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Hello Everyone,
Yesterday I was at the rep theatre where they showed a new Canadian production about the history of Heavy Metal. The movie is a complete documentary of metal since its roots in the sixties, with lots of original footage of groups like Alice Cooper, Black Sabath, Iron Maiden, etc...
Many musicians are interviewed by beautiful long-haired Sam Dunn who travels the world to interview musicians, and attends the Wacken festival. This movie explores why some people are repulsed by the music and lyrics, with funny scenes of parents and religious officials ranting and raving against the music. At this time the movie is showing in Canadian theatres and is not yet in DVD's.
You can see a preview at the following site:
http://www.metalhistory.com/
Warning: Explicit lyrics, men with very long hair :)
Hava a nice day,
Georges in Montreal.
Thanks, Georges, --- I would love to see it! I have to confess, though: as much as I enjoy watching the fun of head-banging and long hair flying everywhere (I do, I most definitely DO!!!), I'd need to wear ear-plugs to the movie, as I'm an old geezer that really has other tastes in music (lol)!
Thanks for the "heads up", though (or, should I say: "head-bangings up"??)...
- Ken in San Francisco
Hello Urban Cowboy,
At the theatre I went to, the volume was reasonable, like at any cinema. I do feel that this movie is more for those who never set foot in the metal culture, like me. However, I love documentaries about subcultures. I am 47, and have attended Pink Floyd, Supertramp, and Queen concerts, as well as local shows at a new wave joint called "The Mustache", or the stash as my college friends called it in the early eighties.
In those days, there was no "mosh pit", and the atmosphere was quite fun... beach balls bouncing across the stadium, rolls of toilet paper flying in the air, and everyone lighting a match, or lighter at the beginning of each show. What I enjoyed was the sea of denim, and all the longhairs attending. Not only that, while approaching the stadium, all the "kooks" hawking Communist litterature, the Hare Krishnas, the "Jesus Freaks" trying to save a few souls. It was a carnival atmosphere that unfortunately has been lost. Also, at each show, one can remember the flashes from cameras brought in by spectators. You know, today, photography is forbidden at shows.
When I was in my twenties, I felt that concert tickets were affordable, and there was no need to camp out overnight to get tickets. In today's economy, tickets cost around $100.00, and go away fast. Go figure :)
Have a nice day,
Georges in Montreal.
I'm glad I'm into a lot of 'local' bands. I never pay a lot for tickets, and sometimes I get in free (in exchange for taking the pictures I would've taken anyway)
Bon Soir mon ami,
I didn't see the fil in the UK last year when it was released and I hope to see it on DVD. He went to the home of summer metal to in Wacken. Good on him and I'm going for rhe n'th year this summer and my friend Kevin wil his second trip there.
Roll on summer.
Merci,
Jean.B...don't laugh!!!
Sounds like an interesting doco. I will check out that link now.
