Features Head to Head Drum Solo Battle between Larkin & Erna
Band Breaks Record This Week for Most Top 10 Active Rock Hits Ever...Beats out Metallica
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2004-- Have you experienced Godsmack live? Coming Home Studios in association with SRS Labs and Zoe/Rounder is pleased to announce the release of the new long form live in concert DVD "Godsmack - Changes," which bowed at #7 on Billboard's Top Music Video Chart. It's incendiary performance. It's stories behind the music. Its up close and personal. It's one of today's top selling rock bands connected to its audience. Featuring enigmatic, powerful frontman Sully Erna, and bandmates guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill and drummer Shannon Larkin, "Changes" offers in-depth interviews with all four band members, behind-the-scenes material, and live concert footage shot with 14 cameras in High Definition, 16:9 formats. The DVD was filmed by Coming Home Studio's Daniel E. Catullo III and Andrew MacNaughtan, the award-winning team behind "Rush In Rio," which among other CHS releases, won numerous awards, including the JUNO in 2004 for Music DVD of The Year and two Telly Awards.
Filmed throughout Godsmack's 2003-2004 Worldwide "Faceless" Tour, much of which included the coveted support slot for Metallica's "St Anger" tour in Europe and North America, "Changes" offers fans the opportunity to experience the band in several ways. First is concert mode, which consists of 58 minutes of live performance footage including the hit songs "Straight Out Of Line," "Voodoo," "Awake," "Moon Baby," "I Stand Alone," "Faceless," "Keep Away," "Bad Religion,""Whatever," "Re-Align," "Changes" and "Serenity." Of special interest is the explosive, nearly 8-minute segment of dueling drum solos between drummer Larkin and frontman Erna (orginally and obviously still a stickman). A highlight of the band's set on the Metallica tour this year, the two battle off, sitting high on circling drum risers, driving the audience to frenzy. As a feature film (105 minutes running time) viewers experience the songs performed live directed by Catullo inter-cut with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage directed by MacNaughtan. Additionally, the DVD features super deluxe, collector's quality packaging and a choice of 5.1, DTS, 5.1 Multi-Channel or PCM Stereo/SRS Circle Surround Sound for a superior audio experience. The stereo track on "Changes" is encoded in Circle Surround 5.1, allowing anyone with a surround sound system (not just a Dolby Digital A/V receiver), to enjoy the 5.1 mix that the band and audio engineer intended.
Godsmack released the crunch-laden FACELESS in early 2003, an album that debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart. It was the quartet's third straight platinum-plus-selling studio album, bringing their career total to more than seven million records sold in five years. The Boston-based group received their fourth Grammy nomination this year. In addition, on the heels of their certified gold acoustic album "The Other Side" (Universal/Republic Records), Godsmack, has just broken the record of 11 for most top 10 hits at active rock radio ever, a record they previously shared with Metallica. "The fans got us to where we are today," says Erna. "Its been a hard but exciting journey that we've taken together and we look at this DVD as a gift to our fans for being with us all the way." The band is currently still on tour with Metallica - see dates below.
Coming Home Studios is a full service, Los Angeles-based television and DVD production and distribution company whose cutting edge techniques used with their creative approach have garnered them numerous accoloades including six Telly awards, a Jammy and a Juno as well as Grammy and Surround Sound nominations. Focused on providing the viewer with a front row seat for concerts and a true fly-on-the-wall perspective, CHS has filmed and produced many of today's top DVD's including Dave Matthews Band- The Central Park Concert, Matchbox Twenty- SHOW A Night In The Life Of Matchbox Twenty, Rush In Rio, Duran Duran Live at Wembley, Boz Scaggs- Greatest Hits Live and many others.
SRS Labs is a recognized leader in the advancement of audio and voice technology. The company works with the world's top manufacturers to provide a richer entertainment experience through patented sound techniques. SRS Labs' technologies can be heard through products ranging from televisions, flat panel displays, DVD players, mobile phones, car audio systems, headphones and notebook and desktop computers. The company also offers hardware and software tools to professionals and consumers for the creation, production and broadcast of content featuring SRS Labs' technologies. SRS Labs' wholly owned subsidiary, ValenceTech, is a Hong Kong-based semiconductor company that designs and sells custom ASICs and standard ICs to leading manufacturers worldwide. Based in Santa Ana, Calif., the company also has licensing representation in Hong Kong, Japan, Europe, and Korea.
GODSMACK TOUR DATES as of 9/24/04 Day Date City Venue SEPTEMBER w/Metallica Fri 9/24 Columbus,OH Schottenstein Center Sat 9/25 St Louis, MO Savvis Centre Mon 9/27 Green Bay, WI Resch Center Godsmack Acoustic dates, solo Tues 9/28 Madison, WI Orpheum Theater Thurs 9/30 Sault St Marie, MI Kewadin Theater OCTOBER w/Metallica Fri 10/1 Detroit, MI The Palace Sun 10/3 Montreal, QC Bell Centre Mon 10/4 Montreal, QC Bell Centre Wed 10/6 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre Thurs 10/7 Ottawa, ON Corel Centre Sat 10/9 Albany, NY Pepsi Arena Sun 10/10 Buffalo, NY HSBC Arena Thurs 10/14 Quebec City, QC Colisee Pepsi Fri 10/15 Quebec City, QC Colisee Pepsi Sun 10/17 Washington, DC MCI Center Tues 10/19 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center Wed 10/20 Philadephia, PA Wachovia Center Fri 10/22 E Rutherford, NJ Continental Arena Sun 10/24 Boston, MA Fleet Center Mon 10/25 Boston, MA Fleet Center NOVEMBER Godsmack Acoustic dates, solo Wed 11/3 Norfolk, VA Norva Theater (Acoustic Headline) Thurs 11/4 N Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues (Acoustic Headline) w/Metallica Fri 11/05 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum Sat 11/6 Ft Lauderdale, FL Office Depot Centre Mon 11/8 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Arena Tues 11/09 Pensacola, FL Pensacola Civic Center Thu 11/11 Nashville, TN Gaylord Ent Center Sat 11/13 Atlanta, GA Gwinnett Center Sun 11/14 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena Tues 11/16 Houston, TX Toyota Center Wed 11/17 Dallas, TX American Airlines Arena Sat 11/20 San Antonio, TX SBC Centre Tues 11/23 Las Vegas House Of Blues (Acoustic Headline) Wed 11/24 San Diego, CA San Diego Sports Arena Sun 11/28 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion at San Jose