|  KERRANG!
- The DVD
With the legendary UK weekly rock
magazine branching into the TV realm (on the SKY network, I believe), there
is a refuge for those who feel they've been cheated by MTV (not giving
enough attention to their extreme rock tastes), and VH1's Friday Rocks
(being too repetitive). This DVD includes uncut videos to twenty of the most
requested songs. It kicks off with the inimitable
Liam Lynch
and his low budget smash, United States Of Whatever. Slipknot drummer Joey
and his horror-freak band Murderdolls
follow with gusto (not to forget his main band also getting a vivid clip towards
the latter part of the disc). Ex-Black Metallers Satyricon
punches in with a groovy riff (that unfortunately goes off on a lame tangent)
- but the nudity, python and blood may be enough for some fans. Marilyn
Manson's classic,
The Beautiful People is one of the highlights. The high-school-skate-suburb-boy-punk-bands
like Blink-182,
Sum 41,
New Found
Glory and
Bowling For
Soup are obviously
a part of the game. Bloodhound
Gang's hit,
The Bad Touch gets featured, as does Cradle
Of Filth.
Wheatus,
The Hives,
Stereophonics,
Spineshank
and Incubus
as well. Odd man out is Eminem
& D12
- (there 'aint no guitars in there, man!) - but hey, it's most requested, so deal
with it. Some of the less impressive acts are INME,
Alkaline
Trio and Elviss.
Extra features include a look at the Kerrang! Awards, backstage and on
(with Garbage
and Hundred
Reasons live
clips), many a rock star chatting about this & that (from Bruce Dickinson and
Casey Chaos to Dave Grohl). Expect some rowdy drunken behaviour as well, particularly
from raging Speedhorn. The picture gallery is pretty much non-existent (the film
probably getting exposed in a booze haze). This is quite amazing, as I remember
the fortune my brother and I forked over in Ragtime Records (Cape Town) in the
mid-late '80s for the very first Kerrang! Video Kompilation featuring Iron
Maiden, Warrior
and Motörhead
- and here I am, watching the new generation of rockers on the first Kerrang!
DVD, almost 20 years later!
5
/ A
- PB
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