Extras are spread across the four discs that make up this set. For the first movie things kick off with an audio commentary with director Penelope Spheeris and box set producer Anna Fox (Spheeris' daughter). This is a scene specific talk that offers up some pretty interesting information about the movie (hey, Eugene is now a folk singer?), how and why the announcements were put together they way they are, Spheeris' impressions of the various people that she interviewed (not just the performers but the club owners as well), her thoughts on her relationship with the late Brendan Mullen, what went into putting the transfer together for the movie and why she took it upon herself to do as much work here as she did. She also talks about getting to know Darby and his mom, why certain angles were chosen for the live shoots, whether or not Billy Zoom is the coolest guy in the world, why some of the backdrops at the live shoots are just paper, and of course, that infamous footage of FEAR that closes out the movie and why they ‘went on last' in the movie. It's a pretty interesting talk, well paced and quite informative. If you dig the movie, take the time to listen to this.

The first film also includes a second audio commentary by musician/filmmaker Dave Grohl (if they were going to go with a Foo Fighter then Pat Smear would have made more sense, but I digress). This track is basically Grohl giving a ‘personal commentary' about the movie, explaining why it's a favorite of his and why the soundtrack album was so important as well. It's obviously not the gold mine of trivia and stories that Spheeris' track is but if you're a Grohl fan and want to know about how he connects to his movie and how and why it influenced him, you'll probably enjoy it. He talks about the honesty in the lyrics of the music featured in the movie, how kids got inspired by early punk to start their own bands, and just general observations about the movie in general.

From there, be sure to check out the Never Before Seen Footage where X sign their record contract (2:48 of what is basically X and their friends having a BBQ with Slash records celebrating their contract) and where we tour The Masque (a 7:56 piece in which Mullen shows us around and talks about the rise and then the fall of the underground dive club that he ran for a period of time). Probably even more awesome than that is the Never Before Seen Performances where we get more live footage from the shoot featuring FEAR (We Destroy The Family, No More Nothing, Waiting For The Gas, Fresh Flesh running 7:23 in total), The Germs (Lexicon Devil, Let's Pretend running 4:55 in total) and The Gears (Elk's Lodge Blues with a 2:08 run time). The FEAR footage in particular here is great, it's just as rowdy as what wound up being used in the feature cut of the movie.

The Additional Extras section contains a 5:06 minute piece from the Henry Rollins Show where he interviews Penelope Spheeris about the film. She notes here that she originally wanted him for the lead in Suburbia but that he was too busy with Black Flag at the time to take her up on the offer. It also has all of the Announcements (2:44) that are in the opening of the movie here in their original unedited form. Darby is even more unintelligible here than you'd think. The theatrical trailer is included in this section as well.

Rounding out the extras are some Extended Interviews segments that show the full length interviews shot with Black Flag (16:44, there's some interesting alternate footage here including a dramatic reading of the lyrics to ‘Depression'), Darby and his Girlfriend in the apartment (15:16, everyone is wasted but you probably knew that already), X (10:28, look for Spheeris in a rare on camera appearance in a great jacket!), Brendan Mullen (8:36, more of his thoughts on the music and the scene with the city behind him), The Germs' Manager Nicole (16:40, showing some cool split screen footage with her talking about The Germs and Darby doing his thing beside her) and the Light Bulb Kids (8:04, Pat Smear shows up here as do the two punk girls and Eugene and the rest), the latter being the punk kids interviewed against the light bulk backdrop in the movie. Animated menus and chapter selection are also on the disc.

Extras for The Decline Of Western Civilization Part III start off with an audio commentary from director Penelope Spheeris and Nadir D'Priest (of London). Like Spheeris' track on the first disc, it's a scene specific talk so she talks about things as they play out in front of us, including the mooning in the lineup featured in the early part of the movie. She talks about interviewing the different people that appear on camera, dealing with Gene Simmons when he wanted to ‘do something classy,' who was and wasn't drinking on camera, why Poison's interview really is funny, how Lemmy was the coolest guy in the movie and of course the fashions and trends that started in this period that have come back again. She notes how sex keeps coming up again and again during the interviews, when drugs are and aren't emphasized in the film, what was shot on a soundstage and what wasn't, trying (and failing) to get Guns ‘N Roses, and of course, the infamous scenes with Ozzy (who she describes as ‘clean and on top of things' and yes, the truth about the pouring of the orange juice) and Holmes (she talks about how much of the vodka was and wasn't real, how wasted he really was, and her thoughts on this infamous scene in general). Again, this is a solid track and quite an informative listen.

This disc also includes a selection of Extended Interviews (taken from B-roll footage, the only existing elements left) with Aerosmith (they talk about when they formed, playing smaller clubs and then large venues and their rise to success, 19:06), Alice Cooper (he talks about how metal has changed over the years, what makes metal special, his stage show and more, 18:41), Chris Holmes (what it's like to play in W.A.S.P., groupies, his mom making him take piano lessons, why he got all of his tattoos and more, 15:02), Gene Simmons (just hanging out being smug in a lingerie store, how he helped set the trend for the look of metal, what it was like in the early days of metal, the influence of metal on bored people, his thoughts on having a good time and his thoughts on drug use, 20:25), Lemmy (not caring what the media says and just playing Motorhead music, his thoughts on the band's fans, what he likes about the lifestyle, girls, the merging of genres in hard music, 14:42), Ozzy Osbourne (more breakfast cooking, his thoughts on substance abuse, how he became a living legend, the evil side of the business of music, the dangers of burning out, the greatest musician he's ever known, and what to bring to a performance, 21:44) and Paul Stanley (the theatrics in the early days of Kiss, why perspiration is the best inspiration, his thoughts on bands that were clearly influenced by his work, positives and negatives of the rock star life, 16:18). Rounding out the extras on for the second film are its original theatrical trailer, animated menus and chapter selection.

