LOS ANGELES (www.godsmack.com) - 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 No 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.
GODSMACK TOUR DATES as of 9/24/04
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
