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Chevelle: Live From the Norva

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I've had the pleasure of seeing these guys "live" twice already, and "Live From The Norva" brings back awesome memories! "Family System" gets the show off to an energetic start, and the band follows up with such CHEVELLE fan favorites as "Forfeit", "Wonder What's Next", and "Comfortable Liar". Also included on the DVD are songs from the "Point #1" album,
including my favorite "Open/Point #1", which is the hilight of the show in my opinion. The sound and video quality is excellent throughout, and I definitely felt as if I were part of the crowd attending the actual show, which is exactly how a "live" concert recording is supposed to make you feel. This is a definite MUST for Chevelle fans! And worth a shot even if you're not already a Chevelle fan! 5 stars!

Track List:

1. Family System
2. Forfeit
3. Send The Pain Below
4. Until You're Reformed
5. SMA
6. MIA
7. Open/Point #1
8. Closure
9. Grab Thy Hand
10. An Evening With El Diablo
11. Comfortable Liar
12. Don't Fake This
13. The Red
14. Wonder What's Next

I picked up Chevelle's first DVD release, "Live From The Norva" about two weeks after seeing them perform live. Maybe it was the experience of seeing the band live (we don't get many good bands around here...), but to me, this is an excellent representation of the group and brings back the concert to my mind very vividly each time I watch it. Just like their music, Chevelle's live show is stripped down, yet very passionate, emotional and intense. All three brothers work together and compliment each other very nicely on each song. Pete's vocals are strong the whole way through, as he hardly ever misses a note or a lyric while trashing about on his guitar. Sam's drum-work provides a catchy back-ground for the music, while Joe's bass works almost like a second guitar, adding more dimension and crunch to the mere three-person band. The band blazes effortlessly and breezily through the short fourteen song set, pulling out all of their hits ("The Red," "Send The Pain Below"), some old stuff ("Mia," "Point #1" (my favorite Chevelle song)), some rarely heard songs ("Sma," "Don't Fake This") and even a b-side ("Until You're Reformed" from the 'Daredevil' soundtrack). I have watched this DVD many times in the near-year I have owned it and can tell you that if you love the band, it is worth the money. It is somewhat lacking in special features (how about some music videos?), but the concert is strong enough, it's forgiven (add to that a fair price).

Tracklisting:
01. Family System
02. Forfeit
03. Send The Pain Below
04. Until You're Reformed
05. Sma
06. Mia
07. Point #1
08. Closure
09. Grab Thy Hand
10. An Evening With El Diablo
11. Comfortable Liar
12. Don't Fake This
13. The Red
14. Wonder's What's Next

Also included is a pre-show interview with the band (pretty cool) called "Pay Your Dues" and some standard photo-gallery and discography features. Overall, an excellent little package, and goes well with the CD "Live From The Road," which, while not as extensive as this, is still worth checking out.

to the guy below ripping them because they're not "tight" and the sound isn't good... give them a break. They're a trio and they're playing in a small venue. They're going to sound different than their studio albums because they can't over layer the guitar parts and such. Also, the small venue means they probably didn't bring in tons of gear, etc. Plus, its an entire concert... not just a collage of cut and paste of the best moments. Other concert videos that I've seen that have great sound, etc all have larger bands, more equipment, and cuts. Chevelle is a very good band with a tremendous studio sound that would be almost impossible to recreate live with just the 3 brothers.

this dvd is awesome, im a huge chevelle fan and got the dvd and the live cd around the same time. The dvd really gives a good idea of what the atmosphere of the concert may be like. The extras i think are cooler then the concert all together mainly "Pay Your Dues" overall if you like Chevelle, get this dvd NOW. You won't regret it.

YOU GOTTA SEE IT! THIS DVD IS SO AWESOME I'VE GOTTEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO SEE THESE GUYS LIVE!!! (AT THE RAVE IN MILLWAUKEE)AND I'M TELLING YOU IT'S ALMOST AS GOOD AS SEEING THEM LIVE AND IN THE FRONT ROW (BUT NOT QUITE THAT GOOD!)GOING AND SEEING THESE GUYS WAS THE BEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE AND I TRULY MEAN THIS IF I COULD ONLY TELL SAM,PETE&JOE THIS, THIS DVD BRINGS BACK MEMORIES I DONT EVER WANT TO FORGET! SO I URGE YOU TO BUY THIS IT'S WELL WORTH THE MONEY AND ALSO IF YOU EVER GET A THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND SEE THESE GUYS AS I DID GO AND SEE THEM! I URGE ANYONE WITH ANY INTEREST IN CHEVELLE BUY THIS DVD IT'S WELL WORTH IT!!!

I'm a fan of Chevelle, so when I bought this DVD I was suprised at how good the music is when they are live. They basically play the whole Wonder What's Next album with 3 songs from Point #1 and 1 song from the Daredevil Soundtrack.

They provide a good solid performance, hopefully the next DVD they make will have the same energy as this one.

BUY THIS DVD NOW!!!!

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS DVD! I am a huge Chevelle fan, but so far have been unable to see them live. The music they create with 2 guitars and drums is EXTRAORDINARY! I find it intense and addicting. I thought some songs sounded even better live than the cd version (Family Sytem, An Evening with El Diablo, Until you're Reformed, Point#1). After watching this DVD I can't wait to see them live and will be sure to catch them in concert the next time they tour. If you are a chevelle fan this DVD is a MUST HAVE!

my favorite albums chevelle put out are on this dvd. good sound quality, if you wanna remember concerts, this brings back some pretty good memories.

If you are a Chevelle fan you will love this DVD, this is Pete and the boys back in the day when they didn't care and there sound was right. The extra features section is great filled with some behind the scenes and back stage stuff along with when they go to radio stations for interviews. The concert itself it amazing it's Pete, Sam and Joe before he was replaced by Dean letting it rip on there instruments and is quite evident as you see some of Sam's sticks snap and go flying through out the performance and Pete snaps some strings. All in all 5 out of 5 and I highly recommend getting it and a good match up to this DVD is there CD "Live from the Road" from the same time period and if you can believe it they play even harder on the CD.

i don't understand how you can claim to be a fan of chevelle and then write a review bashing this DVD. ive seen chevelle live several times and i can say that this DVD is a very accurate description of how the band performs live. their shows are very intense and intimate seeing as how they play mostly small venues. they bring an awesome level of intensity that comes out even in the DVD. my only complaint is that these guys haven't released a newer and updated version with songs from "This type of thinking" and "Vena Sera." this band has only gotten better over time and im anxious to see them again. Chevelle ROCKS!