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Motley Crue: Crue Fest 2008

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Every "review" I've seen so far (3/24) has been from people who were at the show but nobody has said anything about the DVD, which is what you're buying right? Unless you're paying $20 to have the bands come and play at your house I guess. So I figured I'll tell you what you're thinking about buying since there's no real description yet from Amazon (although there probably will be by the time this posts... making me look like a bigger idiot).

It's a 2 disc set. On the first disc is Motley's entire 14 song set, from Kickstart My Heart until they close after Home Sweet Home. There's also Tommy T Cam in case you're wondering. On disc 2 you get 2 songs from Trapt (Contagious, Headstrong), 2 from Sixx A.M. (Pray for Me, Life is Beautiful), 3 from Papa Roach (Time Is Running Out, Forever, Last Resort) and 3 from Buckcherry (Lit Up, Sorry, Crazy Bitch). You also get a few bonus bits with a short documentary and 6 of Motley Crue's videos (White Trash Circus, Saints, Primal Scream, Looks That Kill, Live Wire, Kickstart).

So you know the bands, you know the songs, the sound quality is decent (5.1 and stereo) and the video footage was shot with 15 camera angles so you can see it all up close. Lots of value for the money.

Let me start by saying I was also at Crue Fest 2008, the Maryland Heights (St Louis MO) show to be exact. This might make me a little more biased towards this DVD because it is a great memory for me, being it is a replica of the show I saw.

The mix is well done, very good for a live recording. The only drawback to it is when the crowd is singing along you don't hear them hardly at all, they are edited almost completely out of it. Not a bad thing through out most of the songs but I figured they might boost the audience a bit for the crowd sing a longs a little more. The bands however sound phenomenal, and the choice of songs from all the opening sets were good picks I thought. Very solid video, it is pretty polished.

As was already mentioned in another review, there are 2 discs. Disc 1 is the entire Motley Crue set, beginning to end, and the only weak song on here is Kickstart My Heart. Sadly, as it is the opener, Vince did pretty bad on the vocals here, and I don't recall him doing as poor when I watched them last year. Might have been just been a bad start for him.. The rest of the set is fantastic, vocals and all. Pyros, lights, fire, more pyros, a guitar solo from Mick, Tommy's infamous boob cam, and an encore that ends with Home Sweet Home.

Disc 2 is Trapt, Sixx AM, Papa Roach, and Buckcherry with some backstage/offstage footage clips and interviews with each of them. If you missed the show and like Motley Crue, I would definitely pick this up. If your buying it just for the opening bands, while they sound great there are only a handful of songs on here, so you might want to pass.

Here is the inside cover of the DVD case so you know exactly what songs/footage are in it are in it

Disc 1: MOTLEY CRUE

Kickstart My Heart/Wild Side/Shout at the Devil/Saints of Los Angeles/Live Wire/Sick Love Song/Tit E Cam/MF of the Year/Don't Go Away Mad/Same Ole Situation/Primal Scream/Looks That Kill/Girls Girls Girls/Dr. Feelgood/Home Sweet Home

Disc 2:
TRAPT- Contaigiuos/Headstrong SIXX AM- Pray For Me/Life is Beautiful
PAPA ROACH -Time is Running Out/Forever/Last Resort BUCKCHERRY- Lit Up/Sorry/Crazy Bitch

Bonus Video (part of Disc 2)
Cruefest 2008 all "excess" pass documentary
MOTLEY CRUE videos
White Trash Circus/Saints of Los Angeles/Primal Scream/Looks That Kill/Live Wire/Kickstart My Heart

This is a must for the crueheads!! Not only I was pleasantly surprised to see that the newer bands sound awesome but Motley Crue still rules!! The boys are still living in the wild side,kicking butt and having a great time,very good piece of work.

After seeing the video on HD TV, I wasn't expecting much. However, I was surprised to find that the quality of the video/audio was superb. Granted, I am a Crue Fan. Convinced me to purchase Crue Fest II tickets this year. Be careful, could be addictive....

When I purchased this DVD I thought wow, this is great! 5 bands / 2 DVDs this is a dream come true. Unfortunately it is not so.

