Both The Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd are the inspiration for Dead Floyd, a tribute group to the two iconic bands. Jake Gibson of AOS Lighting started designing for Dead Floyd almost ten years ago. A recent performance at Fort Collins’ Aggie Theatre saw Gibson amp up his lightshow by adding CHAUVET DJ Intimidator Spot 455Z IRC Moving Heads fixtures to his rig.
“For this particular show, I wanted to create a standard rock production look,” he said, “something simple, but full and effective. Adding six Intimidator Spot 455Zs really helped achieve this goal.”
Placed on truss towers at a variety of different heights along the upstage deck, the Intimidator fixtures are used to create stunning aerial effects. Gibson calls on a variety of performance features in the Intimidators including their gobo morphing and split colors, to keep a fresh array of looks coming in sync with the band’s free flowing music.
“I really enjoy the zoom on this fixture,” said Gibson. “Being able to go from a wide zoom to fill out the stage, down to a tight beam angle for sharp darker looks adds greatly to the visual range of the show. This is a great light to navigate through the roller coaster of bright big sounds and dark ominous jams that this band tributes.”
Photo Credit: Backstage Flash
