Skid Row - Under the Skin - Making of Thickskin

Product Description

One of the hottest groups of the 80's & 90's roars back into the limelight with this remarkable DVD chronicling the making of their new release, "Thickskin." Experience what members Rachel Bolan, Johnny Solinger, Snake, Phil Varone and Scotti Hill went through to rebuild the band, write and record new songs, and take their creative ability to new heights. This DVD will take you into their homes, the studio and the tour. With unprecedented access, Under The Skin is a revealing and honest look into Skid Row.

Format: DVD

Customer Reviews:

My Daughter Loves These Guys.......2007-07-23

This was a Yule gift for my daughter. On here 16th birthday I took her to see thier concert in New Orleans. It was the high point of her life.

If you really dig the album, get this, too.......2003-09-06

I was never a big Skid Row fan back in the day, but I REALLY dig the new album "ThickSkin." I've read all kinds of reviews of it--some share my opinion and others think that the only true Skid Row is one fronted by Sebastian Bach.

If you like the CD, you'll probably get a kick out of the "making of" DVD. There's tons of "in the studio" footage, interviews with each member of the band, and a load of behind the scenes sort of stuff. (Not surprisingly, there's not a single mention of Bach at all.) Considering that the album and DVD are both on SR's own label, it's remarkably high-quality. I didn't expect such a pro job. If you ever saw Aerosmith's "The Making of Pump," it's kind of like that.

Like I said before, if you really like the new CD, pick this up and check it out. If you didn't like the CD, why are you even reading this????

Pleasantly surprised, A+ DVD, support the band & pick it up.......2003-09-03

I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the "Making Of Thick Skin" DVD.

I bought the new Skid Row CD "thickskin" on Amazon just after its release, and on a whim picked up the "making of" DVD as well.

Skid Row has made the best out of reintroducing themselves to their hardcore fans on this DVD (who've been without new material since 1995; a very, very long 8 years).

While their first video offering "Oh Say Can You Scream!" (which I also own) gave you life w/ Skid Row on tour, this new DVD is like Skid Row reality TV. We see the band -- sickly dyed hair, grey sweatpants, and all -- making their new album in Snake's home studio.

Every track on the new album is given some spotlight. Scotti Hill's insights into particular riffs are actually quite interesting. I never realized how much influence surf music had on his playing. Listen to the opening lead of 'Riot Act', or the twang on the remake 'I Remember You Two' and you too will understand.

The material on this DVD is done in documentary fashion, but every bit as professional as, say, KISS "Second Coming" (although the cover design for both CD and DVD look a bit too amateurish for my liking. Would it have killed them to hire a professional?)

New mates Johnny Solinger (vocals, and blonde, tall Texan) and Phil Varone (drums, and resident frat boy) have given this band a new life, and a good, hard kick in the [pants].

I wouldn't dare suggest that Sebastian Bach -- one of the greatest lead vocalists of his generation -- could ever be replaced... but forgotten? Listening to Johnny Solinger belt his way thru the first verse/chorus of "Quicksand Jesus" in one of the many live clips on this DVD, and, dude, close your eyes, and all is good on the 'Skids.

Phil Varone is a riot on camera, and you've gotta love his pedigree: hearing him gush about how Bon Jovi's Tico Torres is one of the best rock drummers of all time (and then watching him "borrow" one of Tico's drums at Jovi's home studio) is priceless. But guys, next album, let's find him a decent studio to work in

This is all to say the new guys are fitting in quite nicely, thank you very much, and it seems like the near 15-year legacy of Skid Row wasn't all wasted time.

Description

Psycho Joe, a petrol-head from Altona, Melbourne, secures employment at a local Supermarket. Here, he meets the over-sexed Dazey. Joe and Dazey form a friendship based on a mutual interest in old hot cars. Joe also forms a relationship with a Satanic fellow employee. The nihilism of these young characters, coupled with parental disputes, leads to various tragedies.

