Have you experienced Godsmack live? Coming Home Studios in association with SRS Labs and Zoe/Rounder is pleased to announce the release of the new long form live in concert DVD "Godsmack - Changes," which bowed at #7 on Billboard's Top Music Video Chart.
It's incendiary performance. It's stories behind the music. Its up close and personal.
It's one of today's top selling rock bands connected to its audience. Featuring
enigmatic, powerful frontman Sully Erna, and bandmates guitarist Tony
Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill and drummer Shannon Larkin, "Changes" offers
in-depth interviews with all four band members, behind-the-scenes material, and
live concert footage shot with 14 cameras in High Definition, 16:9 formats.
The DVD was filmed by Coming Home Studio's Daniel E. Catullo III and Andrew
MacNaughtan,
the award-winning team behind "Rush In Rio," which among other CHS
releases, won
numerous awards, including the JUNO in 2004 for Music DVD of The Year
and two
Telly Awards.
Filmed throughout Godsmack's 2003-2004 Worldwide "Faceless" Tour, much
of which included the coveted support slot for Metallica's "St Anger" tour
in Europe and North America, "Changes" offers fans the opportunity to experience
the band in several ways. First is concert mode, which consists of 58
minutes of live performance footage including the hit songs "Straight Out Of
Line," "Voodoo," "Awake," "Moon Baby," "I Stand Alone," "Faceless," "Keep
Away," "Bad Religion,""Whatever," "Re-Align," "Changes" and "Serenity." Of special
interest is the explosive, nearly 8-minute segment of dueling drum solos between
drummer Larkin and frontman Erna (orginally and obviously still a stickman). A
highlight of the band's set on the Metallica tour this year, the two battle off,
sitting high on circling drum risers, driving the audience to frenzy.
As a feature film (105 minutes running time) viewers experience the songs performed
live directed by Catullo inter-cut with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage
directed by MacNaughtan. Additionally, the DVD features super deluxe,
collector's quality packaging and a choice of 5.1, DTS, 5.1 Multi-Channel or PCM
Stereo/SRS Circle Surround Sound for a superior audio experience. The stereo track
on "Changes" is encoded in Circle Surround 5.1, allowing anyone with a
surround sound system (not just a Dolby Digital A/V receiver), to enjoy the 5.1 mix
that the band and audio engineer intended.
Godsmack released the crunch-laden FACELESS in early 2003, an album that
debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart. It was the quartet's third
straight platinum-plus-selling studio album, bringing their career total to
more than seven million records sold in five years. The Boston-based group
received their fourth Grammy nomination this year. In addition, on the heels of
their certified gold acoustic album "The Other Side" (Universal/Republic Records),
Godsmack, has just broken the record of 11 for most top 10 hits at active
rock radio ever, a record they previously shared with Metallica. "The fans got us
to where we are today," says Erna. "Its been a hard but exciting journey that
we've taken together and we look at this DVD as a gift to our fans for being with us all the way."
The band is currently still on tour with Metallica - see dates below.
Coming Home Studios is a full service, Los Angeles-based television and DVD
production and distribution company whose cutting edge techniques used
with their creative approach have garnered them numerous accoloades
including six Telly awards, a Jammy and a Juno as well as Grammy and Surround Sound
nominations. Focused on providing the viewer with a front row seat for
concerts and a true fly-on-the-wall perspective, CHS has filmed and produced many of
today's top DVD's including Dave Matthews Band- The Central Park Concert, Matchbox
Twenty- SHOW A Night In The Life Of Matchbox Twenty, Rush In Rio, Duran
Duran Live at Wembley, Boz Scaggs- Greatest Hits Live and many others.
SRS Labs is a recognized leader in the advancement of audio and voice technology. The company works with the world's top manufacturers to provide a richer
entertainment experience through patented sound techniques. SRS Labs'
technologies can be heard through products ranging from televisions, flat panel
displays, DVD players, mobile phones, car audio systems, headphones and
notebook and desktop computers. The company also offers hardware and software tools
to professionals and consumers for the creation, production and broadcast
of content featuring SRS Labs' technologies. SRS Labs' wholly owned
subsidiary, ValenceTech, is a Hong Kong-based semiconductor company that designs
and sells custom ASICs and standard ICs to leading manufacturers worldwide.
Based in Santa Ana, Calif., the company also has licensing representation in
Hong Kong, Japan, Europe, and Korea.
GODSMACK TOUR DATES as of 9/28/04
Day Date City Venue
SEPTEMBER w/Metallica
Fri 9/24 Columbus,OH Schottenstein Center
Sat 9/25 St Louis, MO Savvis Centre
Mon 9/27 Green Bay,WI Resch Center
Godsmack Acoustic dates, solo....
Tues 9/28 Madison, WI Orpheum Theater
Thurs 9/30 Sault St Marie, MI Kewadin Theater
OCTOBER w/Metallica
Fri 10/1 Detroit, MI The Palace
Sun 10/3 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
Mon 10/4 Montreal. QC Bell Centre
Wed 10/6 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Thurs 10/7 Ottawa, ON Corel Centre
Sat 10/9 Albany, NY Pepsi Arena
Sun 10/10 Buffalo, NY HSBC Arena
Wed 10/13 Bangor, ME Bangor Civic Center (Acoustic
Headline)
Thurs 10/14 Quebec City, QC Colisee Pepsi
Fri 10/15 Quebec City, QC Colisee Pepsi
Sun 10/17 Washington, DC MCI Center
Tues 10/19 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
Wed 10/20 Philadephia, PA Wachovia Center
Fri 10/22 E Rutherford, NJ Continental Arena
Sun 10/24 Boston, MA Fleet Center
Mon 10/.25 Boston, MA Fleet Center
NOVEMBER
Godsmack Acoustic dates, solo....
Wed 11/3 Norfolk, VA Norva Theater (Acoustic Headline)
Thurs 11/4 N Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues (Acoustic
Headline)
w/Metallica
Fri 11/05 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
Sat 11/6 Ft Lauderdale, FL Office Depot Centre
Mon 11/8 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Arena
Tues 11/09 Pensacola, FL Pensacola Civic Center
Thu 11/11 Nashville, TN Gaylord Ent Center
Sat 11/13 Atlanta, GA Gwinnett Center
Sun 11/14 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena
Tues 11/16 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Wed 11/17 Dallas, TX American Airlines Arena
Sat 11/20 San Antonio, TX SBC Centre
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