The rock\/fusion power trio The Aristocrats \u2013 featuring Guthrie Govan on guitar, Bryan Beller on bass, and Marco Minnemann on drums \u2013 will release the live CD\/DVD Culture Clash Live, on January 20, 2015. Captured in six different locations in five countries on three different continents during the band\u2019s 100+ show Culture Clash World Tour, it showcases The Aristocrats in full flight: Virtuosic, melodic, spontaneous, outrageous, and still having more fun than any group of world touring muzos has any right to have. <\/p>\n
\u201cEvery time we play a song live, it seems to evolve slightly,\u201d says Govan. \u201cHowever hard we might try to capture definitive versions in the studio, the true nature of any given composition inevitably reveals itself during the subsequent touring process, mutating incrementally from one night to the next as we do our best to maintain the element of spontaneity and encourage the occurrence of
\nlittle musical \u2019accidents.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
While the music evolved and the audiences made each show unforgettable, the live recording process was anything but smooth. \u201cThe panoply of technical pitfalls that ensued reached a certain comic level of absurdity,\u201d Beller remembers. \u201cThe crowds were unremittingly awesome, only to be
\nrivaled in ferocity by the gremlins in each location.\u201d So the project became a Frank Zappa-style live compilation by necessity, which gave it a rollicking international flavor \u2013 a culture clash after all.<\/p>\n
Drummer Marco Minnemann put it all in perspective. \u201cI remembered sitting in a van on our ride to one of our shows, listening to one of the songs \u2013 which I usually avoid, because it\u2019s sort of like looking in the mirror trying to fix your hair or something \u2013 saying out loud, \u2018Hey, we\u2019re actually not that bad!\u2019 You sometimes just gotta let go and enjoy the real-time moments without questioning them.\u201d<\/p>\n
CD Features
\n\u2022 Five tracks from Whittier, CA (CalProg)
\n\u2022 One track from Manchester, UK
\n\u2022 One track from Bangkok, THAILAND
\n\u2022 One track from Zoetermeer, HOLLAND
\nDVD Features (main movie runtime 1hr 40mins)
\n\u2022 Additional unique tracks from Tokyo, JAPAN;Bangkok, THAILAND; Mexico City, MEXICO
\n\u2022 Bonus features: Culture Clash CD demos,additional 20-cam Marco Minnemann drum solo, behind the scenes video<\/p>\n
CD track listing:
\n1. Sweaty Knockers – 8:49
\n2. Ohhhh Noooo – 7:44
\n3. Get It Like That – 9:44
\n4. Culture Clash – 7:58
\n5. Gaping Head Wound – 6:29
\n6. Louisville Stomp – 5:20
\n7. Desert Tornado – 5:42
\n8. Living The Dream – 8:22<\/p>\n
DVD track listing (1:42 concert total, various other bonus features):
\n1. Furtive Jack
\n2. Ohhhh Noooo
\n3. Louisville Stomp
\n4. Get It Like That
\n5. Culture Clash
\n6. Blues Fuckers
\n7. Gaping Head Wound
\n8. Desert Tornado
\n9. Living The Dream<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The rock\/fusion power trio The Aristocrats \u2013 featuring Guthrie Govan on guitar, Bryan Beller on bass, and Marco Minnemann on drums \u2013 will release the live CD\/DVD Culture Clash Live, on January 20, 2015. Captured in six different locations in five countries on three different continents during the band\u2019s 100+ show Culture Clash World Tour, it showcases The Aristocrats in full flight: Virtuosic, melodic, spontaneous, outrageous, and still having more fun than any group of world touring muzos has any right to have.
\n\u2022 Live CD: 8 tracks from 4 shows on 3 continents
\n\u2022 Live DVD: 100 mins of live music, 5 more exclusive tracks, plus bonus features<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"product_brand":[7261],"product_cat":[4,6,1963],"product_tag":[4619],"class_list":["post-3702","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_brand-boing","product_cat-compactdisc","product_cat-video","product_cat-boing-records","product_tag-4619","pa_gtin-upc-ean-isbn-5159","pa_gtinupceanisbn-4616","pa_label-boing-music","pa_sku-bm00006cd","pa_street-date-4617","first","outofstock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n