The Moneen DVD: It All Started with a Red Stripe is the first official DVD released by Brampton, Ontario

Brampton, Ontario

Brampton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. As of the 2006 census, Brampton's population stood at 433,806, making it the 11th largest city in Canada. It is also one of Canada's fastest growing municipalities, with an average...

-based Indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band, Moneen

Moneen

Moneen is an indie rock band from Brampton, Ontario, Canada.-History:The band formed in 1999 after the dissolution of another band, called Perfectly Normal. Moneen's original bass player, Mark Bowser, was replaced by Chris Slorach, who left the band after the release of The Theory of Harmonial Value...

. It was released in Canada and the United States on May 13, 2008. The DVD consists of four different sections: a documentary, a live performance, tour diaries, and music videos.

The start to this may be the end to another

The Start to this May be the End to Another is a documentary about Moneen. The film mainly focuses on the pre-production process of The Red Tree

The Red Tree

The Red Tree , written and illustrated by Shaun Tan, is a picture book that presents a fragmented journey through a dark world. The illustrations are surreal. The text is sparse and matches the dark illustrations....

. The band moves into a house in Baltimore, Maryland to work on pre-production with producer Brian McTernan

Brian McTernan

Brian McTernan is a record producer who has worked with bands from all over the world. He works out of the Baltimore, MD area at Salad Days Studio. Brian was voted to be one of the 50 most influential people in Maryland by the Maryland Daily Record...

. During this process the band struggles to develop demos to send to Vagrant Records

Vagrant Records

Vagrant Records is an indie rock label based in Los Angeles, California and is home to such artists as The Hold Steady, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Active Child, PJ Harvey, Reptar, School of Seven Bells, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Thrice, James Vincent McMorrow, Placebo, and many...

 in preparation for recording a new album. Furthermore, video clips from the past are interspersed throughout the film to show how the band had developed until pre-production of The Red Tree. The film can also be watched with all the band members providing commentary.

Live at The Mod Club

The second section of the DVD consists of a live performance by Moneen at The Mod Club Theatre

Mod Club Theatre

Mod Club Theatre is a nightclub in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its address is 722 College Street, which is in Little Italy. The venue hosts live performance concerts and DJ nights, featuring genres like rock, pop, electronic music and hip hop.Mod Club Theatre has a capacity of about 600...

 in Toronto, ON

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 on May 10, 2007. Nine songs from the performance are included. However, three songs from the performance are not included on the DVD, along with any talking that occurred between songs.

Tour diaries

There are two separate sections of tour journals: U.S. tour diaries, and Canadian tour diaries. These videos were previously released on the internet while Moneen was on these tours. The videos are not really diaries, but more just videos showing what the band does for fun on tour, and how they interact with fans.

Music videos

Five music videos are included on the DVD. Four of these videos had previously been in rotation at music television

Music television

Music television is a type of television programming which focuses predominantly on playing music videos from bands, usually on dedicated television channels broadcasting on satellite or cable. Music TVs may host their own shows charts, award prizes. Examples are VIVA, Scuzz, MTV, JBTV, MuchMusic,...

 stations. The fifth video is a video made and directed by Kenny Bridges for The Song I Swore to Never Sing.

DVD Track listing

1. The Start To This May Be The End To Another (72:39)
2. Live at The Mod Club
   1. Don't Ever Tell Locke What He Can't Do (3:34)
   2. If Tragedy's Appealing, The Disaster's An Addiction (4:41)
   3. Start Angry...End Mad (5:21)
   4. There Are A Million Reasons For Why This May Not Work... And Just One Good One For Why It Will (7:41)
   5. The Day No One Needed To Know (6:37)
   6. Tonight, I'm Gone (6:32)
   7. His Own Anomaly (6:39)
   8. The Passing Of America (11:45)
   9. Bonus - The Song I Swore To Never Sing (3:21)
3. Tour Diaries
   1. U.S. Tour Diaries (31:47)
      1. Handball
      2. Everything Explodes
      3. Dance Party Remix
      4. Fun in the U.S.A.
      5. Pizza
      6. Halloween
      7. Kenny Dance
      8. Friends for Life
      9. Moneen Police
      10. Parking Lot
      11. Hippy Fight
      12. Radio
      13. Poker Smash
      14. Sandhill
      15. Spinning Plate of Death Gang
      16. Three Notes at Once
   2. Canadian Tour Diaries (18:11)
      1. A Short Time Ago in An RV Soon to be Far Away...
      2. Clearing the Poop-chute
      3. .moneen.: The Gathering
      4. Fun with Balls
      5. Peter Sings the Hits
      6. Challenge!
4. Music Videos
   1. If Tragedy's Appealing, Then Disaster's An Addiction
   2. Don't Ever Tell Locke What He Can't Do
   3. The Song I Swore to Never Sing
   4. Are We Really Happy with who We Are Right Now?
   5. Start Angry, End Mad

The start to this may be the end to another

• Filmed, directed, and edited by Alex Liu
• Produced by Alex Liu, Lisa Logutenkow, and Jason Smith
• Executive producer: George Stromboulopoulos
• Graphics and titles by Jason Ford
• Post-production audio mix by Adrian Mottram, Company X Audio

Live concert

• Filmed at The Mod Club Theatre
  Mod Club Theatre
  Mod Club Theatre is a nightclub in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its address is 722 College Street, which is in Little Italy. The venue hosts live performance concerts and DJ nights, featuring genres like rock, pop, electronic music and hip hop.Mod Club Theatre has a capacity of about 600...
  
   in Toronto, ON
  Toronto
  Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
  
  on May 10, 2007
• Directed and edited by Greg Benedetto
• Shot by Shaun Axani, Aaron Champion, Peter Lehman, and Pat Moore
• Audio mixed by Greg Dawson, BWC Studios
• Live audio recording by 2V and Steve Lewin
• Guitar tech, keyboards, and samples by Haris Cehajic

Tour journals

• Shot by Haris Cehajic, Greg Benedetto, and Moneen
• Edited by Kenny Bridges and Greg Benedetto
• Selected music recorded by Kenny Bridges