Praying Mantis - Captured Alive In Tokyo City (2003) [Japanese Ed.] DVD

To our dedicated fans everywhere.

This, our fourth tour of Japan, was, as usual, extremely memorable but also nerve-wrecking. It is always difficult to relax when you know that you are being filmed and recorded live simultaneously - it even made my moustache curl upwards, ha ha!

We have listened to all your comments in the past and, as a result, played a much longer set. Obviously we did not play all of our songs and some fans may be a little disappointed with the omission of a particular favourite of theirs. Nevertheless, we felt that we provided a good cross-section of Mantis material.

Bruce Bisland was very sad because he could not join us on tour. It was his own silly fault for falling off his bicycle and breaking his arm (drunk as usual). The road suffered many bruises too!! Thankfully, Clive Burr was able to step in.

The tour was highlighted by the FUTSAL game in which MANTIS, and certain members of staff, engaged in manic conflict between the fans. This is a greatly enjoyable event that takes place each time we visit. It also happened to be a very sad day for me because I had made a bet with the fans stating that if MANTIS were to lose, I would shave off my beard we lost!, who cares? - it makes me look younger anyway!!

I would just like to reflect on the past for a while and say that we never thought that we would ever make it to Japan, but since our first visit in 1990, it has become a marvellous experience for us. Praying Mantis are not like other bands; we appreciate what our fans in Japan have done for us and in return, not only do we play for you, we do our best to interact with you, talk with you, shake your hands, hug you, party with you and even play soccer with you - you name it, we just want to do it!

We frequently receive endearing fan mails from you asking when we shall return. 'Tomorrow' would be the answer that I would like to give but alas, we have to prepare for our next visit. Whilst you read these liner notes, we shall be working on a new 'old style' Mantis album. throughout our relationship with you, we have learned that the majority of you prefer the MANTIS of the 80's. That is the reason we have got together again, in an attempt to re-capture the essence of "Time Tells No Lies". Yes, we have experimented in the past, but doesn't everybody like to try something different now and again? The X-factor is still there, that magical element that has never died - we want to share that magic with you.

The next time we come to Japan we would like to stay for longer. I hope that we can play more shows in other cities and also find some time to relax a little. No sooner than we stepped off the plane at Narita that we were stepping onto the stage at Nagoya. Rush, rush, rush! We were already nervous enough maybe next time it will be a different story. Maybe Pony Canyon can treat us to a day at the beach, or Disneyland I'm only joking here! - I would like to say a big thanks to all the staff at Pony Canyon for their great work and support.

I would like to end by saying 'Thank you' for your undying belief in PRAYING MANTIS "Thank you all".

Anyway, enough of the serious stuff, as Dennis would say, "LET'S HAVE A PARTY!" enjoy the next 84 minutes!

Until the next time

Tino

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Praying Mantis 1981 Time Tells No Lies [Japanese Ed. 1995]
Praying Mantis 1990 Live At Last [Japan 1st Press]
Praying Mantis 1991 Predator In Disguise [Japan 1st Press]
Praying Mantis 1993 A Cry For The New World [Japanese Ed.]
Praying Mantis 1995 To The Power Of Ten [Japanese Ed.]
Praying Mantis 1996 Captured Alive In Tokyo City [Japanese Ed.] 2CD
Praying Mantis 1998 Forever In Time [Japanese Ed.]
Praying Mantis 1999 Demorabilia [Japanese Ed.] 2CD
Praying Mantis 2000 Nowhere To Hide [Japanese Ed.]
Praying Mantis 2003 The Journey Goes On [Japanese Ed.]
Praying Mantis 2009 Sanctuary [Japanese Ed.]
Praying Mantis 2015 Legacy [Japanese Ed.]