Blink 182 - 'The Urethra Chronicles 2' (MCA)
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By: Toby L
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''The Urethra Chronicles II - Harder Faster Harder Faster' will make you laugh till you cry, or at least till you piss your pants!' Apparently.
For, let's face it, humour is best when spontaneous and you don't know what's coming; thus, with the second Blink 182 compilation of clips of the US trio making videos, being on the road, chatting to fans and shaving women bald, since you've seen/heard about it all before, there's nothing really that funny to make you 'cry', or... Well, commit the other action as suggested above.
Besides, as proven in this DVD, the boys have grown up now. In fact, they're not even 'boys' anymore - they're successful men - with their own families, some of which happen to make an appearance in the documentary (bassist/singer Mark Hoppus' spouse even directing the photography of the feature throughout, for instance).
As a result of such factors, the content herein doesn't serve so much as humour, as an often (no, really) touching insight into one of America's biggest pop-punk combos. After all, they highlight the importance of their management-team in the bonus-section, discuss the relevance of their friends in the whole enterprise, and talk openly about their feelings for one another in the band.
Luckily, though, for those that hate the soppy nonsense, you still get the dumb-ass vocabulary (which centres around 'cool', 'gnarly' and a multitude of profanity), plus the chance to view frontman Tom Delonge's impressive UFO-info collection, listen to his unconvincing tales of Blink 182's battles with dragons in an enchanted forest, and view Hoppus wallowing in the pain of diarrhoea and having a doctor push objects up his nasal-passage, let alone drummer Travis with some plentiful drum-solos and his mighty collection of authentic Cadillacs.
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Naturally, being a fly-on-the-wall affair ensures that the quality is, at best, OK during the main movie. Only on some of the additional material such as stunning concert-tracks from Chicago 2001 and a handful of promo-videos do you get the full sexiness of digital stereo-sound in its element, elsewhere the content served up in a rough 'n' ready, 'cutting-room floor'-esque format.
Clearly, this is a compendium of features that will delight all 182 fans, as well as mildly interest those that strive to view the behind-the-scenes runnings of a major international act - though don't expect to fall off your settee in hysterics, because it ain't gonna happen with this release.
Artists in this article: Blink 182
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