The packaging of this video proudly proclaims "Featuring the hit songs 'Rock And Roll All Nite', 'Shout It Out Loud', 'God Of Thunder', and 'Love Gun' in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound". The main menu of the DVD gives you the following options: "Las Vegas Concert (Director's Cut), "Las Vegas Concert (Multicam Version", "Song List", "Bonus Material", and "Sound Menu", with a backing track which seems like a blend of the hidden track on "Destroyer" and COPS!

Introduced by Cindy Margolis and David Spader the preamble of the main DVD section details the technical issues which affected the original iBash broadcast on October 29, 1999, which was not seen due to Pixelon's server crashes. The $10 million event was held at the MGM grand. Pixelon, a internet startup for improved video encoding, storage, and distribution services for the internet failed on May 11, 2000 after one of the companies executives admitted that the company had passed off Microsoft(r) technology as its own creation. The company, which incidentally was founded by a convicted felon, later faced intellectual property and other charges, so it is interesting that this material is being released. Heady were those days of internet start-ups burning through cash at astonishing rates! Other artists, including The Who, were playing this star-studded event, though KISS was releagated to a parking lot tent. Kicking off the KISS set was "Shout It Out Loud" followed by "Love Gun". While the multiple camera angles provide a cool "live" look at the band in a small setting, it should be remembered that the performance which was lip-synched to a live recording of the material. This is at some points very noticeable in the "performance". "God Of Thunder" follows full of excellent pyro effects which must have left those near the front of the stage with sun tans. The downside to much of the "live" sequence is the heavy angle switching, which gets a bit too much at times. The filming does, however, seem very clear. "Rock And Roll All Nite", as ever, closes the band's performance. Generally the "performance" is stagnant and uninspiring, but not aweful, and about in line with how active the audience were - Paul couldn't get those suckers started! For what it was it is alright, and probably the best part is Ace's "solo" during "Rock And Roll All Nite". Paul's guitar smash simply looks lame with the guitar nearly falling apart before he has a real good go at it.

Pre-release hype suggested that the DVD would apparently feature the 4 songs KISS played, along with "bonus coverage with 5 camera angles, plus an interview with the band upon the eve of their farewell tour. Also features the band launching their first-ever theatrical film: 'Detroit Rock City' with a mini performance at the premiere". At the DRC Premier on August 10, KISS performed "Cold Gin", "Rock And Roll All Nite", "Detroit Rock City", and "Shout It Out Loud"... The back of the DVD packaging indicates that the running time is approximately 100 minutes. The back of the packaging also details that included in the package are an "interview with the band upon the eve of their farewell tour; Footage of the band launching their first-ever theatrical film: DETROIT ROCK CITY, with a mini performance at the premier; Gene and Paul's appearance, in full makeup, ath the Hollywood Tower records to release their long awaited retrospective box set; KISS receiving their Star on Hollywood's legendary Walk of Fame; the great tribute bands who, through their dead-on mimicry of their idols, have made a name for themselves within the world of KISS global fanbase; and footage and interviews of the most dedicated fans in the world... the KISS Army". Following the iBash the iBash repeated though this time the video is displayed from four different camera angles at once. All five songs are repeated in this format. And that is it for the main section of the DVD. The DVD closes out with a credits scene shot in front of the stage... Returning to the main menu, the multicam button simply jumps to the 7th track, where the songs started repeating above. The song list is simply a short-cut through the 10 main tracks of the single and quad views of the Las Vegas performance. "Bonus Material" brings up a bunch of submenue: "KISS Army", "Gene and Paul at Tower Records", "Interview with Larger Than Life", "Tribute band Larger Than Life performance at the Key Club", "Farewell Tour interview with band", "Gene and Paul Rock Walk induction", "Peter Criss Rock Walk induction", "Ace Frehley Rock Walk induction", "Hollywood Walk Of Fame induction", and "Detroit Rock City Premier".

The "KISS Army" section is a short documentary lasting 40 seconds which immediately segues into "Gene and Paul at Tower Records". The instore signing features some very choppy camera work, but still gives a good impression of the event and the effort Gene and Paul were making with the fans. Gotta say Paul looks great! Lasting 6:17 the feature includes part of CNN interviewing Gene at the event. The segments on "Larger Than Life" are hilarious but give a good insight into the dedication of tribute bands of which the band are one of the leaders. However, the "documentary" format continues over parts of the live perfomance at the Key Club. The "Larger Than Life" live segment last for some 13:45. The "Farewell Tour interview with band" shows Ace in all his glory. While he was said just to have been tired by the early and hectic day, he really looks close to drooling. Only lasting 5:20, it's one of the better pieces of bonus footage. "Gene and Paul Rock Walk induction", "Peter Criss Rock Walk induction", "Ace Frehley Rock Walk induction", and "Hollywood Walk Of Fame induction" are essentially fodder. The quality of the first of these is pretty poor. Ace and Peter's are nothing that hasn't been in the public domain before, but at least Ace's features Eric Carr's posthumous induction. The last of these is brief, but OK footage from the "Walk Of Fame" induction featuring the brief comments the band would make. The "Detroit Rock City Premier" is pretty tedious footage lasting for eleven minutes. There is no mini performance from that event.

Is it worth adding to your collection? Probably not. I put this release in the same category as "The Vintage" DVD release. Mostly fodder which doesn't live up to its billing. It's not terrible, and doesn't cost much, but it isn't anything special. You can buy the DVD/VHS from CDNOW, HERE for $17.98(DVD) and $15.98(VHS).

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