UTG PHOTOS: The Movielife Return To San Francisco (4/2/15)

Under The Gun sent photographer Derek Scancarelli to Slim’s in San Francisco to photograph The Movielife on April 2, 2015.

The Long Island natives in The Movielife recently reunited and returned to perform in California for the first time in 12 years.

Vocalist Vinnie Caruana, who romanticizes San Francisco in both his conversation and music, was ecstatic to be back on the West Coast.

“My soul feels amazing here,” Caruana said, before reminiscing on the days the band had graced the same stage at Slim’s over a decade prior with Face To Face.

A lot has changed since the band released Forty Hour Train Back To Penn in 2003. For one, Vinnie joked that the last time The Movielife were in California nobody owned cell phones. And since their disbandment, I Am The Avalanche and Nightmare Of You have had successful careers of their own.

In 2011, the band had announced that they’d be reuniting for one final sold-out show in Times Square in New York City. The surprise guest openers were Crime In Stereo and Brand New. But it doesn’t come as any surprise that in 2015 the band announced they’d be getting back together to play some shows again. In 2013, when UTG interviewed Caruana, he explained how he would never really rule out another Movielife show; coincidentally he also expressed his interest in returning to San Francisco.

As a fellow Long Island guy, it was interesting to see the band perform across the country and feel the presence they had on the opposite coast. It was apparent that the boys felt just as much at home in San Francisco as they do in New York. Caruana still made the rounds introducing all of the members of the band, with respect to their local neighborhoods. Hearing Vinnie shou-tout Baldwin, Levittown, and Queens in a different time zone was a sentimental experience.


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UPCOMING TOUR DATES
May 15 – Spring Fling Fest – Cleveland, OH
May 16 – The Lost Horizon – Syracuse, NY
Jun 18 – Electric Ballroom – London, United Kingdom
Jun 19 – O2 Academy – Birmingham, United Kingdom
Jun 20 – Manchester Academy – Manchester, United Kingdom
Jun 26 – Idobi Meltdown Fest- Sayreville, NJ
Jun 27 – Idobi Meltdown Fest – Sayreville, NJ
Aug 08 – Wrecking Ball Fest – Atlanta, GA

Written and photographed by Derek Scancarelli
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