Guest Interview w/ Dave Simpson & Jade Johnson from FromThePit: Rātu May 19th, 2026

For the past 7 years, FromThePit has been an annual celebration of Aotearoa’s finest gig photographers, who each week muscle their way through bustling moshpits at venues across Aotearoa, tirelessly working to document our country's amazing music scene. 

Smashton and Big J can speak from personal experience about their excitement of seeing photos from their own gigs pop up in these compilations. They chat to both curator and photographer Dave Simpson and photographer Jade Johnson.