The first time I saw a preview of this video was one of the CFBs. When I saw it, I knew I had to buy it. Plus being from NJ it was a must. Anyway, I think EVERYONE should have this video in their video collection. It's kind of old now, but you get to see how getto everyones' bikes used to look. 9/10.
Don't Quit Your Dayjob - Intro from Animal Bikes on Vimeo.
Don't Quit Your Dayjob - Joe Tiseo from Animal Bikes on Vimeo.
Don't Quit Your Dayjob - Ralph Sinisi from Animal Bikes on Vimeo.
Don't Quit Your Dayjob - George Desantos from Animal Bikes on Vimeo.
kwpunkdeadhead@aol.com, www.bmx-test.com : Yes it is only 22 minutes long and about 20-22 dollars, but it is soo worth it. Remember people, it's quality not quanity. The video is short but that means you can watch it more during the day or in between nice street sessions. This video really does deserve a 12 out of 10, but since that the scale doesn't go up to twelve, than I'll give it a 10/10. Go buy this video, you'll be nothing more nothing less than amazed.
kyle4130, www.bmx-test.com, 09.2002 : This video has been reviewed a shit load of times, but in my originality, I went about this review differently. So find below the pessimists view, the optimists view and the buy if/skip if sections. On with the review !
PESSIMISTS
This video was hyped up beyond belief! How long did it take for them to get this twenty minutes of video toegether! It was supposed to be no filler, but I found the mix section and a lot of the riding that had been seen before (on adverts etc) to be 'filler'. A rush job this video was, only half the team was in it! This can not surely be a 'team' video then! A lot of the footage was dark and all the hip hop stuff was lame. All the riders are doing feebles! Open your eyes! This video is only street, how much limitation do you want? there is amazing stuff happening on all terrain, why discriminate? All in all a dissapointment.
OPTIMISTS
Street is progressing fast, and this video is documenting this progression with style. Edwin Delarosa, Bob Scerbo, Vinnie Sammon, Butcher, Markus Wilke, Vic Ayala, George Dossantos and Grimaldo Duran have full sections and are all rewriting history with moves that will blow your mind. This video is short which keeps things flowing and doesn't drag on like others. This video is amazing, and if its street your after, you are not going to get better than this.
BUY IF
You are into street riding. Plain and simple, this video IS STREET in 2002.
Don't buy
if You are looking for trails, park or other disciplines. If you hate hip hop you might want to stick in your own CD. Don't get out your cash if you are looking for a video with variety and length, this is pretty one style (tech street).
Kevin McAvoy, www.ridebmx.com : If street riding is your addiction, then Animal is your pusher and Can I Eat? is their way of hooking you up with the big score. You can always tell when someone in the office is watching this video, because you can hear laughter coming from the video room. It's not that the video itself is particularly funny, it's that the riding within it is completely ridiculous. All you can do is laugh at some of the stuff that goes down, because you can't seem to figure out how else to react to it. Vinnie Sammon, Lino Gonzales, Jared Washington, George Dossantos, Tyrone Williams, Bob Scerbo, and Joe "Butcher" Kowalski all deliver solid sections, but things get serious when Steven Hamilton, Corey Martinez, and Edwin DeLaRosa are onscreen. Judging by the action in this video, these guys must be checking dream tricks off their list every day. There are also some unique bonus items included. Old riding footage of some of the Animal crew helps give you a new perspective on their evolution, and there's some modern skate footage of a handful of bike riders that might surprise you. There's also a Joe Tiseo video part compilation from over the years and a goofy morning show segment with Glenn P.P. Milligan when he was out with Scerbo and DeLaRosa on the Butterfinger Movie Tour. Some of the filming is a little sketchy, but it's overshadowed by the quality of the riding. If you ride street-scratch that-if you ride BMX, get this video.
TexasMade, www.bmx-test.com, 02-06-2004 : The long-awaited DVD from Animal is finally here. This DVD does not disappoint. At your normal price of $21.95, it is more than worth the money.
Vinnie, Lino Gonzalez, Jared Washington, George D., Tyrone Williams, Bob Scerbo, Butcher, Steve Hamilton, Corey Martinez, and Edwin De La Rosa make up the sections in the movie. Riders like Joe Tiseo, Phil Wasson, Luc-E, Wiz, Vic Ayala, Markus Wilke, and others make up two random sections within the movie.