Customer Reviews:

Petrolheads.......2006-11-17

Much like Geoffrey Wright's previous motion picture 'Romper Stomper', this is essiantially a love story. A love triangle with the impressionable Joe (Aden Young) in the middle. Joe so badly wants to be like Robert (Ben Mendelsohn in another great role for him). He wants the attention, the girls, the admiration from other youths and to be able to drive fast cars like Robert. And whatever Joe wants, Robert seems to get. In a world of fast cars and street drag racing, we see how far one young man will go, to get the woman he so desperately wants.
Building up to an exciting climax, this fast paced movie will leave you stunned by the end. The cars are great, anyone who loves V8's will get their kicks out of this movie.
Special features include a trailer, a commentary, interviews with director and 3 of the 4 main actors and a short movie 'lover boy' which inspired metal skin.
A good movie which captures the angst of one young man and the world he is trapped in. Explores the world of all 4 central characters perfectly.

A revhead flick that's far from a drag.......2006-10-19

First let me say that the following review is not my own: it was written by Chris Stafford for People magazine back in the 90's. I am reproducing it here (including the review title) because it is simply the best and most accurate review of this great film I have read.

You can almost smell the petrol and burning rubber in Metal Skin, a pedal-to-the metal ride into the fractured world of a bunch of drag racing dead-end kids. Once again, the industrial outer suburbs of Melbourne are the background for an often grisly story of twisted love and faded dreams. Yep, that's Melbourne all right.

Young is terrific as the petrolhead wannabe Joe, an ugly, tongue-tied loser who'd give anything to be part of Dazey's fast crowd. Magnetic but dangerous, Dazey (yet another great part for Mendelsohn) is one of those people admired by blokes and chased by women - especially Roslyn (Garner), his deeply wounded girlfriend, and Savina (Morice), an equally damaged refugee from a loony religious family. In fact, all of the characters are damaged or doomed; even Dazey, who seems to be all guts and glamour, turns out to be a victim.

If the flick has one major fault, it's the gruesome, far-fletched subplot involving Savina's obsession with black magic - though Morice, now a long way from Strictly Ballroom, almost pulls it off in a gutsy, edgy performance.

Geoffrey Wright's last movie, Romper Stomper, said all it had to say in it's first five minutes. But this time, even though the best scenes are the thunderous car chases and a strobe-lit brawl at a party, Wright does take his foot off the gas every now and then. For obvious reasons, he had to ditch the original title, Speed. The change works fine because, more than any other recent Aussie flick, Metal Skin gets right under the skins of it's audience - whether they like it or not. It's scary, it's gloomy, it's sometimes downright miserable, but Metal Skin hits and runs.

So buckle up and ride.

You must be talking about Melbourne, Florida, Mate.......2006-04-12

I don't know where our first reviewer is coming from, but he certainly doesn't know a damn thing about Melbourne, Australia. Buses stopping at 6pm? When? In the 1930s perhaps? Mate, if you have an issue with Australia or Australians, save it for some other place. This is meant to be a film review site, and if you know as much about films as you obviously DON'T know about Melbourne, then maybe you should post elsewhere, ...or at least be ignored as a xenophobic moron. By the way, for those interested, it's not a great film, but it's certainly watchable and, in case you didn't realise it, ...it's just a MOVIE! If you want to know about real life, visit the place :)

Inflicted on the World.......2005-05-12

This film is so Melbourne(Australia) Outer Suburbs that it is surreal. I first saw it in a Movie Festival with some decent horror films; god knows why this piece of trash was placed in that venue.
What is most disturbing about this film is that the Melbourne Suburbs, especially the Dandenong area, is very much like what the film is like. As bad as BODY MELT is, at least it does not try and depict the extremely depressing reality of Melbournes suburbs where even the buses stop running at around 6pm.

I go to films to escape this kind of reality.
If you really want to discover how depressing , mundane and boring life in the Melbourne, Australia, "burbs" is, then get this... or rent it.
What a downer that this piece of trash is out in the world. Even BODY MELT is better than this film.

I've waited 7 long years for this release!.......2004-06-10

One of my top five "most wanted" flix finally gets released in the U.S!!!

While it's too soon to comment on the quality of the DVD, allow me to try to sell you on the flick itself...

Brought to you by Geoff Wright, the writer/director of ROMPER STOMPER, this film, like its notorious predecessor, traces the troubled lives of a group of working class Aussie teens. However, unlike the racist skinheads of the earlier movie (which is excellent in its own right), the kids in METAL SKIN are far more relatable. They're just bored, broke teens looking for some kicks, looking to get laid, looking to fall in love, and, above all else, looking for a car that will kick-ass in the illegal drag races that make up the Friday night social scene in their town.

