It Was All A Dream Pack by King of Midtown

We are thrilled to welcome King of Midtown to his first curated drop, featuring 7 artists new to NG. King hand selected this diverse lineup of personal friends to incorporate a range of mediums including photography, 3D design, computer generated imagery and painting. This collection of genesis pieces was strategically priced at various entry points, allowing for a wider range of participation.

This collection features 6 drawings, 1 pack collection, and 2 open editions.

The drawings will start at 6:30pm EST and be available for 30 min. No minimum NFT requirement.

The pack collection will be a drawing starting at 6:30pm EST and be available for 30 min. No minimum NFT requirement.

The open editions will start at 7pm EST and be available to purchase for 10 min.
Multiple purchases are allowed per account.

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Steve Joester
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Steve Joester is a British-born Rock & Roll photographer and mixed media artist, currently living and working in New York City. Steve’s iconic shots come from decades of touring and shooting the greatest rock performers in history. His photos appear on album sleeves, tour posters, and magazines worldwide.
The list of bands and performers that Steve has shot is overwhelming and includes legends such as Bob Marley, Steven Tyler, Black Sabbath, Van Halen, Pink Floyd, The Who, KISS, Sting, Billy Joel, Elton John, Neil Young, Stevie Nicks, Carlos Santana, and Diana Ross. In addition to his action shots, Steve has also captured behind the scenes moments that tell their own stories; such as a sequence of Andy Warhol backstage at the Palladium (1979) with Rob Halford of Judas Priest.
Currently, Steve’s work can be found in top galleries throughout the US such as the Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York, Los Angeles, and Maui.
For his Genesis NFT drop, Steve is bringing decades old photos from his original film strip to the blockchain in a series of black and white images of 3 of the most iconic names in Rock & Roll: Queen, AC/DC, and The Rolling Stones.

Queen at the Rainbow Theater in London, 1974
This show was part of the Sheer Heart Attack tour, Queens first world tour as headline act following their hit single Killer Queen. The show was filmed and later made into a half hour movie that became an opener for Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd movies. It was even the opener for Jaws 2 in some British cinemas!
A couple days after this show, I met Freddie for the first time to review the photos that I had shot. We met up at the Elektra offices, the record company that Queen released the Sheer Heart Attack album with. I found him to be a lovely guy and we spent quite a while together talking about the show while Freddie and I walked through every image I had shot. One of the moments that really stuck with me was how savvy and particular he was with the photo selections. This shot is one of the favorites from that show and now it gets to live forever on the blockchain as an NFT.

The Rolling Stones at Earl’s Court Stadium in London, 1976
This show was part of the Stones tour nicknamed 'The Starfucker’ and it was their first big stage production. They spent 6 nights at the Earl’s Court Stadium and all of the shows were sold out. There were over 19,000 people in the crowd each night and no one was disappointed.
Dave Mason took me over to the show that night and I remember the show opening with a huge closed lotus shape opening up into a star shaped stage with Mick riding one of the petal points down and going straight into their hit song Honky Tonk Women. There was also a giant inflatable penis that rose to the song 'Starfucker’ and then they closed the show with "Street Fighting Man.”
Shooting the Stones is always an adventure. Mick runs a marathon every night so tracking him is tough! He rarely plays for the camera, but when he does you have a fraction of a second to catch it. I caught it on the biggest stage they had ever played. The adrenaline is pumping and you are tracking a cheetah; it ain’t easy but it’s all the more rewarding when you capture the image. This was the Stones at the top of their game, one of the great concerts I have ever seen or shot.

AC/DC at Hammersmith Odeon in London, 1978
I shot this piece of AC/DC at Hammersmith Odeon (The Hammersmith Apollo) as part of their Powerage tour and it was LOUD! I shot AC/DC several times but some of the images from this particular shoot ended up being used for the Highway to Hell album which was released in 1979. As most people remember, a few days after it’s release the singer Bon Scott was found dead from alcohol poisoning, so this tour and shot was one of the last that I have with him in the band.
I say this all the time, but you have to remember when shooting film, there is no checking the image. So you get to relive the excitement a day or so later going through all of the film and finding the best shots. Life on the road is a strange mix of 75% boredom and 25% adrenaline-fueled chaos/excitement. This shot captures that 25%.