Vulgar Video

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Vulgar Video
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Video (VHS)by
ReleasedNovember 16, 1993 [1]
Recorded1990–1993
Genre Groove metal, thrash metal
Length72 minutes [2]
Label Warner Music Vision
Director Graham Dent [3]
Producer Pantera
Pantera chronology
Cowboys from Hell: The Videos
(1991)
Vulgar Video
(1993)
3 Watch It Go
(1997)

Vulgar Video is the second home video (not counting the self released Hot 'n Heavy Home Vid) by American heavy metal band Pantera. It was released on VHS on November 16, 1993.

Contents

Content

Vulgar Video is a chronicle of Pantera's 1992 tour, behind the Vulgar Display of Power studio album, that shows all of the band's excesses with groupies, drinking and drugs, as well as backstage footage. It also contains a total of six music videos. Members of Alice in Chains, White Zombie, Megadeth, and Metallica make guest appearances. [4]

Vulgar Video, along with the two other home video releases of the band, was included on the 3 Vulgar Videos from Hell DVD in 2000 and then re-released in 2006 with better DVD features.

Track listing

Personnel

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [5] Platinum100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

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