Welcome to Our Neighborhood

Infobox music DVD
Name = Welcome to Our Neighborhood
Type = DVD
Artist = Slipknot


Cover size =
Released = November 9, 1999
Recorded = 1999
Rating =
Genre = Alternative metal, nu metal
Region =
Length = 19:38 (VHS)
28:02 (DVD)
Label = Roadrunner
Director = Thomas Mignone
Producer = Darci Oltman, Marc Stecker
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jxfuxqykldae link]
Last DVD =
This DVD = "Welcome to Our Neighborhood"
(1999)
Next DVD = "Disasterpieces"
(2002)
Misc =

"Welcome to Our Neighborhood" is the first video album by American metal band Slipknot. It was released on November 9, 1999 by Roadrunner Records and later reissued in DVD format on November 18, 2003. It features live performances of "Surfacing" and "Wait and Bleed", and the music video for "Spit It Out"; all tracks from the band's self-titled debut were released earlier that year. Additional concept imagery and interview footage is included on the film, and the DVD version features bonus material of the band performing "Scissors" (with the studio version overdubbed), behind-the-scenes material, and footage filmed by the band in their hometown of Des Moines, Iowa.

Reception

The video was released through Roadrunner Records on November 9, 1999 following the band's highly successful breakthrough tour on Ozzfest. [Citation |last = Arnopp |first = Jason |title = Slipknot: Inside the Sickness, Behind the Masks |publisher = Ebury |year = 2001 |isbn = 0091879337 |page= 159-160] The video was well received by fans and entered number one on the "Billboard" Top Music Videos chart, where it remained in the charts for 54 weeks. [cite web| url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=389&cfgn=Videos&cfn=Top+VHS+Sales&ci=3040454&cdi=7673769&cid=01%2F27%2F2001| title=Top VHS Sales Slipknot: Welcome To Our Neighborhood| publisher="Billboard"| date=2001-01-27| accessdate=2008-07-04] The video was certified gold on December 21, 1999, and platinum on February 16, 2000.cite web |url= http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |publisher= Recording Industry Association of America |title= Gold and Platinum database |accessdate= 2008-01-25]

Contents

"Welcome to Our Neighborhood" features a mixture of live performance footage, interviews, and music videos. [Cite book |last = Crampton |first = Mark |authorlink = Mark Crampton |title = Barcode Killers: The Slipknot Story in Words and Pictures |publisher = Chrome Dreams |year = 2001 |isbn = 1842401262 |page=p. 40] In 2003 a DVD version was released with previously unseen additional footage, including performance footage of the track "Scissors" and behind-the-scenes material. [cite news |title = Slipknot: 'Neighborhood' DVD To Include Never-Before-Seen Footage |publisher = Blabbermouth.net |date = 2003-11-04 |url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=16479 |accessdate = 2008-07-04]

;Music videos
*"Spit It Out"
*"Wait and Bleed" (live)

Chart positions

Personnel

*(#8) Corey Taylor – vocals
*(#7) Mick Thomson – guitars
*(#4) Jim Root – guitars
*(#2) Paul Gray – bass
*(#1) Joey Jordison – drums, mixing
*(#6) Shawn Crahan – custom percussion, backing vocals, editing
*(#3) Chris Fehn – custom percussion, backing vocals
*(#0) Sid Wilson – turntables
*(#5) Craig Jones – samples, media

* Thomas Mignone – director, camera, conceptual imagery
* Darci Oltman – producer
* L.E.G. Productions – interview footage
* Stefan Seskis – camera, photography
* Bobby Tongs – camera
* Brendan Sherman – camera
* Fred Salkind – DVD creative director
* Marc Stecker – DVD producer, project manager
* Stephanie Masarsky – DVD executive producer
* Doug Banker – management
* t42design – package design
* Dean Karr – photography

Release history

References