Reggie Bannister Rocks The House

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Reggie Bannister Rocks The House

Filed under: Featured, Miscelaneous - June 6th, 2009

“Sittin here til midnight at Crypticon in Seattle Washington!” says Reggie Bannister via Facebook. Crypticon is a horror convention happening RIGHT NOW and already video of The Reggie Bannister Band’s opening show gig has filtered onto the internet. But far from jerky phone-cam footage, it’s high-quality all the way and well-framed.

You can view the event across 2 videos here and here, but I was so taken by the Suspiria-like lighting and youthful energy of The Bannister that I had to take some screencaps and present ‘em below.