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I have never made any such deal and we got the contracts and it was clear to see that someone had taken my “band” signature and put it onto the contract in a couple of key places. We didn’t know anything about it so they send us a link to the press release and when we contacted the company putting this out they said that I and someone else I’d never heard of had made a deal for this DVD. The distributors of the Astoria show called and said “What the hell’s happening here, releasing another live DVD at the same time as the Astoria show?”. We had nothing to do with it and we knew nothing about it and it went on without our knowledge. When we unravelled it, it was pretty amazing. That’s actually an intentional fraud case that’s going on right now. There was also talk of a DVD from the Bang Your Head Festival coming out last year. It was actually a shame that there weren’t more cameras on stage to capture more of the action but having said that they would probably have got in the way and become a distraction so I think it worked out just fine as it was. I don’t find them off putting so long as they stay out of my way. They did a pretty good job.Īre you not put off by the presence of the cameras or is it a case of once you’ve started the show you don’t notice them there? When the pay per view thing never happened we wondered what happened to the footage and we got it last year and watched and we thought “Wow!!” It was as good as we thought it was and they managed to capture a lot of what was going on as it’s always really tough to capture and define on film a live situation. Originally the show was being filmed as the record company wanted to do a pay per view special and they were filming for that. Who decided to record the show and why was the Astoria chosen? It’s just as well you had the cameras and recording equipment there as it would’ve been a bummer to have missed that. After this show I came off stage saying that it was a great show and I realised that everyone else was saying the same thing. I’d say that in 9 shows out of 10 someone always comes off stage complaining that something wasn’t right about something. We’re very, very critical about our own performances and nobody worth their salt thinks that they are as good as people say they are and we always strive to be better. Certainly the special nature of the night for us was through our return to the UK and the connection that we have to that audience and certainly the connection that the audience has with us inspired greatness from us that night. It was just one of those nights where the stars aligned. Why did everything slip into place on the night this was recorded or was it just one of those magical moments where it all went right?

You’ve gone on record as saying that this was one of your best shows of your entire career and you can see from the DVD that you are all totally fired up. We thrive on being five foot away from the edge of the stage looking into the faces of the audience. It brought everything up close and personal and we loved that.

#Dee snider strangeland medicine series

This show at The Astoria was one during a series of festival shows and it was one of a kind really in the sense that we don’t do these smaller club shows anymore. There is however the distance from the audience and the intimacy is lost. I love the larger than life nature of those shows with the lights and the production and all that stuff in front of 40 or 50,000 people. The festivals have a grandiosity and pomposity to them which I love. Is this the sort of live setting that you thrive in? This is you, up close and right in the faces of the crowd. This is different to your first live DVD, Live at Wacken, which saw you playing in front of a festival crowd. Yeah, I’ve just been reading a whole series of reviews that have been sent to me and they’re pretty amazing across the board. You must be pleased with the reviews that are coming in? You have recently released Live at the Astoria CD/DVD.