Part of the beauty of this film is the way it introduces a quartet of standard-issue characters and then proceeds to blow away all of your pre-conceived, BREAKFAST CLUB-like notions of what's supposed to happen to them. There's Joe, the loveable loser who just wants to fit in; Dazey, the handsome, but selfish, stud for whom everything comes so easy; Savina, the misguided Goth chick who hopes to overcome her insecurities by dabbling in witchcraft; and finally, Roslyn, the beautiful girl who has it all. Or so it would seem.

We all know how things would turn out for these characters in any other movie -- the good kids would triumph, the bad kids would get knocked down a peg or two, and everyone would learn a valuable lesson -- but Wright forces you to constantly re-evaluate your impression of who's good and who's bad in this flick, until the designations themselves dissipate into nothingness, like exhaust fumes in the chill night air.

As with ROMPER STOMPER, the end result is brutal, poignant and totally unpredictable.

I saw this film as part of a double-bill with ROMPER STOMPER at a film festival about 7 years ago and haven't been able to get it out of my head since, at least in part because it's been impossible to see since that time. Never released in the U.S., this film is equally obscure in its native Australia. From the articles I've read about it, the film was an infamous flop Down Under, playing a one-week run in a few select cities before being chased off the screen by vicious reviews and disappointing attendance.

Description

An average man stumbles across a high-tech battle tank and takes it for a spin around Tokyo. Soon the army and his girlfriend are in hot pursuit in this classic action/comedy anime from the creators of Bubblegum Crisis.

Customer Reviews:

Robots and armies and girlfriends, oh my!.......2005-11-26

Back in the mid-1980's, the only way for the average fanboy to get anime was through friends or other such unscrupulous bootleggers. Madox 01: Metal Skin Panic was one of the first such tapes that came into my possession, along with classics like Project A-ko and Area 88. All of these, of course, were in Japanese with no subtitles. But enough with the history lesson: you wanna know about the movie. For early anime, it's actually quite good: a self-contained story (somewhat hackneyed these days) about a boy who comes into possession of a highly advanced robotic exoskeleton through dumb luck. (It literally falls off the back of a truck and into his garage apartment.) Of course, he has a chaste-but-smoldering relationship with a girl, whom he loves. Although he is at first thrilled with his newfound toy, the army soon comes looking for its weapon, sending their resident tank-commanding lunatic who just happens to hate armored suit technology in general. Things look profoundly bad for our hero -- but who is that beautiful woman with the even more advanced Madox suit? Equal parts humor and fighting robot action make this a favorite, even now.

Excellent anime from the past!!!!!!!!.......2004-03-19

I saw this movie in the late 80s and ive loved it ever since. Been waiting a long time for this to come out on DVD. Not your typical Mecha anime. A guy trys to impress his girlfriend by whearing a mecha-suit that was found, now hes traped in it and the army is after him!! Shows how diffacult it can be to roam around in the city wearing a tank!

Saxon - Rock Has Landed - It's Alive & Skid Row - Under the Skin - Making of Thickskin - 2 SEPERATE METAL MUSIC VIDEOS DVDs In SET

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Saxon - Rock Has Landed - It's Alive & Skid Row - Under the Skin - Making of Thickskin - 2 SEPERATE METAL MUSIC VIDEOS DVDs In SET

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Saxon - Rock Has Landed - It's Alive & Skid Row - Under the Skin - Making of Thickskin - 2 SEPERATE METAL MUSIC DVDs In SET
Saxon - Rock Has Landed - It's Alive - Metal Music Videos DVD
Unseen footage of real Groupies backstage, Extensive Band History/ Family Tree & Album Listing, Alternative version of Wheels Of Steel into Devil Rides Out!
Skid Row - Under the Skin - Making of Thickskin - Metal Music Videos DVD
Skid Row: Rebuild the band, write and record new songs, and take their creative ability to new heights. This DVD will take you into their homes, the studio & the tour

