Return of the Living Dead Boys Halloween Night 1986 DVD

"You know what there was 10 years ago? There was disco... we kicked the SHIT out of it." Frontman Stiv Bators provides this memorable quote in the Return of the Living Dead Boys DVD, recorded Halloween night 1986. Joey Ramone makes a special appearance on stage just to introduce them and start the show. The reunion of the Dead Boys in the live DVD further reassures us why Dead Boys kick ass, and why sitting through the DVD is completely worth it.

The performance is about an hour long, which is typical for most Punk shows, but what sets the Halloween performance apart is the classic quality of it. The recording is similar to other recorded shows of the 80's, in the way that it appears as though someone just happened to grab a camcorder and start recording away. It is that type of recording however, that gives the live DVD a raw and classic edge, and it's the only way the Dead Boys would have had it anyway. One thing you can be grateful NOT to expect though, is a crappy angle in which all you frequently see is the back of people's heads blocking the band.

Throughout the DVD, you see members from the audience scattering and creeping around the stage like a bunch of roaches, trying to dive into the crowd from time to time. Just as roaches are squashed and gotten rid of, roadies come to the rescue to get rid of the roaches nearly every time. It's just one of the many comical and memorable things to witness in the DVD. Among others, Stiv Bators wears a werewolf mask in the spirit of Halloween, Bators and a roadie dive into the audience and come back with their clothes completely annihilated, and Stiv Bators sings without any clothes on!

The Dead Boys play such a great show, that the DVD has no need for a high quality special effects type of production. The show alone is enthralling, and calls for nothing more but what you see and get from the DVD. The Return of the Living Dead Boys DVD is an incredible reunion worthy of watching, presenting it to you the only manner these boys of rock n roll would join together: Halloween night, amid the chaos and the living; the Dead Boys on the stage.

Out now on MVD Visual
 

-Stephanie M.-