With riders like this, you can expect two things; lots of street and lots of tech tricks. There are no ramp or trail clips, but that isn't a bad thing. All of the riders have very good parts parts, but the peg less rider takes the cake for me. Steve Hamilton flat out kills it. He does this crazy manual to gap to manual on some picnic tables, but the second manual with his feet on the seat! Edwin, Bob, Tyrone, and Corey all have incredible parts that make it tough to pick a favorite.
Other than Edwin's part, riding to 50 Cent's "What up Gangsta," the music didn't quite keep up with the riding. It's not horrible though. There is a variety of music in the movie from Dinosaur JR., The Rolling Stones, Blondie, Eric Clapton, Tame 1, Big L, Violent Femme, and more. Even though I thought the music didn't quite fit sometimes, you hardly even notice it the first time because of the tricks that are being thrown down.
The running time of the movie is just under 27 minutes. But with all the rewinding you will do, it will take you about an hour to watch it. With the bonus sections, the total running time of the movie is around an hour.
Speaking of bonus, the bonus material is very interesting. They remember Joe Tiseo showing all his video parts from "Stairs", "Grizzle", "Don't Quit Your Day Job", "Intense Energy", and "Animal."
They also include a skate video in the bonus section. Bob and friends show off their skating abilities with a very entertaining skate video. Even if you don't like skating, you will enjoy watching some of the best BMX riders throwing it down on a board. Some of the most enjoyable bonus material has to be the "Old Footage" section. It really does show very old footage of a lot of the Animal team that will make you giggle.
A "Random" section also has a lot of cool bits in it from Edwin and Bob appearing on a morning show in San Diego to some dude getting knocked out cold by a motorcycle rider. It also has a George D. interview, Skavenger section, a Vinnie crash section, and a bit more.
The music and editing weren't up to par with some of the recent best, but the riding puts this DVD up there with Forward, Subversion, and other recent greats. I give it a 10/10 on riding and bonus material alone. Buy it now!
7seconds, www.bmx-test.com, 05-07-2004 : This video is 100% raw street. Not one park or dirt clip. I guess you can decide if that is a good thing or a bad thing, I think it's a great thing. For me the standouts were Lino Gonzalez, who for some reason thinks it's possible to feeble to 180 round rails and Bob Scerbo who spins like a top and also did a lot of the filming and editing for this video.
I must warn you though, it would probably be a good idea to line your couch with plastic before watching Edwin and Steven Hamilton's parts because you will more than likely shit your pants. You'll just have to see their parts because nothing I could say would even come close to doing them justice. There is a pretty wide variety of music on this video and I think it goes really well with the riding. I especially liked the Violent Femmes song in Steven Hamilton's part.
Also a normal rating scale will not do this video any justice. There are only two ways to describe how good it is...
1. Use a long string of swear words followed by an exclamation point: Holy fucking shit fuck, this video is fucking ass amazing!
2. Make up a new word, as there is no existing word in the english language that could possibly convey how good this video really is: Wow this video is mondoradulacious!
There you have it, now go buy this video.
Edwin's part.
Corey Martinez' part from Animal Bikes on Vimeo.
quicrete, www.bmx-test.com, october 2006 : This is Animal's 3rd full length video, "All Day." I'm sure when everybody heard about the Animal team's new video, they wondered "How are they gonna top "Can I Eat?" which is still I think one of the top 5 best videos in recent years. Well I think Animal did the smart thing and didn't try to top it, but rather made a video that went in a different direction. "All Day" is still an all street video like "Can I Eat" and at first glance seem to share an identical style, however the two are very different. "Can I Eat" was filled with banger tricks and made you keep your finger on the rewind button the entire video which was nice. While there are banger tricks in this video too, it seems to me anyway that Animal just wanted to make a video riding in basic form; friends, a video camera, fun, and dedication. I guarantee you no matter what the weather is like, time it is, or where you are, after watching this video you'll want to pick up your bike, possibly put pegs on, and go outside and ride. I think that's why Animal's new video succeeds. It get's right to the point and reminds you that you don't have to be able to do crossfooted 360 tailwhip backflips to have fun. Don't buy this video if you're expecting Can I Eat 2. Buy it because it's a solid video with good riding and a home made feel. Also Philly area local and newly added Fit team rider Tom White's part starts the video out with a bang, amazing rider and all around bad ass. Never try and steal his iPod, (I heard the last guy who tried Tom stabbed with a fork.)
Edwin Delarosa part.
statorjso, www.youtube.com: Lino Gonzales' section from the Animal video "All Day". Song is Mazzy Star - "Be My Angel"
andyg, www.youtube.com: Steven Hamilton's part in the Animal All Day BMX video.
