Engine Down - From Beginning To End
ARTIST........: Engine Down
TITLE.........: From Beginning To End
LABEL.........: Lovitt Records
URL...........: http://www.enginedown.com
GENRE.........: Rock / Emo / Indie
QUALITY:......: 150 kbps avg/ 44100Hz / Joint Stereo
RIP DATE......: 2008-09-22
RELEASE DATE..: 2008-08-00
Tracklist:
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01. Cover (videoclip) 3:37
02. (photo slideshow) 4:54
03. (documentary) 72:14
04. Intro (live) 0:07
05. Songbird (live) 5:39
06. All Done (live) 3:26
07. Taken In (live) 7:14
08. Retread (live) 4:44
09. 101 (live) 3:51
10. Depth Perception (live) 9:28
11. Second of February (live) 5:34
12. Long Time Waiting (live) 5:16
13. Closed Call (live) 4:55
14. Brushes (live) 4:10
15. Pantomime (live) 5:01
16. Two Tone (live) 12:32
17. Intention to Pacify (live) 8:00
18. Rougue (live) 5:05
19. Etcetra (home movie) 3:07
20. And Done (home movie) 3:36
21. (fire in chicago - home video) 0:51
22. (rockin' new years 2005 denver, co - home video) 4:12
23. (home video) 0:17
24. (salad days studio - home video) 5:17
25. (taka's dream - home video) 1:11
26. (taka taka - home video) 1:24
27. (home video) 1:21
28. (home video) 2:13
29. (jason and cornbread - home video) 1:27
Total 190:43
Release Notes:
LPCM & AC3 / Stereo
Leaving behind nearly a decade's worth of die-hard fans, innumerable shows, and
indelible memories, Engine Down was a dynamic, forceful band that stood out from
its peers. From the beginning, this innovative quartet exhibited a boldness in
its sound that mixed intensity and measured songwriting to fashion something
wholly unique. Engine Down was a group that masterfully alternated between
bombast and introspection, between complexity and steadiness.
After nearly a decade of making music, the members of Engine Down chose to play
one final tour in the United States, and From Beginning To End chronicles that
adventure. The story of Engine Down's career is revealed in candid conversations
with the band members, their peers, and their fans. From their early days at
James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, through nine years of
international tours and right up to their last hurrah, this film captures the
experiences of Engine Down in detail and from all angles. In good times and bad,
Engine Down was motivated by an earnest passion for playing music and for
traveling together. Through their craft of soaring, lyrical, and ultimately
unforgettable music, their deep camaraderie still shines.
...
Of all the Richmond-based bands over the past ten years that appeared to have a
genuine shot at breaking out on a national level without considering a
compromise to their sound, Engine Down ranked far up the list. With 2002Æs
ôDemureö album and their self-titled 2004 full-length they had truly hit their
stride: the guitars of Jonathan Fuller and Keeley Davis matched with Jason
WoodÆs bass created dense but fluid, shifting walls of sound, driven by Matthew
ôCornbreadö ComptonÆs restlessly inventive drums, and DavisÆs direct vocal style
was the rope thrown to pull you in.
From their earliest rumblings in 1996, when they considered forming as a Prince
cover band, until their final show at the Nanci Raygun in Richmond in 2005,
Engine Down pulled off what only a minority of bands can claim: they recorded a
few albums with a real evolution to their sound, developed a faithful fan base,
and called it quits with everyone still friends and happy with their
accomplishments. And better yet, they committed their final days to film for
posterity.
ôFrom Beginning To Endö is the new DVD that includes a terrific documentary on
the band, capturing highlights from their final tour, interviews with band
members and associates, and more. Even those with little knowledge of the band
will feel like theyÆre old friends by the docÆs end, after hanging with them
during stage setups, van breakdowns, and performances where both band and
audience knew Engine Down had pulled into town for the last time.
Jason Wood, who worked at various Plan 9 Music locations for nearly the duration
of the band thanks to the storesÆ flexibility with band schedules, considers the
first real sparks he felt during Engine DownÆs early days. ôI always got really
excited when we practiced, when the idea of doing a show was too far away,ö said
Wood, speaking from New York City, where he recently finished culinary school.
ôWhen Engine Down started, Cornbread was already a really good drummer, and he
held things down. But Jonathan had never really played guitar in a band, I had
never played bass in a band, and IÆm pretty sure that Jeremy (Taylor, original
guitarist, prior to Davis) had never played guitar in a band either, so we were
kind of learning what to do as we were going along.
ôAnd then, when Jeremy left and Keeley came in, he had never played guitar in a
band before, either û he had always played bass. So, I think that that really
lends itself to how Engine Down started, because we grew up in that band and
relearning music in a weird way, just because we had never really played those
instruments before. I hadnÆt owned a bass very long before Engine Down started,
now that I think about it.ö
The idea of creating some type of visual record occurred to the band before they
had decided to go their separate ways. Originally there was considerably more
footage available but, tragically, it vanished with DavisÆs laptop when the
bandÆs equipment was stolen while on tour. With so much of their source material
gone, and the desire to establish some type of video legacy still intact, they
decided to take a different approach.
ôWe knew that there was a lot of live video footage out there and we had always
sort of documented things as we were going on tour, and we were compiling all
this stuff and were, like, æWhen we get all this stuff together we should
definitely put a DVD together at some point,ö said Wood. And then when all of
our stuff got stolen, a lot of that footage got taken.
ôWhen we decided to stop being a band we brought our friend Jake on tour with us
and he basically filmed the entire tour. And then we did interviews throughout
the tour that gives the bandÆs history through the lens of the last tour.ö
ôFrom Beginning To Endö also includes their complete final, hometown show, along
with some bonus extras. Fans will find the disc as celebratory as it is
poignant. For those who feel wistful about the bandÆs demise after sitting in
with them for the duration of the disc, according to Wood, none of the members
of Engine Down feel that theirs is a case of unfulfilled promise û quite the
contrary.
ôActually, things did really work out the way that we wanted them to. We felt
like we had reached a point where we had written a lot of great records, and we
were really proud of the last one that we had done. We decided to keep it as
much as we care about it now, that if we stop now we would always have that
memory of being together and being in that positive environment, of feeding off
of each other, and to never let there be any sour feelings.
ôIt wasnÆt an easy decision. Still, IÆm like, gosh, itÆd be awesome if we could
get together and play a show today, or go on tour. There was even talk about it
around the DVD coming out. I think I mentioned it, and then thinking about it
later, I thought, the way that we went out was so amazing that I would have too
many expectations of getting that back somehow. But I loved the way that it
ended. All of us feel really great about it, and so I donÆt feel like I need any
more closure with it. IÆm not saying that we wonÆt play another show again; I
just seriously doubt that it will ever happen.ö