San Francisco Music Blog

​Regardless of whether KISS is your cuppa, well, tongue, the band knows how to put on a visually dazzling show. Photographer Richard Haick traveled to the Oakland Arena to lick it up with his camera for this week's big rock 'n' roll slideshow. 

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Photographer Richard Haick went down to San Jose State to capture a performance by Rob Zombie, the hard rock- and horror movie-cult legend whose fans are nearly as colorful as his stage shows.

Check out his Rob Zombie slideshow here.  

​Photographer Hanna Quevedo hit the Dia De Los Muertos party in the Mission--where, she writes, "sugar skulls and candles meet bike-powered carriages and shadow puppetry in a mash-up of the traditional and the new."

See the full slideshow here.

From the religious protesters out front who yelled that the costumed revelers should "make the right choice" and not enter the Cow Palace, to the vast array of half-dressed men and women inside, the Exotic Erotic Balll was a feast for the eyes with endless streams of people dressed as dominatrixes, sexy lions, waitresses or dominatrix lion waitresses.

Inside the main hall, as Tila Tequila and other lesser known b-listers (i.e. Coolio) took the stage we watched a laser light show, in which dozens of people danced and writhed on the cement floor. Which costume did we like best? Maybe the guy with the inflatable doll performing sex acts, or perhaps the lady dressed as a Bondage Laura Kroft. But not everyone was scantilty NSFW and racier slideshow not withstanding, below are some of our favorite PG-13 rated costume highlights.

All photos by Calibree Photography.

Tron Couple

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Member of Anonymous and Girlfriend

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Hip-Hop Big Bird

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Coolio signing some girl's butt

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PDA Zombies

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BSDM Zombie

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