Murder City Devils at Sasquatch! ::: photo by Josh Lovseth

Spencer Moody provided some of our most memorable moments of 2009, even if he may not remember all of them. Sources tell us this first photographic moment and the Murder City Devils’ ranting Sasquatch set came courtesy of a backstage bottle of pear brandy. We watched the set like a car wreck. Grotesquely enthralled by the carnage, adrenaline pumping through our veins from what we were witnessing.

On the opposite end of the Spencer-spectrum is our final photo, of the MCD frontman in the VERA Project dunk tank at Capitol Hill Block Party. This was, without question, the best thing we accidentally stumbled on all year and we loved seeing the fierce front man smiling as he donated his dignity and dryness for a project near and dear to all of us.

The dichotomies of Spencer Moody, the sweet and savage, is a big part of what makes him so compelling to watch. We feel lucky to have witnessed and captured both sides this year.  

Murder City Devils at Showbox Feb 2009 ::: photo by Josh Lovseth

Spencer Moody in the dunk tank at Capitol Hill Block Party ::: photo by Abbey Simmons