When Grohls post-Nirvana band, the Foo Fighters, played Fairfax, Va., outside of D.C. in 2005, Grohl invited Krulik and Heyn backstage and took in a screening of Heavy Metal Parking Lot. Numerous other Dunn efforts appear on this list (Iron Maiden: Flight 666, Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage, Super Duper Alice Cooper). Of all contemporary rock, it is the genre most closely identified with violence and aggression, rapine and carnage. They also flouted conventional standards of fashion and grooming by dressing in ripped clothes, safety pins, and Mohawks. Reviewers gagged and, in concert, crowds actually tried to beat up Rollins (good luck). She had studied at the University of Michigan, and her friends there were going to make an event of the visit from Rock, who was something of a local hero. Punk fashion is often characterized by its DIY aesthetic, as well as its rebellious and anti-establishment attitude. Weve never heard from their lawyers either, says Krulik. Fuck Everybody 7. The song quickly became a punk anthem, with its simple, catchy hook and raw, energetic sound. I dont know why I disliked her so much, but, those videos of hers were ridiculous. Jeff Hanneman (1964-2013) Jeff Hanneman was a founding member of the LA based thrash metal titans Slayer. New Allegations Against Andrew Callaghan . They called us maggots and grits, so all the tension came out in the movie. The accompanying music video, directed by Julien Temple, is just as iconic as the song itself. Rob says that he did some visual arts work for the current Black Sabbath world tour, which started in January in Omaha, Neb. This song is currently unavailable in your area. Rob of his store. The stockpile also covers Krulik films such as Led Zeppelin Played Here, a movie that explores the legend of the bands concert at a small recreation center in Wheaton, Md., just before becoming the gods of hard rock, and Hitlers Hat, about an American World War II veteran who in the mid-1990s began showing off a top hat hed claimed to have swiped from the Fuhrers Munich apartment half a century earlier. Six-foot-six, sunken-eyed, corpse-pale Peter Steele grew up a Black Sabbath-loving Brooklyn boy in the 70s who fell in with Manhattans urban jungle hardcore brutes come the 80s. I don't pay attention to public access anymoreI haven't in years. I asked several cast members what kind of things they put into their bodies in the arena parking lot. Eddie (Iron Maiden) The gold standard. 4.Luzbel. Weren't they too big for that? As luck would have it, 30 years later, they remain best friends, and Godsey and Steinbacher, both living in Northern Virginia, happen to be hanging out together on the day I call. As local scene snapshots go, Welcome to Venice is a treasure; in specific terms of the punk-metal crossover, its a priceless time capsule. hails from Raleigh, North Carolina and can boast making a huge impact on the punk-metal crossover before hitting a new peak in the late-80s with the addition of singer and multi-instrumentalist Pepper Keenan. Twisted Sister, Judas Priest, Dokken. 01. Judge Jerry Carr Whitehead, the federal magistrate hearing the non-jury civil case, initially and bizarrely ruled that language deemed subliminal wasnt protected by the First Amendment. What the hell have I been doing all this time? As an underground videotape that got passed around metal and punk circles in the VHS days, the endlessly quotable Heavy Metal Parking Lot spawned its own array of cult stars. Punk bands often have a raw and crude sound, with distorted guitars and vocals that are delivered with an aggressive attitude. Do Blacks Who Listen to Heavy Metal Music Face Discrimination? 1986 proved to be the most critical year in Metallicas history, one of both triumph and tragedy. He doesnt let them listen to heavy metal. This is the band's last album to feature bassist Lexxi Foxx. He had worked with Schnitker and the schools curators for a 2013 exhibit on WMUC, the student-run radio station where he worked during his time as an undergrad there (Class of 83). Im 13, says the young girl serving as his arm candy. I was so wasted. John had the idea, and I had the equipment, Krulik says. What are you working on right now?A documentary called Led Zeppelin Played Hereabout Led Zeppelins first DC-area concert in a gymnasium in front of 50 confused teenagers on the night of Richard Nixons first inauguration in 1969. 2023 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. These bands broke through to the mainstream with their angry anthems about life in Britains inner cities. By the end, Kudlow, Reiner and company find their way, resulting in a powerfully moving final moment and a great, acclaimed documentary that delivered an overlooked 80s group to getting its 21st century due. It doesn't belong in this world, it belongs on fucking Mars. Blue Record (2009) Blue Record, from Savannah's Baroness, is a . The video is killer as well. Like most of the Heavy Metal Parking Lot cast, Ballard only found out he was in the movie long after hed grown upin his case, to be boss of his own record label. Heavy Metal Rules, All That Punk Shit Sucks is All that shit rules! Find lots more Jeff Krulikisms at www.jeffkrulik.com and www.youtube.com/user/ParkingLotTV. Gotta see the film! All that punk shit sucks . Los Cycos, Suicidal frontman Mike Muirs side project, gets one (and makes it count). Punk fashion is often described as