Cunning Stunts (Metallica)
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Cunning Stunts is a concert
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...

 video by heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Metallica
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...

 released in 1998. It was released in DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

 and VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....

 formats. The title is also a spoonerism
Spoonerism
A spoonerism is an error in speech or deliberate play on words in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched . It is named after the Reverend William Archibald Spooner , Warden of New College, Oxford, who was notoriously prone to this tendency...

 of the term Stunning Cunt
Cunt
Cunt is a vulgarism, primarily referring to the female genitalia, specifically the vulva, and including the cleft of Venus. The earliest citation of this usage in the 1972 Oxford English Dictionary, c 1230, refers to the London street known as Gropecunt Lane...

s.

The DVD features concert footage, band interviews, a documentary, behind the scenes footage and a photo gallery consisting of approximately 1,000 photos. Three of the performances feature multiple angles.

During the performance of the song "Enter Sandman", the entire stage is set to appear to collapse and explode, with pyrotechnics
Pyrotechnics
Pyrotechnics is the science of using materials capable of undergoing self-contained and self-sustained exothermic chemical reactions for the production of heat, light, gas, smoke and/or sound...

 and a technician (referred to in the extras as the "Burning Dude") who runs across the stage while on fire, as another technician swings overhead.

This is also one of the only Metallica concerts that didn't feature "Ecstasy of Gold" as an intro.

Disc 1

  1. "Bad Seed Jam"/"So What?
    So What?
    So What is an album released by the electronica/new wave punk rock band, Le Shok, on Tigersuit Records.-Track listing:#"Glitz and Glamour"#"I Don't Want to Learn Your Fucking Lesson"#"Soda Pop Smash"...

    "
  2. "Creeping Death
    Creeping Death
    -Covers:* New Jersey Hardcore band Shattered Realm includes a cover of "Creeping Death" on the reissue of their 2002 album "Broken Ties Spoken Lies"* Plays Metallica by Four Cellos by Apocalyptica.* During Ozzfest 2002 by Drowning Pool....

    "
  3. "Sad But True
    Sad But True
    "Sad but True" is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the fifth and final single from their eponymous fifth album, Metallica....

    "
  4. "Ain't My Bitch
    Ain't My Bitch
    Ain't My Bitch is the first song from Metallica's 1996 album Load. Released as a promotional single, it debuted on the U.S. Mainstream Rock charts at number fifteen....

    " (Multiple Angles)
  5. "Hero of the Day
    Hero of the Day
    "Hero of the Day" is a song by Metallica on their 1996 album Load. The song was first recorded on December 13, 1995, and was the first song on Load to be recorded. The song was also Metallica's second single release from the album. A promotional video for the track was also filmed...

    "
  6. "King Nothing
    King Nothing
    "King Nothing" is a song by Metallica in their 1996 album Load.The song King Nothing, written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and Kirk Hammett, circles around the theme of "be careful what you wish for." The song starts on a bass riff which develops into the main riff of the song. A single of "King...

    "
  7. "One
    One (Metallica song)
    "One" is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the third and final single from their fourth album ...And Justice for All. "One" was also the band's first Top 40 hit single, reaching number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100...

    "
  8. "Fuel
    Fuel (song)
    "Fuel" is a song by Metallica. The theme of the song could be applied to the fact that people like to drive their lives too fast...

    "
  9. "Bass/Guitar Doodle" (Medley of "Hero of the Day
    Hero of the Day
    "Hero of the Day" is a song by Metallica on their 1996 album Load. The song was first recorded on December 13, 1995, and was the first song on Load to be recorded. The song was also Metallica's second single release from the album. A promotional video for the track was also filmed...

    ", "My Friend of Misery
    Metallica (album)
    Metallica is the self-titled fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. Mainly produced by Bob Rock, it was released on August 12, 1991 through Elektra Records to critical acclaim...

    ", and "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
    Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
    "Welcome Home " is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the third and final single from their third album, Master of Puppets...

    ")
  10. "Nothing Else Matters
    Nothing Else Matters
    "Nothing Else Matters" is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the third single from its self-titled fifth studio album, Metallica. The song peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart as well as top-ten positions on many European charts...

    "
  11. "Until It Sleeps
    Until It Sleeps
    "Until It Sleeps" is the first single and the fourth song from Metallica's 1996 album Load. It is credited to James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich.-Versions:The song was performed with orchestral accompaniment on the album S&M...

    "
  12. "For Whom the Bell Tolls
    For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica song)
    "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the third and final single from their second album, Ride the Lightning....

    " (Multiple Angles)
  13. "Wherever I May Roam
    Wherever I May Roam
    "Wherever I May Roam" is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the fourth single from their eponymous fifth album, Metallica.-Music:...

    " (Multiple Angles)
  14. "Fade to Black
    Fade to Black (song)
    "Fade to Black" is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the first promotional single from its second studio album, Ride the Lightning...

    "
  15. "Kill
    Kill 'Em All
    Kill 'Em All is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on July 25, 1983. Since its release, it has been certified 3x platinum by the RIAA, having sold over 3 million copies in the United States alone.-Music:...

    /Ride Medley
    Ride the Lightning
    Ride the Lightning is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on July 27, 1984 through the independent record label Megaforce Records. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on November 5, 1987 and was most recently certified 5x platinum on June 9, 2003...

    "
    1. "Ride the Lightning
      Ride the Lightning (song)
      "Ride the Lightning" is the title track of the 1984 album by heavy metal band Metallica. The original version of the song was found on the Horsemen Of The Apocalypse demo with Dave Mustaine and Ron McGovney...

      "
    2. "No Remorse"
    3. "Hit the Lights"
    4. "The Four Horsemen
      Kill 'Em All
      Kill 'Em All is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on July 25, 1983. Since its release, it has been certified 3x platinum by the RIAA, having sold over 3 million copies in the United States alone.-Music:...

      "
    5. "Seek & Destroy"
    6. "Fight Fire with Fire"

Disc 2

  1. "'Leper Messiah Jam"/"Last Caress"
  2. "Master of Puppets
    Master of Puppets (song)
    "Master of Puppets" is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It is the title track and was released as the first single from their album of the same name....

    " (short version)
  3. "Enter Sandman
    Enter Sandman
    "Enter Sandman" is a 1991 song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the first single from their eponymous fifth album, Metallica. The music was written by Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich...

    "
  4. "'Cure' Jam"/"Am I Evil?
    Am I Evil?
    The song was made most famous by Metallica's cover of the song, found on the 1988 re-release and the Japanese version of its debut album Kill 'Em All , though the cover was originally released as a b-side to the "Creeping Death" single in 1984, and was later released on Garage Inc. in 1998...

    " (short version)
  5. "Motorbreath"

Personnel

  • Andie Airfix – Artwork, Design
  • Anton Corbijn
    Anton Corbijn
    Anton Corbijn is a Dutch photographer, music video and film director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2, having handled the principal promotion and sleeve photography for both for more than a decade...

    – Photography
  • Wayne Isham – Director
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