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The Decline of Western Civilization Part 2: The Metal Years
Filmmaker Penelope Spheeris scans the heavy-metal music scene: Alice Cooper, Lizzy Borden, Poison, Aerosmith, Kiss, Ozzy Osbourne, depicting what life was like for the music artists living in the mid and late 1980s.
15 March 1963, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
23 September 1967, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
13 September 1961, La Mesa, California, USA
10 September 1950, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
24 December 1945, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
8 August 1961, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
28 April 1969, Brighton, England, UK
October 23, 2009
For all the amusingly fatuous remarks heard here -- and Miss Spheeris has a great ear for these -- the overriding dimness of most of the fans and musicians is frightening.
October 23, 2009
There's so little respect for the music that we never see or hear a number from beginning to end, and we rarely hear any of the musicians speak more than a few seconds at a time.
October 23, 2009
Rather like watching a car wreck on the opposite side of a motorway.
October 23, 2009
This is a well-made, observant documentary, with attitude to spare and plenty of justifiable laughs at the expense of its subjects.
October 23, 2009
Fascinating.
