Various clips have surfaced over the years, but to see the quality on here is staggering. From a UK perspective there are the great clips I remember watching at the time from the Whistle Test and Top of The Pops, and much more. The personal highlight for me is the footage of the band live at The Rainbow, New Years Eve 1977. I remember buying the 'Its Alive' live album in 1979 from Fives in Leigh, and it absolutely blew me away. Pure adrenaline fuelled, blitzkrieg Rock and Roll. 'You're Gonna Kill that Girl', 'Commando' , Incendiary!
The extras are a nice touch too, with rare videos from the band, and again I find myself really liking some of the Photo Gallery extras, especially by Jenny Lens on Disc 1. The shots really bring out the humanity of the band and it's a very moving section. I think watching this reminds me of what we all know - The Ramones were a very unique and truly great band, influential beyond words and inspiring to us all. Buy this disc and remind yourself why you love them so much.
or
To order this DVD from Amazon.com Click Here
A great DVD and one
that I can't recommend highly enough. Bob Gruen was there from the beginning
pretty much and managed to capture some staggering footage of the Dolls,
both in Video and Picture format. I personally loved the 'Extras' section
on this disc, especially Bob's Dolls photo gallery, where he explains
the story around all the iconic shots he took of the band. I've seen most
of these shots hundreds of times, so it was really good to be able
to finally hear of the story surrounding them.
Growing up in Southend, the demi-monde of the Dolls seemed such an exotic
and fabulous place to inhabit, and this DVD confirms that when they were
on form ,there was no one to touch them. There are some great performances
on this disc, including 'Human Being', 'Bad Detective', 'Subway Train',
'Personality Crisis', 'Trash', 'Vietnamese Baby', 'Lookin For A Kiss',
'Jet Boy', 'Who Are The Mystery Girls', 'Private World', 'I'm A Hoochie
Coochie Man', 'Great Big Kiss', 'Babylon', 'Frankenstein', 'Chatterbox',
'Pirate Love', 'Downtown' and 'Pills'. I also loved all the relaxed backstage
chat with the Dolls and I think that pretty much anyone whoever loved
this band has to get this - it really is that good.
Given the fact I was very young, and that the band had just returned to the US, I never did see them live (although I was lucky enough to see Stiv live a dozen or so times in the '80s with the Lords), this DVD helps rectify that. It documents a great Dead Boys show at CBGB's, and they do killer versions of 'Sonic Reducer', 'All This and More', 'Not Anymore', 'Revenge', 'Flame Thrower Love', 'I Need Lunch', 'Ain't Nothin' to Do', 'What Love Is', 'High Tension Wire' and 'Search and Destroy'. Also of note are the great interviews with the band from back in the day, and a great contemporary interview with Cheetah Chrome done only a couple of years ago. Again, like the Dolls Disc, a truly essential purchase!
or
To order this DVD from the distributors Click Here
