LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 -- Rock and roll will make its presence known at this year's Grammy's, as Coming Home Studios, along with the Grammy-nominated band, Godsmack and Playboy, host an extravaganza unlike any other happening over the music-kudos weekend. Taking place at The Avalon, the evening will bring a slightly depraved rock and roll carnival atmosphere to Hollywood as fire-eating, sword-swallowing circus performers, exotic belly dancers and snake charmers mix with a crowd of over 1,200 guests, including Tommy Lee, Pink, Chris Rock, Ashton Kutcher, Jack Black, Matchbox Twenty and Godsmack band members, Sully Erna, Tony Rambola, Robbie Merrill and Shannon Larkin. Providing a pulsating rock and roll vibe throughout the night will be performances by a number of bands, including Dropbox and Metal Shop, and completing the raucous carnival mood will be a 10-story ferris wheel where guests will be able to take in a view of Hollywood that really rises above it all. ADVERTISEMENT
"We wanted to shake up the status-quo and rock the town to celebrate the Grammy's," stated Coming Home Studios CEO, Dan Catullo. "This will be a Grammy celebration in true rock style -- wild and crazy with no ties in sight -- just great performances, a pounding rock vibe and a wicked carnival atmosphere. We want this to be where you rock late into the night and really let loose and blow off some steam!"
Founded in 2000, Coming Home Studios has rapidly established itself as a prominent force in the production and distribution of live performance DVD's featuring many of the music industry's leading bands and performers. Known for combining great performances with cutting-edge digital production methods, CHS products provide the music fan with a front-row seat concert experience in the comfort and privacy of their own home, as well as giving them the ability to customize the experience with interactive functionality's including adjustable camera angles, format customization and artist and director commentary. In October, 2003 CHS completed their twenty-eighth concert production, "Gloria Estefan Live and Unwrapped," which was filmed at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas and will be released in February, 2004. Additional titles the company has produced in the past three years include releases for Rush, Marilyn Manson, Matchbox Twenty, Etta James, The Go Go's and Dave Matthews, among others -- eight of which hit Billboard's Top Ten charts with three titles reaching number one. In addition to the Gloria Estefan DVD, upcoming releases include titles for Bonnie Raitt, Duran Duran and Godsmack.
Playboy Enterprises Inc., well known in the music world for its annual Playboy magazine readers' music poll and its long-running Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl, is a brand-driven, international multimedia entertainment company that publishes editions of Playboy magazine around the world; operates television networks and distributes programming via home video and DVD globally; licenses its trademarks internationally for consumer products; and operates Playboy.com, a leading men's lifestyle and entertainment Web site.