Dustin Rabin Photography

FLEA AND THE HONORA BAND – pt.1
The Opera House in Toronto, May 9, 2026

What a special night. Every moment was captivating, and love was in the air. I truly believe that there is hardly a person alive who loves music more than this man. Thank you Flea for bringing your show to us, and I hope to see you again soon.

I haven’t photographed anything quite like this before. I think this is some of my best work in years.

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Lyrics from The Plea:
Build a bridge
Shine a light
(Peace and Love, Peace and Love)

Make something beautiful
(Peace and Love)
I don’t care if it’s a little scrap of squiggly crayon on a paper
(Peace and Love)
Make something beautiful and see somebody
(Peace and Love)
Give it to somebody

I’m not being corny, this s**t is real
(Peace and Love)
Live for peace
Live for love
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Flea and the Honora Band:






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NIRVANA + J MASCIS April 9, 2014
After yesterday’s Nirvana post, a lot of you commented or messaged me asking about ...

When he played School, it was loud AF. Like so loud that seasoned crew members with really good ear plugs looked at each other like “What the f*ck is happening right now?”. It hurt my insides.

When the song ended, J asked if he could turn his guitar up just a little bit. Dave was like, “Are you f*cking insane?”, and Sean went and cranked it up a notch. One of my favourite moments of that rehearsal.

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BILLY TALENT - 03/21/2006
20 years ago today, we shot the publicity photos for Billy Talent II, while the band was in Los Angeles mixing the record.

I only had them for a few hours in the afternoon, so that morning I wandered the city scouting some interesting spots. I definitely wanted to use the Walt Disney Concert Hall, designed by fellow Canadian Frank Gehry, because it’s so stunning visually. But I was sure we’d need permits, etc… Luckily I discovered a little nook that was kind of out of sight.

Slide 6 with the yellow marks is a contact sheet of a roll of film shot with a Widelux camera that had a light leak.

But first we went to the Vermont Ave subway station. You know the ones where they’re all squinting? I really wanted photos in front of the big curved silver entrance and the glass tiled floor, and noonish was the only time we could do it… I believe #10-11 were downstairs at the same subway station.

What band photo shoot would be complete without a vacant lot? So we hit up a couple of those and called it a day.

Scroll through to see some outtakes that I’ve never posted before.

Happy 20th anniversary, Billy Talent II!!

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HAPPY UNDERTONE RELASE DAY!!
This photo of Evy, played by Nina Kiri has been in heavy circulation, promoting ’s for the past couple of months.

To celebrate the film’s theatrical release, I’m sharing some more of my stills from the film with you.

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