Lots of news today from The Hellacopters! Looks like they're heading to Brazil in September and maybe even to Australia afterwards, probably sometime in October. They're also putting together some new releases, as always. "Cream of the Crap! Vol. 2" is coming together for a January 2004 release and it will contain 22 tracks recorded between 1995 and 2000. They've also recorded "Pack of Lies" for a Nomads tribute and "Eighteen" for an Alice Cooper one. And that's not all! They're also doing a split 7" with Adam West from the US.

But the biggest news has to be the release of the "Goodnight Cleveland" tour documentary on DVD on September 29 through Escapi. A region 1 (US) version comes out through Music Video Distributors on November 11. The full details:

·NTSC Region 1 DVD (US) , PAL Region 2 DVD (Europe)
Audio: stereo and mono
·New Analog Transfer
·Running Time main movie: 48 min.
·Total running time: 114min.
·Language: English & Swedish
·Subtitles: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian
·Alternate Soundtracks (for main movie only): main program, band commentary, and "a feel good alternate spaghetti-western" version using Morricone Music.
·Bonus Material Highlights: "Search & Destroy" (Stooges) featuring Howlin' Pelle (The Hives), "I Got a Right" (Stooges) featuring Nicke Borg (Backyard Babies) & Odd (Robots), Vintage home video clip of The Hellacopters second ever gig, Dregen singing "Didn't Stop Us" (only ever performed live one time), plus an hour of outtakes from "Goodnight Cleveland".

Detailed Description:


The Hellacopters: Goodnight Cleveland is a fly on the wall documentary following the Hellacopters on their 2002 tour of America. Informed by the techniques of cinema verité and direct cinema developed in the 1960's by master documentary filmmakers such as the Maysle brothers, the band is allowed the space to do what they do without intrusions of any kind from the filmmaker, allowing for glimpses into the magical and mundane moments of everyday life in a hard working action rock band abroad. The Hellacopters: Goodnight Cleveland is a relaxed and open-handed portrait of a band on the road. Essential viewing for anyone pondering a career in the music business, or anyone merely curious.

View the front and back covers.