Go back to previous section **************************************************************************** Section 11--Commercial Videos **************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Various (Hüsker Dü) Title: Flipside Video #1 Format: VA live performances, interviews Medium: VHS cassette Producer: Flipside Magazine ID Number: None Date Recorded: 14 Jan 1983 Release Date: Mid-1983, 1988? reissue Location: Mi Casita, Torrance CA Time: 12 min (of 120) Notes: Current version (edited reissue) is only 6 minutes in length. Contents: Interviews; live performance footage of: Target Everything Falls Apart Out On A Limb [fragment] It's Not Funny Any More [Similar stuff for Social Distortion, D. I., Circle Jerks, others] Excerpt: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Various (Hüsker Dü) Title: The Tour ** Deleted ** Format: Live VA performance compilation Medium: VHS cassette Producer: SST ID Number: SSTV 02 Date Recorded: 01 Mar 1985 Location: The Stone, San Francisco Release Date: 1986? Time: 25 min (of 80) Notes: Members of SWA, Saccharine Trust, Minutemen, Meat Puppets jam on "Louie, Louie." Raymond Pettibon artwork on insert. Contents: Diane Hate Paper Doll Green Eyes Divide And Conquer Pink Turns To Blue Eight Miles High Makes No Sense At All Louie, Louie ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Various (Hüsker Dü) Title: It's Clean, It Just Looks Dirty (Giorno Video Pak 3) Format: VA live performances Medium: VHS cassette Producer: Giorno Poetry Systems ID Number: GPS037 Date Recorded: 30 Jan 1985 Release Date: 1987 Location: 1st Ave, Minneapolis Time: 5 min (of 60) Contents: Live performances of: The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill I Apologize* [Also songs and noises by Cabaret Voltaire, Diamanda Galas, Einsturzende Neubaten, Swans, David Johansen, John Giorno Band, Psychic TV] *Incorrectly identified as "Powerline" both on the package and in the program. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Hüsker Dü Title: Makes No Sense... Format: Live concert video Medium: VHS cassette (stereo) Distributor: Hendring Producer: Phillip Goodhand-Tait/Trilion Pictures Ltd ID Number: HEN 2 029 D Date Recorded: 14 May 1985 Release Date: 1985 Location: Camden Palace, London Time: 60 min Notes: Shot for the "Live from London" UK TV show. This was a one-off performance, the first ever in England for the Hüskers. The recording was never meant to be released as a home video, and by doing so Trilion Pictures was in violation of their contract with the band, a breach that led to court action. Nonetheless, the video remains available and sells in the US for $20-$50. Sound is hi-fi stereo. Contents: New Day Rising 2:01 It's Not Funny Any More 1:41 Everything Falls Apart 1:43 The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill 2:40 I Apologize 3:13 If I Told You 1:50 Folklore 1:19 Terms Of Psychic Warfare 1:43 Powerline 2:11 Books About UFOs 3:09 Chartered Trips 3:16 Diane 3:30 Celebrated Summer 3:34 Every Everything 1:36 Makes No Sense At All 2:22 Pink Turns To Blue 2:32 Ticket To Ride 2:08 Recurring Dreams/Eight Miles High 10:24 Love Is All Around 1:34 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Hüsker Dü Title: Makes No Sense... Format: Live concert video Medium: VHS cassette (stereo) Distributor: Suncrown (Nippon Crown) Producer: Trilion Pictures Ltd ID Number: CRVR-80040 [Japan release] Date Recorded: 14 May 1985 Release Date: 1985? Location: Camden Palace, London Time: 56 min Notes: Same as the European version except for packaging and brief Japanese title at very beginning. Contents: [Same as Euro version?] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Various (Hüsker Dü) Title: Punk Special Format: VA concert video compilation Medium: VHS cassette Distributor: Sony Video LP Producer: Trilion Pictures Ltd ID Number: None Date Recorded: 14 May 1985 Release Date: 1986 Location: Camden Palace, London Time: 10/51 min Notes: Released in UK as Punk Overload (Hendring HEN 2 214 [PAL]). Contents: Interview plus the following excerpts from the Makes No Sense... Camden Palace concert above: I Apologize 3:13 If I Told You 1:50 Books About UFOs 2:09 [Interviews, live performances by King Kurt, Lords of the New Church, UK Subs, Flesh for Lulu] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Various (Hüsker Dü) Title: Best of the Cutting Edge, Volume 2 Format: Music video compilation Medium: VHS cassette (hi-fi, stereo) Distributor: Rhino Video Producer: IRS Records ID Number: RNVD 2402 Date Recorded: Oct 1985 Release Date: 1987 Location: Unknown Time: 3 min (of 60) Contents: Interview, brief performance excerpts of: Makes No Sense At All Something I Learned Today [Videos by Squeeze, Lets Active, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Waits, Smithereens, others] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Various (Hüsker Dü) Title: Best of the Cutting Edge Format: Music video compilation Medium: Laserdisc Distributor: Rhino Video Producer: IRS Records ID Number: ID6730RH Date Recorded: Oct 1985? Release Date: 1987 Location: Unknown Time: 3 min? (of 116) Notes: I assume, but am not certain, that this two-sided laserdisc combines volumes 1 and 2 of the VHS cassette Cutting Edge series. Hüsker Dü appears on side 2. Contents: Interview, brief performance excerpts of: Makes No Sense At All Something I Learned Today ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Various (Hüsker Dü) Title: Underground USA, Vol 2 Format: Music video compilation Medium: VHS cassette (stereo) Distributor: M. U. V. Producer: Videoflex/PFI ID Number: MUV #2 Date Recorded: 1986 Release Date: 1989 Time: 4 min (of 30) Contents: Generic music video to studio version of: Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely [Similar videos by Black Flag, DRI, others] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Sonic Youth et al Title: 1991: The Year Punk Broke Format: Tour Documentary Medium: VHS Cassette Producer: Geffen ID Number: DGCV-39518 Date Recorded: Summer 1991 Release Date: Apr 1993 Time: 97 min (total) Notes: Bob Mould has a 3-second cameo appearance in this film shot during a tour of European festivals during the summer of 1991. Contents: Live performances by Sonic Youth, Nirvana, others. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Various (Grant Hart) Title: Cherry Valley Arts Festival 1998 Subtitle: A Tribute to 30 Years of Beat and Bohemian Influence Format: Tour Documentary Medium: VHS Cassette Producer: Laki Vazakas/Jeffrey Weinberg Distributor: Water Row Books ID Number: None Date Recorded: 07-09 Aug 1998 Release Date: 1999 Time: 95 min (total) Notes: This is a documentary video of highlights from the Cherry Valley Arts Festival at Allen Ginsberg's farm in Cherry Valley NY in August 1998. It features music and poetry principally by by Beat Generation survivors like Ray Bremser, Charles Plymell, David Amram and several others, intercut with candid scenes. Grant performs one song solo- electric (audio quality is only so-so), and is otherwise not in evidence except for the closing group shot. There's more info about the festival, along with the image of a photo-postcard (put out by Water Row to commemorate the event) showing Grant with Ray Bremser and Charles Plymell here. The video is still in print and available for $29.95 plus $3.50 shipping from Water Row Books (PO Box 438, Sudbury MA 01776). Contents: The Main [Poetry readings, music by participating artists] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Various (Bob Mould) Title: Burn To Shine, Vol 1 Subtitle: Washington DC 01.14.2004 Format: Video compilation Medium: DVD Director: Christoph Green Producer: Brendan Canty Distributor: Trixie DVD ID Number: TRX 001 Date Recorded: 14 Jan 2004 Release Date: 20 Jan 2005 Time: 34:25 Notes: Quoting from the liner notes on the back cover: This film was shot in 9 hours on one day, January 14, 2004 in the living room of an empty freezing cold house that was soon to be burned to the ground. The bands played one song each, without an audience, performing for the cameras alone. The sound is live, without overdubs or pre- recording and the performances are uniquely vital and intimate. It's an abstract snapshot of a musical community on a particular day in a place that no longer exists. -Brendan Canty 9/21/04 Info posted to punknews.org 25 Nov 2005 by "adam": The Tripwire is reporting that Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty has created a DVD series to help promote notable rock bands from various cities. The series will be titled Burn To Shine, and will feature a selection of artists from different city on each release. Each band involved will perform one song, but the location of the taping must be an empty house that faces imminent destruction. Canty explained to Billboard, "I thought it would be great to catch these bands doing whatever they were doing on that day. I said, 'just show up and do whatever you're interested in right now.' Using a house that was going to be destroyed basically marks it in time forever." The first DVD [...] will feature Ted Leo, Ian Mackaye's new band The Evens, and former Husker Du frontman Bob Mould. Other cities slated for tapings include Chicago, Portland, New York and San Diego. Contents: Hoover Dam 3:10 [Still photo gallery with guitar noodling] :39 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Minutemen Title: We Jam Econo Subtitle: The Story Of The Minutemen Format: Video documentary Medium: 2xDVD Director: Tim Irwin Producer: Keith Schieron Distributor: Plexifilm ID Number: 028 Date Recorded: 1980-2005 