''Millencolin and the Hi-8 Adventures'' is a video by Swedish punk rock band

Millencolin Millencolin is a Swedish punk rock band that was formed on 12 October 1992 by Nikola Šarčević, Mathias Färm, and Erik Ohlsson in Örebro, Sweden. In early 1993, drummer Fredrik Larzon joined the band. The name Millencolin is derived from t ...

, released on 23 November 1999 in VHS format by

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. The 74-minute

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was created by guitarist Erik Ohlsson during the course of the band's international tours. It includes footage of the band on tour, both performing and amusing themselves on the road via activities such as

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, visiting a zoo, and driving

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. It also includes a history of the band told by the members covering their career from 1992 to 1995, a number of live performances, and the music videos for the singles " Da Strike", "

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", "

Move Your Car "Move Your Car" is a song by Swedish punk rock band Millencolin from the album ''Life on a Plate''. It was released as a single on 26 October 1996 by Burning Heart Records, including two B-sides from the album's recording sessions, "Entrance at ...

", and "

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". A soundtrack album to the film was also released in a limited run of 3,000 copies: 1,000 in Europe, 1,000 in the United States, and 1,000 in Australia. ''Millencolin and the Hi-8 Adventures'' was re-released in

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format in 2003. The DVD added the music video for "

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" as well as a trailer for an upcoming sequel to the film.

Live performances

The video features a number of the band's songs performed live at various locations during their international tours:

Soundtrack album

The soundtrack to the film was released as an EP in limited quantities.

produced 1,000 copies for the European market, while

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released 1,000 copies in the United States and

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released another 1,000 in Australia. The soundtrack includes the extended version of "Buzzer" which appeared in the film, as well as audio tracks of several of the film's live performances.

Track listing

#"Buzzer" (extended version) #"Random I Am" (live) #"Puzzle" (live) #"Dance Craze" (live) #"

" (live) #"Killercrush" (live) #"Bullion" (live) #" Twenty Two" (live)

Personnel

Millencolin

Nikola Sarcevic Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος). It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Monteneg ...

- lead vocals, bass * Erik Ohlsson - guitar *

Mathias Färm Mathias Färm (born September 9, 1974, in Örebro, Sweden) is a guitar player, best known as a member of the Swedish punk rock band Millencolin. He is also the frontman of a punk band named Franky Lee, a side-project of Millencolin. He started ...

- guitar *

Fredrik Larzon Fredrik Larzon (born April 25, 1973) is the drummer of the Swedish punk band Millencolin. He was born and lives in Örebro, Sweden. He runs another project named Kvoteringen. Before joining Millencolin in 1993, Larzon was a member of the band Ku ...

- drums

References

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