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(More customer reviews)I feel it necessary to give a brief background before I give my opinion of this DVD:
I got into Orgy when they released Vapor Transmission & was blown away- taken as a whole this album was near perfection to me- I went to see them twice on that tour. Am I a fan? Well, I am a fan of Vapor. (Candyass is a solid release; I'm not that thrilled with PunkStatik). Since 2003 I remember seeing on the band's website that they were planning a DVD...I kept waiting and waiting... The more time passed, the more impatient I became. I knew there was a lot of good footage to be had to put out a live DVD (I remember seeing an awesome live internet broadcast of the band playing songs for the release of Vapor, which was so well produced I just knew this would have to make it's way into the DVD release...NOT).
The DVD is mostly (95%) of the band behind the scenes/backstage, or getting ready to go on stage. The "live" concert footage you do get to see is mostly all the quality of a hand-cam bootleg. What happened to all the professionally recorded concert footage? You'll see the members getting drunk, being goofy, filming videos, having their eyebrows waxed, etc. At some point I said to myself that this surely must be a joke.
This is going to be difficult for me to say, but I feel so insulted that the band would release something so sub-par. It really boils my blood. Watching this DVD had me wading through the band's goofiness in search of one little morsel of music. When that music comes, it's usually badly recorded live audio which then cuts into the actual audio from their CD's. I already have their CD's, I don't need, nor appreciate this. Or, as is typical with this DVD: You'll see the band getting all hyped for a live show: being led to the stage & once on the stage you'll catch 10 seconds of them starting a song and then it cuts back to more backstage silliness.
I kept telling myself "This has to get better" and when they would show Amir prepping a guitar lick for a song I had some hope- finally some decent behind the scenes footage of them laying down studio tracks, but this would last 10 seconds & then go back to the band doing everything under the sun (except performing).
I'm going to give the band the benefit of the doubt and assume this DVD was released to satisfy their own self-serving needs and that they plan to follow it up with an actual live concert DVD (which I've been waiting a few years for).
The DVD includes their music videos, all the aforementioned footage and a dreadful navigation menu that merely chops this disc up according to each album.
Unless you are a diehard fan, AVOID! If you are looking for a professional concert, look elsewhere.
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