columbus. A great band with solid licks. Performing at The Dayton Blues Society Blues Showcase at Gillys

From Dayton to Chicago and now back to jam in Dayton, Snapper Mitchum and the Blues Invaders played some low-down snappy blues for the 1st Annual Dayton Blues Society Blues Showcase at Gillys

Soony Moorman opened the Dayton Blues Society Blues Showcase at Gillys. Moorman blew the crowd away.

One of the coolest bands I've seen in a long time. These guys are from South Wales and they play "Ragga-Metal". Interesting, cool and lots of fun to listen to.

As they put it, "Kick ass redneck rock." Great back ala Jackyl, Nugent, ZZ Top...smokin players.

Impressive rock quartet opening for The Godz in Columbus

The great heavy metal band Kittie from London Ontario Canada rock the ARV

Very talented band who opened the show for Avenged Sevenfold, Buckcherry and Shinedown.

Shinedown rocking the crowd at Value Center Arena, Columbus, Ohio

One of America's great party bands!

A7X with a great lineup of bands performing a the Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio

New Orleans based Down appearing at Bogarts in Cincy. An absolutely incredible live band.

Threat Level opened the show at the 2008 Indy Metal Festival. Great band, very dynamic.

Maryland-based Cinder Road performing in support of Alice Cooper in Columbus, Ohio.

The greatest rock star of them all. Alice and his band NEVER mail it in! It's always a dynamite show! As for the band, great musicians and good guys!

Ted Nugent delivers his gospel of Rock 'n' Roll, patriotism, and the right to keep and bear arms. At 60 Nugent continues to kick major ass. A great show and always fun.

Opening for Tesla. Outstanding performance and well received by the audience.

Another outstanding performance by Tesla

Ringo Starr and his all star band at the Fraze Pavilion, Kettering, Ohio.

One of the hardest rocking chicks out there. Had the chance to be the lead vocalist of Van Halen when Roth was originally bounced! Great voice and a cool personality too!

John Waite former vocalist of The Babys

Night Ranger at the Fraze Pavilion, Kettering Ohio

Performing in Dayton at Summerfest.

One of the great modern day blues guitars

Exceptional blues band based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Photos of bass phenom Trentin Manning, Cincinnati, Ohio. Incredible virtuoso solo bass.

Photographed at the Rock on the Range show in Columbus, Ohio

Shinedown performs on the main stage at the 2008 Rock on The Range show, Columbus Ohio.

The first show in seven years of the reunited Stone Temple Pilots. Columbus, Ohio.

This is a great band currently on the road with Otep. Absolutely worth checking out.

Otep, vocalist, poet, metal chick.

A great band out of Arizona currently on tour with Otep. A talented bunch.

Perhaps the best metal band in Columbus, Ohio

Robin Trower absolutely blew away the crowd at the sold out Music Mill in Indianapolis, Indiana. A very nice guy, pleasant to talk to and an incredible guitar player.

President George W. Bush delivers a speech on the status of Iraq and the overall war on terror in the Modern Aviation Gallery of the National Museum of the United States Air Force.

Hellyeah live in Indianapolis on the "Family Values Tour".

Like "Metallica meets Iron Maiden" this British metal band rocks.

BB King playing the Fraze Pavilion in Dayton, Ohio, 2006

Cinder Road live at Bogarts. This one was of the best concerts I've seen in years. A perfect compliment for Tesla, Cinder Road brings back the "good ole days" of arena rock! Bombastic, larger than life and great tunes. Check them out, you will not be disappointed

Jessie James DuPree and Jackyl performing live at the Alrosa Villa, Columbus, Ohio.

Hillary Clinton on the campaign stump in Ohio. This is an appearance at Huber Heights, Ohio.

Some informal photos taken during the morning at the Columbus Guitar Show