Sunday, July 19, 2009

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)


New Line Cinema
Directed by Penelope Spheeris
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(VHS, RCA/Columbia)

Penelope Spheeris effectively exposes the excesses and stupidity of Hair Metal. It's hard to say what was real and what was faked in the interviews, but the music is consistently bad. Megadeth renounces the Hair Metal lifestyle and say they live for the music. Unfortunately it's only marginally better. Lemmy from Motorhead has some words of wisdom but is seldom seen, despite a Motorhead song playing over the opening credits.

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