 MOTORHEAD
Stage Fright DVD
SPV/Steamhammer 2005
www.imotorhead.com
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What’s the 4-1-1?
To commemorate thirty years in the underground rock scene, England’s
legendary Motorhead release a double DVD that chronicles one of their
biggest shows of 2004. The show is presented in both a stereo & 5.1
mix.
Genre
Hard rock / metal
The Good
Disc 1: The first disc highlights Motorhead’s historic performance at
the Philipshalle in Düsseldorf, Germany from December 7, 2004. Motorhead
were in the midst of their Inferno World Tour. This is probably the best lit
and best shot Motorhead show that I have ever seen. Not only do you get muti-camera
angles, but there’s a stop-motion camera that takes some cool shots too.
The show sounds great in both stereo and 5.1. You get 20 Motorhead tunes in
all. Songs include all the classics of course; “Dr. Rock,” “No
Class,” “R.A.M.O.N.E.S.,” “Killed by Death,” “Iron
Fist,” “Ace of Spades,” and “Overkill.”
You also
get a sprinkling from their latest album Inferno that includes “Killers” and “Whorehouse
Blues;” a song in which the group break out the acoustic guitars. As Lemmy
says, Motorhead always tries to hit you with something new. You even get rare
tracks that are hardly played live such as “Dancing on Your Grave.” You
have a few options when it comes to viewing the show. You can have visual commentary
in which the show cuts away to the group for their thought, you can have audio
commentary which narrates over the show, or you can have subtitles of the commentary.
I do have to warn you though; the commentary is more of a pat on the back then
anything really insightful or interesting. They do give a few choice nuggets
of info though.
Disc 2: This disc contains all the extras. The extras aren’t spectacular,
but they’re not horribly boring either. “L.A. Special” covers
the backstage scene before a big Motorhead show. You get to see brief interviews
with artists like Dave Grohl, Chris Jericho, Kerry King, and other about
how influential Motorhead was for them. The “Fans” section is
comprised of die-hards that they caught in the lobby before the big Germany
show. You wouldn’t believe some of the huge and extensive tattoos some
of these people have. “Testimonials” are various touring stories
provided by the road crew.
“We Are the Road Crew” is a mini documentary
on the members of Motorhead’s stage crew. I have to stay that the
cook steals the show with his loving surliness. You can view a slide show
of the
Germany show and read Motorhead’s back stage tour rider. Can you
believe they all hate Hershey bars? “Making Of” gets into all
of the technical and physical aspects of putting the Germany show together.
There’s
a DVD portion of this disc in which you can view a high-definition version
of the “Overkill” performance, download wallpapers (I have
one on my computer now), download ringtones (wasn’t compatible with
my phone, and view their discography (their SPV/Steamhammer discography).
The Bad
Very minor stuff. As I said before, the commentary is not very interesting,
and the bonus material is okay, but unless you’re into all the technical
and backstage stuff, it won’t blow you away.
The Verdict
They are Motorhead, and Stage Fright is going to kick your ass!
Did You Know?
Lemmy originally wanted to call this release A Box of Fish.
Rating:  out
of 5
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Kiss
--George Dionne
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