Product Details

• Actors: Switchblade Symphony
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Cleopatra
• DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004
• Run Time: 45 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000228SR8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #287,211 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Review

The long-awaited concert DVD from the seductive sisters of sinister sweetness, Switchblade Symphony!

Recorded at various concerts in 1997 - 1999 and includes performances of Clown, Witches, Drool, Dirty Dog and other fan favorites!

This DVD features fantastic camerawork, digital quality images and an astounding 5.1 audio mix!

Full page, color adverts in Outburn Magazine, Rue Morgue, Gothic Beauty, Industrial Nation and others!

Seductive, flirtatious, always commanding, no one gives good show like the sultry sirens of Switchblade Symphony. Since their arrival nearly a decade ago, not a single band on the scene has been able to top the girls in terms of sheer originality and mesmerizing darkwave charm. With fans drooling over their Sweet Little Witches live CD in '03, it's clear now that was only the foreplay. This luscious visual scrap book is the payoff for all who long to see their favorite goth goddesses cast that glittery spell on stage once again. Enhanced by multiple angles and exotic locales, Tina, Susan and the rest of the coven invite you into their circle of sonic bliss. --Cleopatra Records

Product Description

Live In Los Angeles
1. Drool
2. Wicked
3. Rampid
4. Gutter Glitter
5. Dirty Dog
6. Dissolve
7. Soldiers

Live In Tokyo
1. Japanese Radio Interview
2. Witches
3. Bad Trash
4. Clown

Special Features
1. Clown - Music Video
2. Sweet - Early Bootleg
3. Witches - Rare Bootleg
4. Novocaine - Photo Gallery

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice souvenir of a great band, July 18, 2004

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No1Crush (Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Switchblade Symphony - Sweet Live Witches (DVD)

I was delighted to see this DVD, it may not be earth-shatteringly great, but it's better than nothing. The quality of the Tokyo show was indeed taken from a "raw bootleg" - literally recorded on a handheld camcorder, with poor feedback distortion whenever high notes are sung. The recording of the L.A. show was clear, though not crystal. Nevertheless, it was quite a treat to see a live recording of Switchblade Symphony, considering I'm located in an out-of-the-way city where such bands very rarely perform. They played with great passion and joy and interacted well with the audience, particularly in the Tokyo gig. It's a shame both shows were short at roughly 25 minutes each.

The special features could've been more thorough. The band bio should've been more detailed than a half-a-dozen line paragraph stating "Susan and Tina met, formed a band and played cool music". The interview in Japan should've been presented in its entirety, rather than a 3 minute snippet. It was nice to see the Clown video digitally preserved for posterity. The bonus footage of Sweet and Witches were from raw camcorder-recorded bootlegs, like the Tokyo show, but for fans of a non-mainstream, fairly underground goth band, this too is a treat.

Considering that a DVD can hold 4 gigabytes of info (or 4 hours worth of video), there could've been so much more, like bonus tracks from the extremely rare Scrapbook CD (at least we have the unreleased demo of Novacain here, accompanying the Photo Gallery), more videos (like Dirty Dog), more interviews, more rare photos, etc.

This DVD is definitely for hardcore fans, completists and those who are curious about how Switchblade Symphony is like live...not really essential, but a nice souvenir of a very talented band

4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Little Witches - Switchblade Symphony, March 22, 2010

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R. L. Blade (Apo, AE United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Switchblade Symphony - Sweet Live Witches (DVD)

I enjoyed the concerts that were audible, but some of it was not so clear. I loved the video for Clown, though.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Switchblade DVD!..., March 15, 2006

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F. Yang (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Switchblade Symphony - Sweet Live Witches (DVD)

This is all of their hits on DVD! This is a deep look into the lives of their career! In the very little time they were still together! Tina and Susan never looked better! They are just breathtakingly beautiful on DVD! I felt like I was there in person! Love this DVD!...