Serious Awesomeness!

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Serious Awesomeness!
The Aquabats - Serious Awesomeness! cover.jpg
Video by The Aquabats
Released November 18, 2003
Recorded 1995–2003
Genre Rock, ska punk, new wave, ska
Length Approx. 180 minutes
Label Fearless Records
Producer The Aquabats, Christian Jacobs, Scott Schultz
The Aquabats chronology
Serious Awesomeness!
(2003)		 Charge!! Special One-Year Anniversary Edition
(2006) Charge!! Special One-Year Anniversary Edition2006

Serious Awesomeness! is a two-disc live DVD by American band The Aquabats, released on Fearless Records on November 18, 2003.

DVD Optical disc

DVD is a digital optical disc storage format invented and developed in 1995. The medium can store any kind of digital data and is widely used for software and other computer files as well as video programs watched using DVD players. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than compact discs while having the same dimensions.

The Aquabats American rock band

The Aquabats are an American rock band formed in Orange County, California in 1994. Throughout many fluctuations in the group's line-up, singer The MC Bat Commander and bassist Crash McLarson have remained the band's two constant fixtures. Since 2006, The Aquabats' members also include keyboardist Jimmy the Robot, drummer Ricky Fitness and guitarist Eagle "Bones" Falconhawk.

Fearless Records American record label

Fearless Records is a record label that was founded in 1994. Fearless is based in Culver City, California, and are best known for their early pop punk moments captured in the Fearless Flush Sampler and Punk Bites releases, as well as additional releases by bands such as Bigwig and Dynamite Boy, and later Sugarcult, Plain White T's, The Aquabats, Amely and post-hardcore releases by At the Drive-In and Anatomy of a Ghost. However, the label has experimented with different styles in recent years. Acts like Blessthefall, The Word Alive, Ice Nine Kills, Mayday Parade, Pierce The Veil, and The Color Morale have showcased post-hardcore, metalcore and alternative rock bands that have emerged in recent years. Fearless Records' releases are currently distributed nationwide by RED Distribution, but after Concord Music Group take-over, they'll be distributed by Universal Music Group.

Contents

Overview

Disc one of Serious Awesomeness contains a full-length recording of a live concert performance by The Aquabats at The Glass House club in Pomona, California in February 2003, accompanied by two official music videos and a documentary featurette on the band. The second disc features numerous live clips spanning The Aquabats' career from 1994 to 2003.

Pomona, California City in California, United States

Pomona is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Pomona is located in the Pomona Valley, between the Inland Empire and the San Gabriel Valley. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 149,058.

A music video is a short film that integrates a song with imagery, and is produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. There are also cases where songs are used in tie-in marketing campaigns that allow them to become more than just a song. Tie-ins and merchandising can be used for toys or for food or other products. Although the origins of the music video date back to musical short films that first appeared in the 1920s, they again came into prominence in the 1980s when the channel MTV based their format around the medium. Prior to the 1980s, these kinds of videos were described by various terms including "illustrated song", "filmed insert", "promotional (promo) film", "promotional clip", "promotional video", "song video", "song clip" or "film clip".

Content listing

Seriously Awesome! Live in Pomona, Feb. 2003
  1. "Giant Robot Birdhead"
  2. "Lovers of Loving Love"
  3. "Martian Girl"
  4. "Pizza Day"
  5. "Cat With 2 Heads"
  6. "Danger Woman"
  7. "Playdough"
  8. "Red Sweater"
  9. "Powdered Milk Man"
  10. "Super Rad"
  11. "Pool Party"
  12. "The Story of Nothing"
Sweet Clips That Rip!
  1. "Journey to the Stars" + Prince Adam's hand solo (Pomona, CA - 1998)
  2. "Playdough" + El Demonico vs. The Aquabats (Hollywood, CA - 1996)
  3. "Lovers of Loving Love" + The Aquabats vs. A Tough-Looking Street Gang (Hollywood, CA - 2002)
  4. "Red Sweater" + Dr. Space Mummy's evil plan (Chicago, IL - 1998)
  5. "Cat With 2 Heads" + Space Monster "M" and The Sandfleas (Hollywood, CA - 1998)
  6. "Tarantula" + El Demonico and The Sandfleas (Pomona, CA - 1998)
  7. "My Skateboard" + The Wrestling Roadies vs. The Aquabats (Hollywood, CA - 1996)
  8. "Lotto Fever" + The Red Spider Gang (Los Angeles, CA - 2003)
  9. "Giant Robot Birdhead" + The 'Big Cheese' vs. The World (Los Angeles, CA - 2001)
  10. "Powdered Milk Man" + Cyclopsis vs. The Aquabats (Pomona, CA - 1998)
  11. "Anti-Matter" + The Aquabats vs. The Cobnobbler (Hollywood, CA - 2002)
  12. "Pool Party" + Dr. Space Mummy's robot (San Diego, CA - 2003)
  13. "The Thing in the Bass Amp" + The Mysterious Q's wish (Chicago, IL - 1999)
  14. "Super Rad" (Hollywood, CA - 1998)

Reception

In a contemporary review, Scott Heisel of Punknews.org gave Serious Awesomeness! four stars out of five, saying that it "should hopefully revive interest in this band's waning popularity, as this DVD shows they still have relavance. More importantly, this band is goddamn funny live, and people need to know that. A worthy buy if you're a fan or if you're looking to discover the Aquabats for the first time – all of their bests songs are on here in one form or another, and the Bat Commander is in rare form in these concert pieces." [1]

Personnel

The Aquabats

Band line-up at the time of DVD release:

Christian Jacobs American actor, model, television writer/producer

Christian Richards Jacobs is an American musician, television producer, voice actor and former child actor. He is perhaps most recognized as the co-creator of the award-winning Nick Jr. children's television series Yo Gabba Gabba!, on which he additionally serves as a writer, director, composer and voice actor.

Chad Larson American musician

Chad Albert Larson is an American musician, best known as the co-founder and bass guitarist for the Orange County rock band The Aquabats, in which he performs under the stage name and persona of Crash McLarson. From 2012 to 2014, Larson also played Crash McLarson on The Hub original series The Aquabats! Super Show!.

Adam Deibert American musician

Adam Deibert is an American musician and voice actor, known for his work as a member of The Aquabats from 1994 to 2004, where he played guitar, trumpet and keyboards under the stage name of Prince Adam, and as the bass guitarist for the indie rock band Bikeride, among other projects. He also played trumpet in the Orange County Ska band The Goodwin Club in the early nineties.

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References

  1. ↑ Heisel, Scott (2003-11-21). "Review: Serious Awesomeness!". Punknews.org. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
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