Sunday, August 17, 2008

TSOL:Live from O.C. (Back Story)










An excerpt from the upcoming book;

"In the Blink of an Eye,
--the polarization of a musical revolution"

"I lift up the casket and fiddle with the dead?" I first heard
Jack seething those words in 1981 on KROQ's Rodney on the Roq
show. Back then, KROQ and Rodney were on the cutting edge of
new music and TSOL was often in the rotation. I remember
finding those lyrics and the punk/gothic sound so compelling
that I was sometimes entranced by them. Punk rock was a new
discovery for many people in the early 80's and I was clearly
hooked. Needless to say, it was bands like TSOL, Bad Religion,
The Circle Jerks, and other punk rock gods that helped
cement my tastes in the genre.

It went like this: A 1991 reunion show under the name,
Superficial Love? The original TSOL was not legally allowed to play as TSOL?
They even went under the name L.O.S.T? This show was shot, and
produced over a decade ago. This video production took Producer
Richard A White a total of 11 years to finally put together.
Legal issues with the band, licensing, post production, editing,
graphics, and timing. It was never intended for release on Dvd, as
Dvd in 1991, did not exist. With todays new technology, and being
that punk rock is socially acceptable now, the producer, and T.S.O.L
management, agreed that this should be released as a concert video.

Release date May, 21 2002.MVD/L.A.Access Video.

This TSOL DVD is currently being re-released in 2009
with new concert and skateboard footage.

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