Here's Bert Switzer Second Chance DVD 2004 128 Minutes. In excellent shape..

Bert Switzer, a Boston-area drummer who recorded his first record and performed his first live gig with renowned avant garde guitarist Henry Kaiser, has released a compilation CD of "my best musical performances with all the musicians and bands I have played with over the last 25 years.

Switzer began playing drums in 1967. Ten years later, he joined one of the earliest and wildest punk bands, The Destroyed, who, after being spotted by frontman Peter Wolf during a performance at the now-defunct Rathskellar, opened for the J. Geils Band in a performance in Maine.

The bulk of the CD is devoted to music from the heydays of The Destroyed. It also contains a couple songs he recorded with Kaiser as Monster Island, as well as some previously unreleased material. More information about Switzer's career and his CD is available.

Switzer stopped playing the drums in 1993 and didn't pick up his drumsticks again until December, 2001. "It was unfinished business for me," Switzer says. "Musically, there were things I hadn't done that I just had to do. I feel I still have something to offer."

As part of his comeback, Switzer worked with Bill T Miller on two new songs, one is pure drums and the other has Miller on guitar and bass. Switzer has also begun working on new songs with Joe D. Jackson, who was lead singer of The Destroyed.

"I love working with songwriters and helping them develop their songs. They bring out the creative aspect of my drumming. It's where I excel. The only reason I play at all is to express that creativity, says Switzer, who has no plans to retire from music. "I'm back for good," he says.