Rating: - A headbangin' good time, if you're old enough to have actually been there.
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (Penelope Spheeris, 1988)
What is truly fascinating about this film is that there's so much more to it than there seems to be. While Spheeris seems to want this to come off as a sort of Errol Morris-liek "give 'em enough rope" documentary, the hand of the maker is very much in evidence if you look.
The greatest example of this is the amazing dichotomy between the bands we see interviewed and the bands we see perform. To a one, the interviewed bands (those who don't perform, anyway) have stood the test of time, and are still regarded as good, or great, bands today-- Motorhead, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, etc. The bands we see perform, on the other hand... well, it's embarrassing to admit I actually listened to some of that stuff in 1988, and I can only look back and wonder what on Earth I was thinking buying Faster Pussycat albums. ... Read More
Rating: - Every musician needs to see this movie!
This was a really powerful time in music. My jaw was on the ground the first time I saw it. These guys really were rock stars!
Rating: - Release it on DVD already
One of the very best movies on metal music by far. Deserves to be released on dvd...
Rating: - The Hollywood Club scene...
Features interviews with notables in The Heavy Metal genre, fans, groupies, and aspiring musicians, with performances by Odin, Lizzy Borden {still performing}, London {post- Nikki Sixx}, Seduce {who really did possess some talent there}, and Megadeth {before they mega-died}.
Questions range from the plans of the musicians if they are not successful {from what I have seen, most did not - considering their apparent adamance, I wonder how many of them actually became homeless, conformed, became involved in other positions within the music industry, or otherwise died*; among them all. I did recognize Vixen who went on to experience some success with an album}, to the "satanism" angle, which was limited {perhaps thankfully} to 'the devil horns' hand gesture, most comically explained by a Christian probation officer as containing the ubiquitous authority of The Devil with the upthrust fingers, and the three ... Read More
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