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(More customer reviews)If you watch the Ramones documentary End Of The Century you'll hear Rob Zombie comment on how the Ramones were a band that were "always there." They did their brand of music for so long, and so often, that you got used to seeing their name on the list of shows coming soon to your town, and once they called it quits you realized how much you kinda liked having them around. Face To Face long ago stopped getting any press, the kids all moved on, even the ones raised on that Epitaph/Fat glossy skatepunk sound, but Face To Face were always there, always consistent, always making good music.
As for this compilation, it's always interesting when a band anthologizes themselves which time periods they choose to play up and which to ignore. In this case, they did pretty well. The first 5 tracks (and technically track 15) are from their first release Don't Turn Away, which is basically a classic of the era, made at a time when albums like that weren't a dime a dozen. Tracks 6-9 are from Big Choice, great album, bad cover. Tracks 10-14 are from their self-titled album, likely their best, definitely their highest-selling, and a remarkable feat considering the general trends were moving away from music like this at the time. Tracks 16 & 17 are from Reactionary, novel at the time for letting fans choose the tracks for the album, good that they included Disappointed as it's a highly underrated F2F song. Tracks 18 & 19 are from their last proper album, also one of their best. The last 2 are technically new, a new track (NOT a Jethro Tull cover!) and a live Disconnected from their farewell tour (which i was fortunate enough to catch.)
The keen-eyed fan may notice NOT ONE SINGLE TRACK from Ignorance Is Bliss. Some fans regard it as a great out-of-character move from a band known to churn out a lifetime of same-sounding stuff (Bad Religion gets accused of such also) others call it Trever's attempt to cash in on the emo fad that was all the rage at the time. Either way you look at it, NOTHING is here from that album, so take that for what you will.
So they've rounded up a good sampling of the usual suspects, some live stuff for flavor, and pile on the songs so you get value. I'd expect nothing less from Face To Face. It was a great career, they helped define American punk in the 90's and brought it to a mass audience. One band that really did Walk The Walk.
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Over 3 hours of material on 2 DVDs packed with rare and never before seen footage.Includes the feature-length band documentary PUNK ROCK EAT’S IT’S OWN, Face to Face’s final performance THE ONLY GOODBYE,and MUSIC VIDEOS with band commentary. DISC 1 PUNK ROCK EATS IT’S OWN: A FILM ABOUT FACE TO FACE is an all new feature length documentary about the rise of one of the most influential punk rock bands of the 90s as told by the band members.This critically acclaimed documentary contains candid interviews from every member of Face to Face, rare video footage, never before seen photos, and exclusive live performances.Following their 13-year plus career, the former members of the band describe in detail the struggle, pain, glory, and bittersweet irony of what it means to have been a part of this iconic punk rock band. FACE TO FACE MUSIC VIDEO COLLECTION includes EVERY Face to Face music video, even some that never saw the light of day before now.Includes music videos for "Disconnected," "Debt," "I Won’t Lie Down" (and an alternate version), "I’m Trying," "The Devil You Know (God is a Man)," "Disappointed," and "The New Way."Also includes commentary on each music video from the band. DISC 2 THE ONLY GOODBYE is the final performance of Face to Face.Filmed at The House of Blues in Hollywood, CA on 09-19-04.The show was captured in its entirety and contains over 75 minutes of footage uncut and unedited.
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