ASIN: B000Q2CRP8

Product Description

Saxon - Rock Has Landed - It's Alive & Skid Row - Under the Skin - Making of Thickskin - 2 SEPERATE METAL MUSIC VIDEO DVDs In SET DVD 1. Saxon - Rock Has Landed - It's Alive by Saxon-HEAVY METAL MUSIC VIDEOS/CONCERT-REGION FREE-FEATURES SAXON FOUNDERS GRAHAM OLIVER(GUITAR) & STEVE DAWSON (BASS) in new Band: Oliver/Dawson Saxon! Songs: Power and The Glory, Rock And Roll Gypsies, Strong Arm Of The Law, Past The Point, Dallas 1 P.M., 747 (Strangers In The Night), B*tch Of A Place To Be, One More For The Road, Motorcycle Man, Wheels Of Steel! Bonus: Unseen footage of real Groupies backstage, Extensive Band History/ Family Tree & Album Listing, Alternative version of Wheels Of Steel into Devil Rides Out! DVD 2. Skid Row - Under the Skin - Making of Thickskin - METAL ROCK BAND SKID ROW SONGS, INTERVIEWS, WRITING & RECORDING: SONGS:New Generation, Beat Yourself Blind, Lamb, Mouth Of Voodoo,Thick Is The Skin, One Light, I Remember You Two, Ghost, Quicksand Jesus, Piece Of Me, See You Around! One of the hottest groups of the 80's & 90's roars back into the limelight with this remarkable DVD chronicling the making of their new release, "Thickskin." Experience what members Rachel Bolan, Johnny Solinger, Snake, Phil Varone and Scotti Hill went through to rebuild the band, write and record new songs, and take their creative ability to new heights. This DVD will take you into their homes, the studio and the tour. With unprecedented access, Under The Skin is a revealing and honest look into Skid Row!

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Petrolheads
A revhead flick that's far from a drag
You must be talking about Melbourne, Florida, Mate
Inflicted on the World
I've waited 7 long years for this release!

Metal Skin
Starring: Aden Young , Tara Morice , Nadine Garner , Ben Mendelsohn , and Chantal Contouri
Director: Geoffrey Wright
Manufacturer: Pathfinder Home Ent.
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00024I178
Release Date: 2004-08-17

Customer Reviews:

Petrolheads.......2006-11-17

A revhead flick that's far from a drag.......2006-10-19

You must be talking about Melbourne, Florida, Mate.......2006-04-12

Inflicted on the World.......2005-05-12

I've waited 7 long years for this release!.......2004-06-10

One of my top five "most wanted" flix finally gets released in the U.S!!!

While it's too soon to comment on the quality of the DVD, allow me to try to sell you on the flick itself...

As with ROMPER STOMPER, the end result is brutal, poignant and totally unpredictable.

That's a damn shame, as this film packs one hell of wallop! Thank you, Pathfinder, for giving METAL SKIN a second chance at finding its audience. I know that I can't wait to finally see it again!!

Average customer rating:

Petrolheads

A revhead flick that's far from a drag

You must be talking about Melbourne, Florida, Mate

Inflicted on the World

I've waited 7 long years for this release!

Metal Skin [Region 2]
Starring: Aden Young , Tara Morice , Nadine Garner , Ben Mendelsohn , and Chantal Contouri
Director: Geoffrey Wright
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Customer Reviews:

Petrolheads.......2006-11-17

A revhead flick that's far from a drag.......2006-10-19

You must be talking about Melbourne, Florida, Mate.......2006-04-12

Inflicted on the World.......2005-05-12

I've waited 7 long years for this release!.......2004-06-10

One of my top five "most wanted" flix finally gets released in the U.S!!!

While it's too soon to comment on the quality of the DVD, allow me to try to sell you on the flick itself...

As with ROMPER STOMPER, the end result is brutal, poignant and totally unpredictable.

That's a damn shame, as this film packs one hell of wallop! Thank you, Pathfinder, for giving METAL SKIN a second chance at finding its audience. I know that I can't wait to finally see it again!!

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Metal Skin [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]
Director: Geoffrey Wright
Manufacturer: Roadshow
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000A7OU1I

Product Description

Australia released, PAL/Region 4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. Languages: o English (subtitles) o English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Synopsis: Psycho Joe, a petrol-head from Altona, Melbourne, secures employment at a local Supermarket. Here, he meets the over-sexed Dazey. Joe and Dazey form a friendship based on a mutual interest in old hot cars. Joe also forms a relationship with a Satanic fellow employee. The nihilism of these young characters, coupled with parental disputes, leads to various tragedies. Special Features: o Cast/Crew Interview(s) o Commentary o Featurette o Interactive Menu o Scene Access o Trailer(s)

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