Photos by Miguel "The Spaniard" Lafuente and Roberto Ochoa.
UPDATE // Salem front man John Holland has one of those teen-prostitute, crack-addict stories that you read about in Dennis Cooper novels. So it made sense that he appeared on stage dressed in white, pale-faced, through a veil of smoke surrounded by band mates Jack Donoghue and Heather Marlatt.
For those unfamiliar with Salem, here’s how Holland described the band’s sound to BUTT Magazine:
“Uh, it’s annoying when people try to say shit like ‘Electro/Punk’ blah, blah, blah… , I’m not gonna say it’s not dark…. When Heather sings she sounds angelic, and then when Jack raps he sounds thuggy. …I don’t really know why everyone thinks it’s ‘Goth’.”
