Murder City Devils - Final Show: Halloween 2001

Product Description

END,THE:FINAL SHOW HALLOWEEN 2001 (MURDER CITY DEVILS)

Customer Reviews:

Like the 60s, if you remember it, you weren't there.......2005-12-18

This warts-and-all concert film captures the bittersweet, drunken conclusion to the Murder City Devil's brief and influential career.

On Halloween, 2001 the Devils played their last show, only weeks after the announcement of their break-up and mere months after the release of Thelema, their darkest, most powerful, and indecently shortest album. Like everything else the band did in their 4 years together, the show was an explosion of gigantic noise, gut-tearing longing, and alcohol fueled desperation. The knowledge that these songs would never again be played added to the intensity performance.

The band is clearly drunk. The crowd is clearly drunk. Andrea Zollo is clearly drunk. It may be that the people holding the camera are drunk as well. Notes are missed, stage banter transforms in to slurred rants, and everyone seems to be either disproportionately happy or disproportionately sad.

There is nothing that seems "staged" for this film. This is further away from "Stop Making Sense" than any other movie of its kind. This was never meant to capture the band at their very best. There is no theme or message to underscore the film. There is no obvious intent to editing choices. The film feels as organic and real as the concert did all those years ago and, as such, is an enjoyable and vital document of a time and place that is no more.

Was there.......2005-09-29

I haven't had the chance to see the DVD, but I don't need to. I was at this show, on October 31st 2001. I can tell you right now it was an idcredible finale to one amazing band. Living right next store to Seattle gave me oppurtunity to see them some 30 times.

They were one of the greatest punk/rock bands of all time, and we still very underrated. I have the cd (RIP) of this show, the quality is great, but it was nothing like the real thing. This was the only Murder City Devils show that I decided just to stand and watch. All the other times I was in the pit at the front of stage, or on stage singing with Spencer. But this time I just stood there, and said goodbye.

After the end of the Devils and shortly after Botch, the Seattle scene seemed empty, and I haven't been to nearly as many shows since. RIP my friends, RIP

You Will Be Missed.......2005-06-14

Review by Ray Harkins:

For those uninformed, The Murder City Devils were one of the better, if not verging on best, rock/punk bands in the past 5 or so years. They encompassed everything that was great about music and really just wrote some simple, catchy songs that really drove their point across.

Unfortunately for us due to an incessant touring schedule and line-up changes, The Murder City Devils decided to close up shop after a wildly successful tour with At The Drive In shortly before the close of 2001. Most of the MCD fans picked up the last Sub Pop release of their final live set on record, but very few saw any footage of the band from that particular show.

This DVD captures every sweat-filled moment that The Showbox Theatre held on Halloween 2001. The sound quality is superb, the extras are plenty (with interviews and commentary) and above all the footage is accurately captured from multiple different camera angles.

It would be a shame if this DVD or band got overlooked, but with this piece of their catalog existing, I am sure that will be a hard thing to do.

---------.......2005-05-13

if you have to check the rating, you don't need to be watching this to begin with.

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Garage 2001
Starring: Various Artists
Manufacturer: K-Tel Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00005YCNR
Release Date: 2001-06-26

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