Punch Drunk - TV Spot

This TV spot was for a 1993 Punch Drunk gig on Penn State Main Campus in State College, PA. It has the distinction of being the first TV spot that we edited at FFS. Can you tell?

The band had been recording tracks at our studio for their Hardtech Robocore release when the Penn State gig came up. They were asked to provide a :30 spot which would run on local TV to promote the gig and they needed to get it done quickly. They asked us to help them so that's how we got involved.

At that time, we had a "very" primitive 1/2" VHS video editing system (this is before affordable non-linear editing) which included an Azden VE-100 Editor and a Panasonic WJ-AVE3 FX Generator. We sat in the studio with the band and reviewed all of their raw video footage. They chose what they wanted to use and then we did a cuts only edit of the footage. After we had the cuts only edit, we did a pass where MC2P4 added video effects and then I recorded the Steve O voice-over takes. It took him about 3 takes to get something we all liked and that was it. We duped it onto a VHS cassette and they sent it off.

I can't end this post without saying the following...

"I'm Fudge Wink and this is Punch Drunk!"

P.S. That's an inside joke from the session.