''The D.I.Y. Guys'' is the first

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by American rock band

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, released on July 8, 2008. The live CD portion of the presentation was captured at Hollywood's legendary Key Club during their ''Insomnia'' tour. The CD portion also contains "Niteclub In Bali", a

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off their ''

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'' album as well as "Get Em Up", a track featuring the Subnoize Souljaz, and a new hardcore punk song called "Killing Spree". Three other new tracks, "War On The Middle Class", "Ordo AB Chao", and "Bloodfire" were featured on ''

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''. The DVD portion of the set, showcases the band in a behind-the-scenes look at everyday life. It features skit-like performances of the band dealing with problems in their everyday tour life. The

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, however, is scripted and is just meant for entertainment. The

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portion also contains live footage of songs that are featured on the live CD portion of the set. ''The D.I.Y. Guys'' also contains three music videos that include, "Represent" from '' Only in Amerika'', "Get Ready" from ''

'' and "Suffa" from ''

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''. Weeks before the album's release date, "Ordo AB Chao" appeared on the band's

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, which was revamped in order to promote the album. Starting two days prior to the release of the album, the band embarked on the ''D.I.Y.'' tour which featured other

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artists such as OPM, Dirtball and Potluck in order to promote the album's release.

Track listing

References

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