Coachella 2014 Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll

Photos from 2 weekends in Indio California’s desert is transformed by 166 rock bands and their fans

By Stephen Pate – Indie bands, wind, desert sands and fans. Tens of thousands of fans crowd 160 bands where 6 bands are playing at once. Thomas Hawk, one of my fave photographers, captured the good times again. Here are some of his photos of the bands, the people and the Coachella fashions.

Warning – some photographs contain partial nudity. If the gallery does not work on your device, the actual photographs follow it.

See all the photos from Thomas Hawk’s complete Coachella 2014 album.

All photographs by Thomas Hawk, Creative Commons attribution non commercial license.  Follow me on Twitter at @sdpate or on Facebook at NJN Network, OyeTimes and IMA News Buzz.

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