Release Date: 27 Jun 2006 Time: 90:57/97:19 Notes: History of the Minutemen, featuring numerous performance clips, commentary by Mike Watt, excerpts from a 1985 interview with the band, and numerous interviews with Minutemen friends and associates, including Grant Hart and Greg Norton. The second disc contains three live performances (Starwood, LA, 1980; 9:30, DC, 1985; Hollywood, 1985), 63 songs in all. Contents: Disc 1 ------ We Jam Econo 90:57 Disc 2 ------ Starwood, 1980 18:03 9:30, 1985 58:01 Acoustic Blowout, 1985 21:15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Various (Hüsker Dü, Nova Mob) Title: First Avenue: Hayday Format: Concert documentary Medium: Film Distributor: Producer: Rick Fuller ID Number: Date Recorded: 1985-1992 Release Date: 2006 Time: Notes: Lots of performance clips of bands who played 1st Avenue in Minneapolis, featuring all the usual suspects (Replacements, Soul Asylum, Rifle Sport, many others). No home video release as of Nov 2007. "Heaven Hill" is from 30 Jan 1985 gig as excerpted on the Giorno video above. Trailer: Contents: The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill Interviews with Grant, Bob [other content unknown] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Hüsker Dü Title: Live From The Camden Palace Format: Live concert video Medium: DVD (PAL only; region-free) Producer: Phillip Goodhand-Tait Distributor: Outré Oeuvre Records/MRA Entertainment ID Number: D0969 [Australia release] Date Recorded: 14 May 1985 Release Date: 05 Feb 2007 Time: 55:30 Notes: Decent DVD transcription of the Makes No Sense... video. Liner notes lifted directly from this NME review of the performance. DVD is PAL format, but is region-free and should play on most computers. Screen captures (from the VHS videocassette version) here. Contents: [Same as VHS version] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Various (Hüsker Dü) Title: 7 Nights In The Entry Format: Concert documentary Medium: Film Distributor: Producer: Harder-Fuller ID Number: Date Recorded: Sep 1981 Release Date: Aug 2007 Time: Notes: At long last a legitimate release of the video shot at 7th St Entry in Sep 1981. Additional details in this Peter Scholtes City Pages article, from which the following is excerpted: Today, Fuller views his latest labor of love, 7 Nights in the Entry, with boyish absorption. The documentary, which premieres Wednesday, August 22, at the Riverview Theater as part of Sound Unseen, is even more bracing than his 2006 rock salvage job, First Avenue Hay Day--which was culled from some 800 videotapes shot at First Avenue between 1985 and 1992 and shelved in the club's basement. 7 Nights began as news-quality video shot in September 1981 on various cameras in the 7th St. Entry and edited on the fly by Twin/Tone Records owner Paul Stark, who manually switched between cameras in a van parked outside the club. Fuller hopes the unknown videographers will attend and get their due credit. "It's going to be cool," he says, "because people will come out of the woodwork." No home video release as of Nov 2007. Contents: [specifics unknown] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Bob Mould Title: Circle Of Friends Format: Live concert video Medium: DVD Director: Producer: Distributor: Trixie DVD/MVD Entertainment Group ID Number: MVDV4615 Date Recorded: 07 Oct 2005 Release Date: 09 Oct 2007 Credited: Bob Mould--guitar, vocals Jason Narducy--bass, backing vocals Brendan Canty--drums Richard Morel--keyboards Time: 111 minutes Notes: Full band show recorded at the 9:30 Club in DC. The whole set is there except the final encore, "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone." Here are links to the Trixie blurb and the MVD blurb (if the latter link won't work, the page can be reached from the MVD Visual main page). Contents: The Act We Act A Good Idea Changes Circles Paralyzed I Am Vision, I Am Sound Underneath Days Hoover Dam See A Little Light High Fidelity Hardly Getting Over It Could You Be The One? I Apologize Chartered Trips The Receipt Best Thing Celebrated Summer Beating Heart The Prize Egøverride If I Can't Change Your Mind Helpless Makes No Sense At All Man On The Moon ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Various (Grant Hart) Title: Lotuk Subtitle: A Portrait By Hendrik Willemyns & John Roan Format: Artists interviews Medium: DVD (region-free) Director: Hendrik Willemyns Producer: John Roan ID Number: POMCD009LTD Date Recorded: Dec 2007? Release Date: 15 Apr 2008 Time: 51:42 Notes: Included as a bonus companion disc to the limited- edition release of the Arsenal Lotuk CD album. See the discography entry for the CD package for a more detailed description of the DVD. Contents: Interview with Grant. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go on to next section