The initial idea for the DVD came to percussionist Shawn Crahan, three weeks before the band entered The Mansion in 2003, where they would work on their third studio album Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses). Crahan received help from the band's record label Roadrunner, who supplied them with tapes, camera cleaning equipment and funds to hire people to operate the cameras when Crahan himself couldn't. Recording began when Slipknot entered The Mansion and continued until they had finished touring in 2005, reportedly covering 28 months of the bands time together. Crahan's intentions were to capture as many different Slipknot situations as he could, so when the opportunity to produce a DVD came, he would be in a position to begin work immediately.During the period in which the footage was being s