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| LOWER CLASS BRATS Live!!! Loud and Out of Tune DVD/CD (TKO Records) This is the other half of this duel 'Live And Out Of Tune' Lower Class Brat experience on this generous two disc DVD/CD TKO release. For the full audio rundown which features a 17 track set (see this review). The DVD disc however just nails it as my favoured choice of the 2 discs and features a live 13 track set from the Lower Class Brats El Corazon gig in Seattle filmed on May 4th 2005. It's all shot with a single camera but it certainly don't spoil the fun as its done professionally with some good zoom ins on the action on stage and the sound is good too. The Brats perform in their by now friendly but highly entertaining way as stage divers fall from the sky, Bones smirks, Marty staggers and Evo looks mean as a long queue of studded revellers wait their turn to invade the stage. If you were there then you'll fucking love this film as most of the audience feature heavily throughout the performance. If you were not there, then sit back and grab a can coz your in for a treat as you savour a punk band in their prime sending shy kids into a frenzy, fat kids into space and spiky tops into freefall. This footage illustrates how much the audience become the bands 5th member at Lower Class Brats gigs. Each and everyone of 'em know all the words to every tune! This is an intimate setting with no heavy bouncers in the way as all the kids without exception get to sing along with their favourite stick insect. Y'know, the one with the wicked gleam in his eye. Bones has the mannerisms of a modern day Johnny Rotten in bowler hat but without the snidey attitude. Highlights of a set of many has to be the choice cover of the Ramones 'Beat On A Brat' which was positively written with this band in mind. They also give us full on original versions of 'Start The Night', 'Golden Boy', 'Addicted To Oi!', 'Ultra Violence' and of course 'Who Writes The Rules'. But whats really intriguing about this DVD are the bonus features that have some top of the range video footage of the band in action at LA's Allen theatre where you can almost smell the burning fuse as a youth explosion erupts all around. This particular slice of celluloid really captures the 'in your face' power this band creates on stage. And alongside some funny on the road perspectives, loads of Lower Class Brat army shots and a surreal moment with singer Bones Delarge jiving round a diner with some old lady makes for a really good movie trailer edited perfectly for what looks set to be a stylish new film about the band called 'This Is Real'. Its set for release sometime later this year. And if that ain't all, we also get the entertaining video of 'Just Like Clockwork' too. You can tell from all this footage how much a band like the Brats mean to the kids who buy their records. And none of its manufactured! Having that respect from a generation who would usually piss on anyone over 21 it must be great inspiration for a band who started up from nowhere to carry on and become one of the most popular street punk bands in the US today. Get this coz it looks set to become a must have if your a Lower Class Brat like most of us are. Or even if you ain't you will be once you've seen this. Not to be missed! RECOMMENDED www.tkorecords.com |
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