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Inquisition - Uproar: Live and Loud! [CD/DVD] (Cover Artwork)

Inquisition

Uproar: Live and Loud! [CD/DVD] (2008)
No Idea Records

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Published on June 10th 2008


I remember telling one of my friends: "It's No Idea. It's going to be good when it comes out, it's just going to take a while."

Case in point: In 2006 I was approached over IM, through friends of friends by an OiNK moderator who mistakenly was under the impression I had a bunch of rare punk stuff and was wondering if I had Hot Water Music's Till the Wheels Fall Off. I laughed in his face (digitally, of course).

Like the oft-delayed, but finally released Hot Water Music B-sides disc, Uproar too had its own release slippage. No Idea's original release date for Uproar was supposed to be in late 2007, which slipped to January 2008, then, finally, to March 2008, which seems prosaic and oddly appropriate, given that the band's hiatus has been over a decade.

Twelve years in the making, Inquisition's Uproar: Live and Loud! has been hotly anticipated by everyone over the age of 30 in the Richmond punk scene and few others, save for sister city Gainesville, FL. The title is not misleading, as the performances on the CD are earnestly delivered (Thomas admits, breathlessly, in "Hotel X" that 'these are probably the last moments I'll be able to utter words for a while'), but imperfectly recorded (stage divers are lovingly blamed). Vocals cut out for "woahohoh"s and mic shares, which if you're only listening to the audio is quite annoying, but forgivable given the genre.

The DVD, not surprisingly, is where the most attention is. The interviews, truth be told, add nothing that you couldn't already figure out with knowledge of any band reuniting after a long hiatus. (The band is excited, nervous and scared, self-imposed expectations are through the roof and lots of people from the city remember the band affectionately and likely through rose-colored lenses.) Family (extended, touring, blood), not surprisingly gets a lot of air time on the disc, getting to the point where if you were passing through Richmond in a car between 1991 and 1996, you probably got a shout-out.

That's about it for the snark, because the sheer enthusiasm of everyone involved is overwhelming. For the first four songs on night one, Inquisition wore one of two expressions on their faces, the first being excitement and the second being disbelief. The audience, it would appear, didn't even bother with the second.

The footage, though, has lots of angles so as stage divers break the focus on the cameras (which on more than one occasion broke up a fantastic sing-along moment, removing the immersion factor), there's usually another one that picks it up from a less optimal view. This isn't like Shine a Light, where the footage is more or less perfect and the special guests have the combined star power of half our local solar system -- it's a document of a two nights of a punk rock band getting back together to a rabid, excitable crowd. Vocals are going to cut out for mic sharing and attendees are going to freak out.

There's a lot of love going around the room, and the release drips with it from every medium, even the album artwork which includes a full essay from the always verbose frontman and pictures, it would appear, duct-taped to the artwork. Even if the duct tape isn't real, it's still a nice impression, as if you're getting a handmade package rather than a more traditional release.

No Idea's price point is also worth mentioning. $8 for a full live DVD/CD with neither medium being the throwaway "bonus" one is a very tempting offer. I don't feel quite like I was there, but there's enough charm, energy and love that it doesn't matter. Recommended.



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    mynameisbud (June 13, 2008)

    im seeing strike anywhere and the flatliners in montreal tonight! yeaa!!!

    SilentStorms (June 13, 2008)

    Great review ... buuuuut considering I haven't heard their music, I'm still in the dark. So I assume they sound like Hot Water Music? That's the only comparison I gathered from the review.

    INDW (June 12, 2008)

    all the way through this review i get the impression that the great score is for the band, not the release.

    sickboi (June 11, 2008)

    Scott-

    That was me and my pal Dave from Day By Day (media company that is working on a new skit TV show, search 'em on YouTube...especially the "DMV Prank").

    I worked pretty intensively on this project, and am fairly proud to have my name associated with it. Granted, it isn't "Live in a Dive" quality, but it is earnest, and was captured and created by people that love the band.

    Inquisition could have easily done the whole "reunion tour" thing, but it wasn't about money or egos. They wanted to end the band with a celebration, and boy, it was a pretty wild weekend.

    -chris

    canaandrumzz (June 11, 2008)

    (start Brag) I won tickets to the first night from here on punknews and bought and watched this dvd 3 times to see if I could see myself.(end brag)

    Score is for that show and this DVD.

    thomas7155 (June 10, 2008)

    Screw this happy, pseudo-communist BS.

    asxyouxwish (June 10, 2008)

    This dvd is dedicated to the dogs out there fighting on the front lines against a society that does its very best to keep them tied to a leash. Rrrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuuuffffffffffff

    maverick (June 10, 2008)

    Goddamnit, stupid stars. That's better.

    -Scott

    maverick (June 10, 2008)

    Score is for the videographers capturing Brian on film in a bright green bandana waiting in line.

    -Scott

    splendidtune (June 10, 2008)

    I like Inquisition more then Strike Anywhere. Great band.

    mattramone (June 10, 2008)

    I keep kicking myself for missing this show.

    noiinteam (June 10, 2008)

    The only problem I had was the recording quality. I felt they could have done a way better job, but I still enjoy listening to this.

    baldsteve (June 10, 2008)

    I was there. It was amazing and I think these discs do a damn fine job of putting those that couldn't make it into my shoes.

    As a guy over 30 that spent a lot of time in RVA in the 90's this was a dream come true.

    ...If only we could have gotten the same for the Action Patrol reunion.

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