[.ca] Live at the Metro - DVD

Another title from the show must go off series that is great:
This DVD is spectacular, The dvd contains 18Tracks, The Good Mourning Advert,The Trailers To Selwyn's Nuts,Show Must Go Off,That Darn Punk And Fear Of A Punk Planet. The Photo gallery has a Song from the lp that was given out at the show Playing As background music (The song is a cover of the misfit's Halloween). The Setlist Goes As Following 01.Hell Yes 02.Madam Me 03.Maybe I'll Catch Fire 04.Mr Chainsaw 05.Take Lots With Alcohol 06.Cringe 07.Tuck Me In 08.I Lied My Face Off 09.Armageddon 10.Another Innocent Girl 11.Queen Of Pain 12.Trouble Breathing 13.Goodbye Forever 14.Private Eye 15.Crawl 16.Nose Over Tail 17.Radio 18.97 (It Was Racorded On The 31st Of October 2002 At The Metro)

terrible:
I don't know who all these people are giving this DVD 5 stars and then saying that the sound and picture are of great quality. They must be employees for Vagrant or Kung Fu Records (the company that put this out). The sound on this DVD is terrible, it's one of the worst live DVD's I have ever seen and I feel very ripped off. The volume changes constantly, and some times the video and sound don't even match up. Do yourself a favor and don't buy this DVD. Get yourself 17 JR bacon cheeseburgers at Wendy's instead.

Pretty good:
Positives: Great band, great show, and while some complain about the camera work, it's a band whose members spend their time onstage standing in one spot. There's not much you can do. Negatives: The audio was touched up. I know it sounds picky, but the cleaner audio you hear doesn't match up with your expectation of a live show. If you like the band, buy the DVD; it's the only one out there. If you're inbetween, leave this one go until you know whether or not you like them more.

No substitute for the real thing.:
I've seen the Trio a number of times and I think they're an excellent live band, but this DVD doesn't convey that. A lot of it has to do with the amateur quality of it - the shaky cameras, the relentless jump cutting, the poor dubbing. It's kind of offensive, really, that the Trio would release something so low-quality when they obviously have the means to put together a top-shelf concert DVD (or at least one where the sound and the picture even come close to matching). There are also problems with the sound that become apparent within the first two songs; "Hell Yes" and "Madam Me" are at completely different volumes. For a DVD that got delayed so many times, it sure feels like a rush job. If you're a Trio fan, you're going to buy it, but you'd be better off spending your fifteen dollars on a concert ticket next time the boys roll into your town. I, personally, cherish my memories of Trio shows much more than I do this cheap and ineffective DVD.

Hmmmmm:
I have seen alkaline trio live on their UK tour and it was an amazing experience. This DVD is good, but it simply doesn't convey the complete rush that is an alk3 show. The sound is also quite poor but for anyone who has seen the trio live this is worth getting just for the memories of the gig that you saw.