Poisonous Candy Factory
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Poisonous Candy Factory is the second DVD
released by third wave ska/funk
/pop
band, Suburban Legends
. It was officially released on March 4, 2008, but was also sold at a release party at the Key Club in Los Angeles on February 29, 2008.
The DVD was announced in January 2008, via the official Mailing list
email update and shortly after, announced officially.
The DVD includes three live performances from Slim's in San Francisco
, DeepRockDrive in Las Vegas
, and The Knitting Factory in Los Angeles
. In addition to these performances, the DVD contains two music videos, "Come Back Home" and Infectious
", videos from "Suburban Legends TV" (Suburban Legends' YouTube videos) such as "SL Cribs", "Tales from the Road" and "Hot Tracks", and "hours of extra material".
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....
released by third wave ska/funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
/pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
band, Suburban Legends
Suburban Legends
Suburban Legends are a third wave ska/pop band that formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1998, and are currently based out of Santa Ana, California.- History :...
. It was officially released on March 4, 2008, but was also sold at a release party at the Key Club in Los Angeles on February 29, 2008.
The DVD was announced in January 2008, via the official Mailing list
Mailing list
A mailing list is a collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material to multiple recipients. The term is often extended to include the people subscribed to such a list, so the group of subscribers is referred to as "the mailing list", or simply "the...
email update and shortly after, announced officially.
The DVD includes three live performances from Slim's in San Francisco
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
, DeepRockDrive in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, and The Knitting Factory in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. In addition to these performances, the DVD contains two music videos, "Come Back Home" and Infectious
Infectious (album)
Infectious is the fourth album of the third wave ska/funk/pop band Suburban Legends. It was released on July 29, 2007 at the House of Blues at Downtown Disney in Anaheim, California and is made available for sale at the band's ....
", videos from "Suburban Legends TV" (Suburban Legends' YouTube videos) such as "SL Cribs", "Tales from the Road" and "Hot Tracks", and "hours of extra material".
Deep Rock Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada
- "Hey DJ"
- "High Fives
- "Bright Spring Morning"
- "So Fine"
- "Come Back Home"
- "All Around the World"
- "Infectious"
- "Win a Date"
- "Last Dance"
- "That Girl's Got What I Want"
Slim's, San Francisco, California
- "That Girl's Got What I Want"
- "Come Back Home"
- "All Around the World"
- "Bright Spring Morning"
- "Infectious"
Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, California
- Intro
- "This Cherry"
- "Last Dance"
- "High Fives"
Band Line-Up During Recording
- Vince Walker - vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
- Luis BezaLuis BezaLuis Beza was the trumpet player for third-wave ska band Suburban Legends. He joined the band in Summer 2005 after the departure of Aaron Bertram, replacing him on trumpet. In July 2005 Luis started a hip-hop side-project called Lyricle Miracle with fellow Suburban Legends band member Derek Lee...
- TrumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air... - Brian RobertsonBrian Robertson (Suburban Legends)Brian Robertson is the trombone player for the Orange County-based third-wave ska band Suburban Legends and, along with Vincent Walker, is one of the two members to have played with the band since its origin as Bomb Squad...
- TromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate... - Brian KlemmBrian KlemmBrian Wayne Klemm is the guitarist for the Orange County-based third-wave ska band Suburban Legends. He joined Suburban Legends in 1999, shortly before the release of Origin Edition, although he did not play guitar on the album. Klemm also briefly joined Big D and the Kids Table in 2009 as their...
- GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Mike Hachey - Bass GuitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Derek Lee RockDerek Lee RockDerek Lee Smith , more commonly known as Derek Rock, is the drummer of alternative pop/rock band Mêlée and ska band Suburban Legends. Derek’s drumming styles include rock, pop, electronic, and hip hop...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - Dallas KruseDallas KruseDallas Preston Kruse is the producer of Suburban Legends' 2007 Japan-only album Dance Like Nobody's Watching: Tokyo Nights, an extended version of their 2006 EP release; their 2007 album, Infectious, and their 2008 album, Let's Be Friends... and Slay the Dragon Together...
- KeytarKeytarA keytar is a relatively lightweight keyboard that is supported by a strap around the neck and shoulders, similar to the way a guitar is supported by a strap. Keytars allow players a greater range of movement compared to conventional keyboards, which are placed on stands...