Modern Rock Guitar Soloing DVD

Advantages: hilarious
Disadvantages: none

...this is one of the pillars of modern cinema. it is a rockumentary with a difference. it is a fantastic satire not just on the rock world and all the glam and glitz that goes with it, but it is also a satire on the film making world.it will have you in stitches. the stage performance when the base guitarist can not get ut of his coccoon is hilarious and the part where the guitarist introduces his guitars to the director is pricelss. his amplifier is louder than all the normal ones becasue the dial goes up to 11. pure genius. ths can be seen again and again and does not date. it has captured an era nad a type and ridiculed it with great artistry.... Read review

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Advantages: Fantastic set list, location, accoustics, and long aswell
Disadvantages: Not enough bonus material

...Unbelievabley good. I picked up a copy of this last week and have watched is three times already despite is being in excess of 2.5 hours long. If anything, its not long enough. Thes first half of the concert include particular highlights such as the root of all evil (the opener), under a glass moon and a brilliant performance of innoncence faded. But then it gets even better with the introduction of the metropolis full orchestra who accompany DT on epic tracks such as octavarium (which includes an extended solo from jordan on the continuum and the lap stell guitar which is a must see) , all of six degrees of inner turbulance and metropolis pt.1 the miracle and the sleeper. Truly a must see for any DT fan and highly recommended to any other metal or rock fan purely based on the blindingly high level of musicianship.... Read review

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Advantages: Funny, worth the money
Disadvantages: Nothing

...This is a great film by Jack Black. It starts with his band throwing him out because of the latest of many riotous guitar solos, and to make some money, he takes a job as a school teacher under the name of his friend Ned. This allows him to start over to try and get the kids into rock music and then go for the battle of the bands. Whilst getting use to the school, he finds that they can play music and then has the idea of getting them to rock. With this idea in his head, he then starts his own teaching style to rock, from the history of Led Zeppelin to present. With this, the homework that he gives out is to listen to CD that corresponds to each person. With this winning collection of people, they make it to the final play, and they play there new song whilst back at the school they have just found out that their children... Read review

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