Motley Crue was just as great as can be expected from their live DVD sets. Trapt was good, Sixx A.M. was great, Papa Roach was Great, but what the heck happened to Buckcherry??? I saw Buckcherry live at Woodstock '99 and they were one of the best bands at this event. Unfortunately, all that greatness is not located on this DVD. Other than three members, I do not think this is the Buckcherry I saw in '99. Plus what the hell happened to revving up the crowd??? If this is Buckcherry's idea of a great return, maybe they should disappear for a while longer, and rethink about it. It is unfortunate that because of this one band, this DVD gets a 4 star rating. I can overlook Trapt considering they have only had one good song "Headstrong", but Buckcherry's first album was loaded with great tunes. What happened???

Okay enough griping about Buckcherry, here are a few gripes for the Crue fans about Motley's performance. Just one though. Kickstart my heart was performed terribly, but there is a positive side to this problem, it was not a lip synced performance (Take that Britney Spears Fans). The Crue have always played live, and the mistakes they make let you know that you are seeing the real deal and not some I can't sing, so I will just lip sync it performance. However, I do wonder if part of the problem was due to the fact that the venue they were playing at did not allow alcohol??? It is mentioned several times on the DVD.

Enough with the review, here is the titles from the DVD.

DISC 1 The full 90 minute performance from Motley Crue.
Kickstart My Heart
Wild Side
Shout At The Devil
Saints Of Los Angeles
Live Wire
Sick Love Song
Tit E Cam (not as good as the one on Carnival of Sins)
MF of the Year
Don't Go Away Mad
Same Ole Situation
Primal Scream
Looks That Kill
Girls Girls Girls
Dr Feelgood
Home Sweet Home (encore performance with Tommy Lee palying the song on a Fullscale piano not the little keyboard he previously used)

Disc 2
TRAPT - Contagious / Headstrong
Sixx A.M. - Pray For Me / Life IS Beautiful
Papa Roach - Time Is Running Out / Forever / Last Resort
Buckcherry - Lit Up / Sorry / Crazy Bitch

There is also the Cruefest 2008 all access pass documentary
and 6 Motley Crue Videos (White Trash Circus / Saints Of Los Angeles / Primal Scream / Looks That Kill / Live Wire / Kickstart My Heart)


Also the DVD is a Limited Edition run so if you want one you might want to hurry up and order it.

When I attended Cruefest (twice, by the by), I was completely blown away by the production value: lights, pyro, projections, you name it. This DVD however, is edited so that these things are either not showcased properly, or completely changed. Everything looks like it's in a red haze, which was not the case live.

I also thought some of the camera choices were questionable. I was excited at the performance to see so many times that Vince, Nikki, and Mick would line up in front and rock out together, and you barely see that on the DVD. Too many shots are close ups when they should be long shots, and vice versa.

Also, the sound is pretty terrible. There is some crowd noise, but I thought it was silly that when Vince would let the audience sing the choruses in many songs, all you heard was silence...

All in all, I would say to save your $20 to go towards your beer tab at Cruefest 2009

Good 2 DVD presentation of the famed 2008 Crue Fest tour. One factor I appreciated here was the fact that this live concert DVD was different than their 'Carnival Of Sins' trek I caught a couple of years ago. With DVD 1, I enjoyed {although the editing could be better} "Wild Side", "Shout At The Devil", their new offering - the power rocking "Saints Of Los Angeles", "Primal Scream", "Looks That Kill" and "Girls Girls Girls" the best. On DVD 2, I was fairly impressed with the performances by Trapt (almost forgot about this Los Gatos band), Papa Roach and especially Buckcherry. Overall, not bad for a three hour music DVD. I guess since Ozzfest is now taking a break, the summer music scene has left a door open for Crue Fest. What'll it be next - Kiss Fest?

I attended Crue Fest last year. Awesome show. I watched the DVD once tonight, and I can tell you that I noticed some things immediately when I was watching it and throughout the entire DVD. One thing that jumped out at me immediately was the sound quality. Compared to the Carnival Of Sins DVD, the sound isn't as good. It sounds more canned and mono. I also noticed some not-so-spectacular film editing. There are too many close-ups of the band members' hands, feet, heads, etc. The editing in general is too fast-paced. You'll see just a guitar on the screen for a .44 seconds, then you'll see a guy's head for .78 seconds, then the audience for 1.21 seconds, etc. Get what I mean? The transitions from scene to scene (such as when a song ends, and before a new song begins) are not edited very well, either. The editing on Carnival Of Sins is far better. Carnival Of Sins is edited at a fast pace, but it is a lot more watchable than this one. Also, there seems to be more down time between songs on this DVD, whether it was intentionally or unintentionally done when editing, or the band taking more time between songs. Also, I feel that some things that I saw at the actual live concert last year could've been included on this DVD. The cameras could have captured certain things, such as the audience more and the overall surroundings.