The Decline Of Western Civilization Part III has no commentary but it does include a bunch of extras starting with Extended interviews with Flea (how he got into punk rock, why he got into it, the trend towards drugs and alcohol more or less staying the same and how things are more fragile because people cares less than they used to, 6:19), Keith Morris (on growing up as a hippy, dealing with agents and getting screwed over, his substance abuse in his younger days, reaching a certain level of success, the importance of a work ethic, 9:12), Leonard Phillips (he talks about how The Dickies started in 1977, the revolving door of musicians that have been in the band, studying philosophy in college, how punk rock affected him and how The Ramones and the English punk scene influenced he and the rest of the band, 12:11), and Rick Wilder (how Spheeris wrote an article called ‘The Night Rick Wilder Died', how The Mau Mau's got their start, what some of his lyrics are about, and of course, substance abuse, 6:20). There's also some additional interviews with the Light Bulb Kids here (pretty much all of the kids featured in the movie pop up here, 9:18).

Also worth watching is a ten minute Behind The Scenes segment that show Spheeris and a small crew on the streets of L.A. shooting the homeless kids in their natural environment. She offers sporadic commentary here, noting that she comes across as pushy in the footage but also how she had a real affinity for these kids and even wound up getting romantically involved with one. Gutterpunks (2:13) is a quick piece showing the kids interviewed in the feature walking dramatically and to dramatic music through an alleyway (this is the longer version of the shot used in the feature). The LA County Museum of Art Panel: Decline I and III (20:59) is an interesting talk with Penelope Spheeris talking about the movies being shown in such a prestigious venue, the premiere of the original film and how a riot basically broke out and more. Later on she's joined by Mark Toscano of the Academy Film Archive, FEAR's Lee Ving, Greg Hetson of The Circle Jerks/Bad Religion and Kirsten Patches of Naked Aggression to talk about their experiences in punk rock and in making these movies with Spheeries. The Premiere/Movie Introduction (3:45) segment is footage from the film's premiere in 1998 with Spheeris providing a quick intro to it and with many of the kids featured in it in attendance. The Sundance Film Festival Interview With Penelope Spheeris (6:09) is, as it sounds, an interview with Spheeris shot at the festival about her work in the film industry, both mainstream and more indie like the Decline series and what makes the third film an important one. A theatrical trailer, animated menus and chapter stops close out the third disc.

Exclusive to this boxed set release is a fourth Bonus Disc that contains a bunch of extra content from throughout the three film series. First up are some Extended Interviews (1:18:35) with the bands from Decline II: Megadeth, London, Odin, Poison, Gazzari and Mega Crowd 87. There's a lot of material here it's in rough shape but some of it is quite interesting and it's different than the extended material included on the second disc in the set. The bands answer questions from Spheeris about their histories and their work but the real interesting stuff here is the Mega Crowd footage which is five minutes of Spheeris talking to people in line for a Megadeth show about the band and drinking and metal in general. It's kind of like a short version of Heavy Metal Parking Lot.

The Decline I News Report (2:45) is a Video West's Backstage Pass news report that talks up the movie and the punk scene of the time while Decline II: Cruising The Strip (6:50) is some great footage of Sunset Strip in all its tacky late eighties glory complete with random interviews with many of its inhabitants. The Decline Panel (6:53) is a panel shot in 2003 where Spheeris talks to people in attendance about how she got into shooting these documentaries, the films' legacy, and more. Tawn Mastrey Interviews Penelope Spheeris (11:05) from the MTV Cutting Edge Happy Hour ‘metal edition' is more of the same as she fields questions from the host about what it was like making the Decline films and why she made the Metal Years follow up. What makes this worth watching is some of the interviews with people just leaving a theater that was showing the movie. The LA County Museum Of Art Panel: Decline II (14:14) sees Spheeris alongside Nadir D'Priest, Riki Rachtman, Rikki Rocket of Poison and a moderator to talk about what it was like being involved in the heavy metal scene of the late eighties. Mark Toscano Interviews Penelope Spheeris (10:37) is a piece for the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speakers series that lets Spheeris talk about how she got into making music videos, her work on the Decline movies, shooting bands in L.A., and more. There are some cool archival clips from some of the videos she shot in here too. The Nadir And Lizzie Interview (16:11) lets Spheeris drill the two musicians about gunpowder and flashes and how to make flame pots, some of the problems that can happen when you use pyrotechnics, the lack of politics in metal and misconceptions about the intelligence of metal fans, getting handcuffed by the cops and more. We also get a theatrical trailer for Penelope Spheeris' Suburbia, some credits for the extra features on this release and some animated menus.

This set also comes with a full color booklet that includes a lengthy essay covering each of the three films in the collection written by rock historian Domenic Priore. All of this is housed inside a nice, thick, sturdy cardboard slipcover. The three main features are in regular sized Blu-ray cases, the bonus disc is in a slim case.