This came out in 2003 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Most of the free DVDs you get with CDs nowadays are just promotional junk. Not this sucker. In fact, you can throw away this CD — the DVD has everything you need to truly comprehend and appreciate the twisted multi-media construct that is Fischerspooner.
Part pop-culture parody, part performance art, part musical extravaganza, part fashion show and wholly unique, this trendy show co-created by performer Casey Spooner and musician Warren Fischer merges techno-pop, dance, hedonism, costuming, camp, comedy, video, provocation, lighting and computer animation into a heavily stylized, high-concept live show that’s sort of like the cast of Cats performing an off-off-Broadway version of Hedwig and the Angry Inch — as scored by Kraftwerk and The Tubes. All of this comes across superbly on the lengthy, nicely authored DVD, which includes a documentary, videos, animation, tons of still photos, not to mention all the music that’s on the CD and even a bunch of remixes. What comes across on the CD, sadly, is that for all the things it is, the one thing Fischerspooner is not is a great band. Without the accompanying video footage, these simplistic Euro-disco ditties seem as blandly two-dimensional and eminently forgettable as a disc of Giorgio Moroder remixes. With Fischerspooner, it seems, seeing isn’t just believing. It’s everything.
