the time clip of "Mad About You". In addition, it contained the video of the recording of "Times They Change" that was inspired by Slaughter's European tour during the Gulf War, among others. Describing the documentary, Dana Strum explained that he "wanted to show more than the usual band on the road, in the tour bus, leaving the hotel, signing autographs". "This one walks you through the whole experience of coming off a surprising first record and embarking on the second with a harder direction," he added, "You get to see the writing of "Real Love" and the actual recording of the demo." In fact, all of the music on the home video, except for the finished video clips was Slaughter working on demos. The controversial cover art for The Wild Life, a 17th-century line drawing that had been used on the cover of Smithsonian Magazine, once again was met with some criticism. It showed a man cracking a whip high over the head of a child who shields himself as he holds a guitar. According to the band, the art was supposed to show the adults of the world trying to oppress the spirit of youth. Guitarist Tim Kelly explained, that they were trying to convey a positive image, not a negative one. "Mark and Blas came from families where they were supported in their musical interests," noted Kelly. "When we saw this picture, we saw Dana and myself as the child who was not supported in his ambitions. This album is dedicated to the kids who have Black Sabbath cranked up to 11 on their stereo, with a chair propped under the door handle and their mother screaming "Turn it down!" Kelly remarked. The tour in support of the record launched on June 9 in Portland, Oregon, as part of a triple bill with Ozzy Osbourne and Ugly Kid Joe. By July 1992, The Wild Life proved to be another Slaughter's success as it was certified Platinum in the United States. Around this time, the music video for "Real Love" was released and became the band's first world premiere. Soon, the tour with Osbourne was cut short because of the non-cancerous nodule found in Mark Slaughter's throat. It required surgical attention that was successfully performed in August 1992. But Slaughter's lead singer immediately began "complete vocal rest". "He had to write everything down," Strum stated. By December Mark