Live From London 2006 DVD

[M i C H e L L e]

Got mine in the mail today!  Can't wait to sit down and watch it!

[Idlehanz]

Got mine today too.  I like the way it was edited.  Makes me think of a horror movie happening on stage with a great soundtrack.  It would have been nice to add a steady camera option of the film though too.  The commentary is pretty great to listen to as well.  Devito's pretty funny.

[Justafilthylurker]

I bought this in an actual shop. It's good.

[Chief Ten Beers]

 I love the way they did "Sacrifice" on this. Never heard the Big Band do it before. I thought "Lowrider" was going to be another Flipper cover. Nope, it's the War version. Pretty cool how it pops up at the end of "Let It All Be".

[seas of luck]

Fucking awesome!  The bass is a little bit on the quiet side but I wasn't expecting the sound to be this good.  Some of the effects are more annoying than good but for the most part I like them.  I'll be watching this one quite a bit.

Oh, be sure to check out the tracklist menu too.   It's great!

[steve]

It's pretty good, although I wish the director would step back a bit more often and let us see the show. Also, the DVD really needs less Mike Patton (who comes across as being the exact opposite of cool) and more King Buzzo.

[Smellis]

It's awesome. The commentary is the best part. The show is sweet too. I like the part where Crover introduces Patton as a fucking cocksucker or something of the like......   This DVD is sweet in my book, glad I got a copy.

[black stallion]

Also, the DVD really needs less Mike Patton (who comes across as being the exact opposite of cool) and more King Buzzo.

i can perfectly understand what you mean to say and although i haven't seen it yet,i agree with you

[Dr.Benway]

The chance to see these players live in the comfort of my living room is good, but Patton ruined this for me. I know Fantomas is Patton's band, but it's as if he IS the show. What does Patton do live? Plays samples, babbles into a microphone and points at people as if to say "I'm allowing you to play now, you're welcome". The last thing a Melvin's song needs is slick yelling ooooohhhhyyyaaawwwwwww in the middle of it. One thing I noticed is how physical Mr. Dale Crover was on his kit compared to Lombardo. Lombardo's a great drummer, and sounded good, but seemed out of his element playing along with Dale's style. Dale was just INTO it. It always amazes me how varied Buzz's playing sounds while his hands are using fairly simple shapes on the fret board. A good lesson in K.I.S.S. And to reiterate, fuck Patton.

[Smellis]

OK, I may have sounded a bit over excited in my last post. I hear what your saying about Patton. What I do like is seeing Buzz, Dale and DSS playing, and the commentary with Buzz's goofy laugh. Patton does exude an attitude that is very foreign to anything I have ever seen connected to the Melvins. I guess I have to trust Buzz on this one, he must know what the hell he's doing. But yeah, it is hard to watch at times, some of my favorite Melvins tunes altered with unintelligible screaming.

[Dr.Benway]

I guess I have to trust Buzz on this one, he must know what the hell he's doing.

I'm sure Buzz and The General are good friends and that Buzz has a lot of fun playing with Fantomas.

[black stallion]

One thing I noticed is how physical Mr. Dale Crover was on his kit compared to Lombardo. Lombardo's a great drummer, and sounded good, but seemed out of his element playing along with Dale's style. Dale was just INTO it.

interesting discussion,remember when i saw them i noticed that too.Lombardo,who obviously is a great drummer, did nothing or nothing of special on the Melvins songs,Dale was the opposite on the Fantomas songs.

[John Schuller]

Bought this today. Was pretty underwhelmed. Patton completely ruins this performance. If he wasn't there - it would have been splendid! Sir David Scott Stone was the highlight of the entire performance. He is 1,000,000,000 times more sick that Patton. Seriously, if it was a performance without Patton - I would have loved this. He is just too damn cheesy.

[steve]

The track listing graphics are pretty cool.... and the credits are a hoot.  

Also in the commentary Buzz talks about Kurt Cobain producing Houdini... something that I don't think I have seen him talk about before.

[Smellis]

Dale tells Danny Devito about working at the Aberdeen Taco Bell with Novoselic.  They were probably getting baked, watching Taxi, and eating stolen tacos and encheritos after work in those days.