Culture Clash Live!
The rock/fusion power trio The Aristocrats - featuring Guthrie Govan on guitar, Bryan Beller on bass, and Marco Minnemann on drums. Captured in six different locations in five countries on three different continents during the bands 100+ show Culture Clash World Tour, it showcases The Aristocrats in full flight: Virtuosic, melodic, spontaneous, outrageous, and still having more fun than any group of world touring muzos has any right to have."Every time we play a song live, it seems to evolve slightly," says Govan. "However hard we might try to capture definitive versions in the studio, the true nature of any given composition inevitably reveals itself during the subsequent touring process, mutating incrementally from one night to the next as we do our best to maintain the element of spontaneity and encourage the occurrence oflittle musical accidents."While the music evolved and the audiences made each show unforgettable, the live recording process was anything but smooth. "The panoply of technical pitfalls that ensued reached a certain comic level of absurdity," Beller remembers. "The crowds were unremittingly awesome, only to berivaled in ferocity by the gremlins in each location." So the project became a Frank Zappa-style live compilation by necessity, which gave it a rollicking international flavor - a culture clash after all.Drummer Marco Minnemann put it all in perspective. "I remembered sitting in a van on our ride to one of our shows, listening to one of the songs - which I usually avoid, because its sort of like looking in the mirror trying to fix your hair or something - saying out loud, Hey, were actually not that bad! You sometimes just gotta let go and enjoy the real-time moments without questioning them."CD FeaturesFive tracks from Whittier, CA (CalProg)One track from Manchester, UKOne track from Bangkok, THAILANDOne track from Zoetermeer, HOLLANDDVD Features (main movie runtime 1hr 40mins)Additional unique tracks from Tokyo, JAPAN,Bangkok, THAILAND, Mexico City, MEXICOBo...
CD-1 | Sweaty Knockers | 8:48 |
CD-2 | Ohhhh Noooo | 7:43 |
CD-3 | Get It Like That | 9:44 |
CD-4 | Culture Clash | 7:58 |
CD-5 | Gaping Head Wound | 6:29 |
CD-6 | Louisville Stomp | 5:20 |
CD-7 | Desert Tornado | 5:41 |
CD-8 | Living The Dream | 8:22 |
DVD-1 | Furtive Jack | |
DVD-2 | Ohhhh Noooo | |
DVD-3 | Louisville Stomp | |
DVD-4 | Get It Like That | |
DVD-5 | Culture Clash | |
DVD-6 | Blues Fuckers | |
DVD-7 | Gaping Head Wound | |
DVD-8 | Desert Tornado | |
DVD-9 | Living The Dream |
Drums – Marco Minnemann
Guitar – Guthrie Govan
Mastered By – John Cuniberti
Mixed By – Erich Gobel (CD 1-5, CD 8, DVD 6, DVD 7, DVD 9)
Mixed By – Mark Niemiec (CD 6, CD 7, DVD 1-5, DVD 8)
Mastering SID Code – IFPI LN099
Mould SID Code – IFPI JI07
Matrix / Runout (CD) – 2662352 01
Matrix / Runout – 2662363 L1 01
Mastering SID Code (CD Variant 1) – IFPI LN09
Mould SID Code (CD Variant 1) – IFPI JI02
Matrix / Runout (CD Variant 1) – 2662352 02
Mastering SID Code (DVD Variant 1) – IFPI LN09
Matrix / Runout (DVD Variant 1) – 2662363 L1 01