I think one of the reasons why this DVD isn't as good as Carnival Of Sins is because the show's theme and the show itself, in my opinion, wasn't quite as good as on the Carnival Of Sins (Red, White, & Crue) tour. In my opinion, the Carnival Of Sins tour and the carnival theme were their best show and theme in the history of the band. That was a tough act to follow. I understand that the band only plays for an hour and a half at Crue Fest, compared to much longer on regular tours from the past, so there are limitations as to what they can pull off compared to a tour like Carnival Of Sins. Very simply, the Crue Fest 2008 DVD isn't as entertaining as Carnival Of Sins because the theme isn't as lively and visually stunning as Carnival Of Sins. The editing of the DVD doesn't help either, as I said before.

Overall, this isn't a bad DVD. It just isn't as good as their previous tour. There is a good lineup of songs. I don't think Vince Neil was totally 'on' that night. He gives a weak performance on the opening song of the concert, Kickstart My Heart. After that, he's pretty much typical Vince Neil. If you listen closely, Tommy Lee misses a couple of beats later on in the show. Other than that, a strong performance on the drums. Mars and Sixx are great as usual. I give this DVD 4 stars because any Motley Crue concert DVD is way better and more entertaining than most bands out there. The second DVD in this set has footage from the other bands involved in Crue Fest (Trapt, Sixx A.M., Papa Roach, and Buckcherry) . It is OK, nothing great, although the camera work and editing seems to be better than the first DVD. I didn't care (and don't care) for those bands anyway when I saw the concert in Clarkston, Michigan on July 15, 2008. With the exception of Sixx A.M., those bands are what I call "concession stand bands". When they're on stage, I go to the concession stand and/or the bathroom, make a cell phone call or two, or just wander around the venue. But I guess Motley Crue needs a few bands to fill up the time. They wanted to choose current bands of today. Unfortunately, the bands of today can't hold a candle to the bands of yesteryear. Buckcherry is a terrible band who has a lead singer who thinks he's so cool. The song Crazy Bitch (which appears on this DVD) is a good example. It's as low as you can go. The last song Buckcherry played at the concert I went to had something to do with getting incredibly drunk or something like that. It was LOUSY, and the people I was with agreed. No talent whatsoever, and stupid low-life pre-school lyrics. If you want to buy just one of the two DVDs I mentioned, get the Carnival Of Sins DVD (if it's still available). It is not dated (2005), just 3 years older than Crue Fest.

DISC 1-the actual concert is best summed up on disc 2 where mick mars and tommy lee are talking afterwards about how mick missed the cue to wildside after kickstart,its a show that is sloppy at best .dont get me wrong this is a good concert but i reckon after they wished they had a better show to record.
one thing thats sticks out is that motley use a hell of a lot of backing tapes especially backing vocals which is disappointing surely they could get some backing girls again because it sticks out like dogs balls
also the titty cam is a bit tiresome now ,go do that big rollercoaster drum solo that you keep talking about tommy instead
but overall this is still motley loud and proud so shouldnt really comp-lain
DISC 2- this is actally pretty good havent not seen any papa roach,trapt,sixx am ,buckcherry live stuff before a pity the actual full sets werent put on would have been something else
and the docu stuff is good as well ,and mick and his banana you have to laugh
as i said i shouldnt complain ,though strangley i had to buy this from the states as it is not been released in australia

I find this DVD to be unwatchable. The video editing (like most live concert DVDs these days) was done in a way that the camera angle changes every couple of seconds (or quicker). It gives me a giant headache to watch this DVD. When are the producers of these concert videos going to learn that most people prefer concert videos that make you feel like you're actually at a concert, and not just watching some slickly produced MTV video? The quick camera changes, cheezy slo-mo effects, and all of the red lighting throughout the concert make for a terrible viewing experience. That being said, the audio is pretty cool. It's always fun watching and listening to Tommy play the drums. Just wish this video was better edited. I actually like the Lewd Crued and Tattooed DVD better than this one (even though Tommy isn't playing drums).