Fantômas/Melvins Big Band DVD

it is hands down the best live show ever captured featuring the likes of Mike Patton and The Melvins

The hour and twenty minute set piece has a cinematic composition that looks stunning when viewed on any HD monitor

This is the next best thing to seeing them play live, and with the added animation and visuals, it might be a bit more interesting than partaking in the band's real-time ticket sale.

With Fantomas/Melvin Big Band: Live from London 2006, Ipecac has offered up a rather unique and exciting special feature that comes hidden as an Easter Egg. Don't worry, it's really not that hard to find. It's a feature length audio commentary with Mike Patton's new steak-sharing best friend, Limoncello enthusiast, and Fantomas Melvins Big Band manager (or so they joke) Danny DeVito. Also on hand for this must-hear conversation are The Melvins' Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover, booking agent Robby Fraser, and Ipecac co-owner Greg Werckman. Interesting topics of discussion range from the troubles of booking this particular show, to the band's obsessions with Lil' Pimp, to all things Patton related. Osbourne tells a funny story about having to fire Kurt Cobain as the producer of a Melvins' album. DeVito goes in-depth into his role as an actor and film producer, retelling quite a few tales about being in the business. You will learn about Mike Patton's extremely narrow throat, how he often seems to be choking in restaurants, and how, even with his olive complexion, he let him self burn to a crisp with fishing off the coast of Cuba. Crover tells a disturbing story about chocking on a hotdog and a mouthful of beer, and the history of both Ipecac and Fantomas are extrapolated upon in detail. Things get pretty weird when Buzz tells DeVito about bumping into Taxi's Jeff Conway, and they wrap things up with a very humorous story about playing the Orange County State Fair, and how no one has told Patton that he can't swear. If he does, it means no money. This little tale even exceeds the length of the live show, and the commentary, which you will want to listen to all of, continues to play back into the DVD menu page. Pretty amazing.