http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sun, 9 May 2004 23:48:28 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/05/07/144540.php#comment-63108 It wouldn't be the first time a band's overdubbed the crowd.... it's still a worthwhile DVD. 63108@blogcritics.org Sun, 9 May 2004 23:48:28 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/05/07/144540.php#comment-63043 Trust me, Tom, as I suppose one of the few people who's heard the actual crowd tracks, we were just imitating them. Every chant, every roar, every chorus sung-along-to is original. If anything, the real crowd was more enthusiastic, being actual fans of the band, and more than just a little drunk. The recording quality for the crowd was just awful, though, and you'd probably be disappointed if they hadn't done something to it. 63043@blogcritics.org Sun, 9 May 2004 07:32:09 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/05/07/144540.php#comment-62969 If that's true, Doug, that might explain why the crowd sounds so unusually loud and aggressive in every chorus of every song. Kinda sad, however, because it might be construed as the band beefing up the crowd's response to what they felt was a lackluster performance. The band sounds great to me, but this certainly is odd. 62969@blogcritics.org Sat, 8 May 2004 12:41:44 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/05/07/144540.php#comment-62952 I know the son of one of this DVD's producers, and I actually got paid to scream my ass off with some other guys in a small room in a mansion on Chicago's north shore to beef up the crowd sounds (the mics used at the show to pick up the crowd didn't have enough presence). That's the story of the first time I ever listened to Anthrax. Also, maybe I wasn't supposed to tell people about that. 62952@blogcritics.org Sat, 8 May 2004 04:50:31 EDT