Death by metal ,Chuck/Death doc

[Paul keohane]

Thought there was already a thread but must have been the old forum.Watched it over the weekend.,Chuck ,sound  bloke,a promoters dream!

[Juggz]

He was hard work, for sure, but... Human... yeah.

[Cernunnos]

Thought there was already a thread but must have been the old forum.Watched it over the weekend.,Chuck ,sound  bloke,a promoters dream!

haha indeed he was! enjoyable watch though

[Trev]

Just watched it this morning, it was good to see they didn't try to brush over the fact he was an awkward bastard given how much his family was involved in it

No Masvidal though??

[Weltenfeind]

Watched this online recently thought it was fairly good, Chuck sure did have flair for self sabotage. Anyone have the dvd is there any outtakes/extra scenes that were cut?

[Juggz]

No Masvidal though??

I thought that was odd as he wrote the liner notes for the Human ressiue on Relapse (the definitve version of the album) and he did the DTA tours so he was still somewhat involved with them up until recently.

I have the DVD and, while there isn't much of note in terms of cut scenes, there is a full gig from the Human tour which is just a fucking joy.

[Paul keohane]

'I HAVE NO IDEA WHY EVEN TOOK PART IN THIS PILE OF CRAP, ALL THE FACTS AND TRUTHS I TALKED ABOUT WERE TAKEN OUT, HIDING THE TRUTH UNTIL THE END. CHEERS & PEACE'

A quote from Rick Rozz about the doc on Facebook the other night.

There was some cool people in the doc,Jim Morrris spoke really well,as did Digeorgio and Terry Butler.
Benediction the cunts,they brought Death to an end by making the boys get up on stage in Germany! 😅

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Has he deigned to divulge what those facts and truths are somewhere though?

[Paul keohane]

Has he deigned to divulge what those facts and truths are somewhere though?

He didnt elaborate any further on his FB page (tht i could see anyway)

[General Lee]

Watched it, meh. Saw a lot of talk on Facebook around the time of its release saying key figures were omitted from the documentary due to conflict with Chuck in the past, mainly Masvidal, Murphy and Kam Lee.

Chris Reifert came across as really cool in it as did Reinert and DiGiorgio.

But Chuck did come across as a total flake in it

[Necro Red]

I would have liked to see a few more talking heads in it, still a very enjoyable watch though!

[Pentagrimes]

Having mulled it over, I thought it was shit. The truth of the matter is the back story behind the man/band simply isn't all that exciting beyond him being difficult. I didn't really feel there was any insight into the music.

[Paul keohane]

Does anyone really watch these things looking for insight into the music though?
All i want to see is a load of bitching and back stabbing from these kinda things,far more interesting.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Having mulled it over, I thought it was shit. The truth of the matter is the back story behind the man/band simply isn't all that exciting beyond him being difficult. I didn't really feel there was any insight into the music.

My missus found it fascinating and she knows nothing about the band. I think that's because of this weird tension between the undeniable talent he had for the game, on the one hand, and the seeming discomfort and maybe even disdain he had for playing that game (i.e. being an on the road metal "god"). On a human level ("Eh? Where's me washboard?"), I think it's a great documentary.

As for the music, there wasn't too much insight into where the early sound came from, where the vocal style was born from, etc. It would have been nice to get more on that. But there was quite a lot about the later evolutions of the music, so for people who simply think Death got worse as they evolved, I guess that insight isn't so interesting...?

[Angel of Debt]

Having mulled it over, I thought it was shit. The truth of the matter is the back story behind the man/band simply isn't all that exciting beyond him being difficult. I didn't really feel there was any insight into the music.

Good point, I enjoyed it a lot as I watched it, full of cool snippets of info.  Thinking back though, if they focused in on the formative years more, and the really got into the musical progression over the years it would have been far better.  Kind of got the idea he wasn't big on touring and was super precious about his vision pretty early in the film. 

Fucking gas that Benediction accidentally shit canned the whole thing in the end