Customer Reviews

Mad Season - Live at the Moore [VHS]

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I didn't expect much from this video, thinking that maybe some fan caught it on tape and it was good enough to put out (much like Morphine's "Bootleg Detroit" album). Right from the start those thoughts were dispelled, with great video and even better sound. Though Layne was on the decline, his voice is very powerful. As a big Alice In Chains fan, I definitely appreciated hearing his voice - sure I have the Mad Season album, but he doesn't sing exactly the same. You can see him smile from time to time and he sure as doesn't look like the living dead yet. If anything, I think this video is nice farewell to a great figure in rock history. Other than that, Mike McCready plays some great stuff.

A great edition to any fan of Layne, the Seattle rock scene, or any Pearl Jam fan who can take their eyes off Eddie.

This is the ultimate video for any Alice fan. When I first saw this video I was completely zoned out on the chemistry of the band. Layne was very messed up at the time but never missed a beat. Like others have mentioned it doesn't contain songs like Wake Up, I'm Above, & Artificial Red(which are 3 of my fav)but it is an AWESOME video. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!Looong Gooone Daaay

I was impressed with both the filming and the quality of the performance from these guys. Mad Season were always underrated I felt, and this video shows them at their peak, before a live audience lucky enough to catch this band in concert. To see Layne Stayley, already at this point hermetically disappearing behind layers of clothes and gloves, play guitar on 'November Hotel', the instrumental song, was very cool, and Mike McCready's soloing on the song really really rips. And I was impressed to see Layne able to hit the notes on the moving 'All Alone', without the benefit of any effects or trickery perhaps other than reverb. Elsewhere, ex-Trees frontman current Queens sideman Mark Lanegan appears on the druggy, jazzy 'Long Gone Day'.

This is an absolutely awesome video. This video demonstrates Layne Staley's amazing talent - not just his beautiful singing voice, but also his charisma as a performer and his brilliance as a songwriter (you also need to get the CD "Above" which includes all of the lyrics to the songs performed during this show). Included at the end of the tape is the River of Deceipt video as well as a performance of "Lifeless Dead" from a radio broadcast. The other members of Mad Season are also excellent in this, and a guest appearance by Mark Lanegan for a duet with Layne (Long Gone Day) will bring tears to your eyes. Every Layne Staley fan (and Mad Season fan) should have this!!!!!!!

Ohhh man when I got this VHS in the mail I was pulsing with excitment...

Mad season, for a year have been without a doubt my favourite act over anything. Layne Staley's soul and emotion carry his voice like nothing I've ever heard before. Alice in Chains Unplugged is what got me into AIC initially, and Unplugged, the Live album, and Above have been my favourites for years..

What disappointed me about the VHS is there's no "Wake Up".. my favourite song.. I found a live version on Kazaa so I know they performed it but it's not on the VHS !

Someone mentioned in a review for this VHS that it's good to see Layne before he started disappearing behind gloves and sunglasses. It's hard to see but he's wearing gloves throughout the entire performance. 1995 was when things started getting worse, worse, and eventually finished.

My favourite tracks from this performance are "river of deceit", " x- ray mind", "i don't know anything", and the final "all alone / november hotel"

I wish they could have showed a radio performance of Wake Up or River of Deceit

Reading this over i soud like a negative pessamist but this VHS is definatly worth getting. I love the chemistry of the band. Barret Martin is an awesome drummer, so good. Mike is great and Jon Baker Saunders is one of my favourite bassists.

Oh, and the River of Deceit video fits the song amazingly i was stoked on that.

What a great performance!!! All of these guys sound awesome in this show. I wish all rock shows were this good.
I'd like to see it again but I don't own a VCR. Yes, it is 2005 (almost over) and no one buys VHS anymore. Bring on the DVD.

AWESOME!! TO SEE LAYNE UP THERE BELTING OUT THOSE GREAT TUNES FROM THE "ABOVE" CD!! MY ONLY WISH IS THAT THE VIDEO CONTAINED THE ENTIRE CD, A COUPLE ARE MISSING BUT THATS ONLY A MINOR FLAW. YOU GOTTA GET THIS, POP IT IN A TURN UP THE VOLUME!

I have seen this VHS and definitely loved it. But I think it is time to put it on DVD. It is 2005 and I do not even own a VCR anymore.

This is a wonderful video showing how diverse people from Seattle can actually be. Mad season tears through Black sabbath influenced songs and then turn around and play the most mind warping mellow songs i've heard in a long time. With guest appearances by Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees and Nalgas Sin Carne of Critter's Buggin', the experimentation is amazing.

As others have said, this is well overdue on DVD. Staley is on excellent form, as are the other band members. For now though I'll have to make do with a clip I found of Mad Season performing the version of 'I Don't Know Anything' on this video.
This was in stereo and in excellent condition having been unplayed for nearly 10 years. So that's now on DVD at least until the proper release.