NAMM Show 2009: Booze, Bands and Gear

L.A. WeeklyCulture

Doing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerFarnell girls.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerShepherd Stevenson of Pigmy Love Circus and Danny Carey of Tool.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerHalf-naked girls = tons of cameras.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan Wickmann and Corey Smoot of Gwar.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerPete Dee of the Adicts.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerKeleigh Black and Black Diamond.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan Wickmann and J.D. DeServio of Black Label Society.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerDanzig and Ministry.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerSchecter Booth.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerNadja Peulen drinking sake.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerPeter Fletcher. Man down.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerPapa Roach signing.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerJasmin St. ClaireDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerJasmin St. ClaireDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerBryan WickmannDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-FischerOfficerDoing his best Gene Simmons.; Credit: Diamond Bodine-Fischer

NAMM brings together fans, musicians and manufacturers for a who's who and a what's what of music making. Click through for photos of the rockers in Gwar, the Adicts, Papa Roach, Ministry, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold and more, plus an inside look at the VIP Schecter party. Read Liz Ohanesian's “Swimming Through the Flood of New DJ Gear at NAMM.”