outrageous, provocative and non-conformist. Me and John were done with the movie, over it, says Krulik. It was a very bad, very grainy-ass copy, but very much enjoyable.. That display will open with a party over Memorial Day weekend, which will include panels of film and metal historians ruminating on its meaning. Wine said he didnt know about the movie and had never heard of or been called Zebraman. He stops in beach towns to draw and has just posted lots of his artworks online. (To tweak Tipper, the band put a tune called Parental Guidance on the follow-up LP, Turbo, the record Priest was promoting when their 1986 tour hit the D.C. I think YouTube is great, but I am completely lost and overwhelmed by the sheer glut and volume. In the summer of 1985, the band came under attack from the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), the anti-rock coffee klatsch of Washington wives led by future Second Lady Tipper Gore. It belongs on fucking Mars maaaaan. They released several classic albums, including "Paranoid" and "Heaven and Hell." Abe tour with Black Sabbath until 1974 when he left the band to pursue other projects. Not always seen as the heroes, Steel Panther are irrevocably themselves, uncaring about the public's opinion as they continue to tout their signature humor and parody in their latest release. While outrage over Cold War post-atomic Armageddon figured profoundly into almost all aspects of the punk-metal crossover, perhaps no single LP summed it up more, indeed, explosively than Game Over. Back then, of course, screening at a remote location wasnt as easy as breaking out an iPad or even a DVD player; they had to bring along their own professional equipment, including a bulky 3/4-inch tape playback deck and heavy monitor, plus a boom box to pipe out the audio signal. YOUR FAVORITE VH1 SHOWS ARE ON PARAMOUNT+. If you appreciate us and our ongoing commitment to heavy metal, please consider helping with a donation to help pay for server, hosting and development bills. To that point, hed never heard of the movie. Alt-rockers Grayscale take another throwaway song add a bit of pop-punk and deliver a far superior product. Gore told a scared nation that the lyrics described forced oral sex at gunpoint. Any favorites?In 1996, we made Neil Diamond Parking Lot, which was our official sequel. One of rocks most unique and influential powerhouses resulted. It was just random, good luck that it was Judas Priest. What did we take that day? Godsey asks. YOUR FAVORITE VH1 SHOWS ARE ON PARAMOUNT+, VH1 Family Reunion: Love & Hip Hop Edition. 0. alumni segment on our self-released DVD (available at the screening, our website, Amazon, or the trunk of my car). That means repulsive, says the social scientist. He was horrified. Everybody was blown away by the tape, says Dalke. Rob Schaffner, one of the most influential weirdos in Southern California, an outsider-film lifer whod been mentored from age 13 on by legendary avant garde pornographer Russ Meyer. It was a place to go, it was friends, it was everything. They are new studio albums for the year, not re-recordings, re-releases, cover songs, or live albums. The one scene for which Decline II is forever remembered, though, is a tragically uncomfortable interview with W.A.S.P. Agnostic Fronts Victim in Pain (1984) is a hardcore punk masterwork. Heavy Metal Rules (2019) Steel Panther 1. THEY GRIEVE Release Somber, Doomy Sophomore Drone Album To Which I Bore Witness. I realized a while ago you are the music you listen to, he says. Their promotion of the movie peaked in 1988, when they were invited to screen it at the Kennedy Center as the opening act for Hail Hail Rock and Roll, Taylor Hackfords internationally acclaimed documentary on Chuck Berry. For the biggest hard rock band of all time to allow themselves to come off looking so petty and rotten only qualifies as brave. That would be an excuse for me to have to go, too, says Zebraman. 2. Excel closes the record out with three-in-a-row. I just drank beer, says David Im Ready to Rock Helvey. It was also somewhat of a professional cesspool that didn't exactly help my emerging career aspirations. Watch: Anvil! And. Another band from the cluster within the Venice punk skate/thrash scene, Excel was formed by guitarist Adam Siegel and vocalist Dan Clements. He says he no longer rocks: all the buttons on his car radio are programmed for NPR, sports channels and talk radio, and the last concert he attended was Dave Matthews at Hershey Park near the turn of the century. If that's not enough the bass line is lifted from the intro to Dead Kennedys "I Am the Owl." These boys are cheeky. There was no social media, no internet, no nothing. The Zebraman costume debuted in the parking lot. heavy metal rules, all that punk. Live for today. $9.50. None is necessary. We tracked down Zebraman, toohes a plumber outside Baltimore nowand asked those very questions. My dad told me they went to the kitchen and David said, Sir, I kissed your daughter and its out there on video, Vermillion says. Watch:Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stagetrailer. Priest is the best! is now becoming a rabbi and is a killer mandolin player. He says he never got his high school diploma, that through the years he was briefly locked up for drugs, and that he once ran away with a traveling carnival, but has lived basically a straight-edge life for a good while. Reputation [ edit] Youre getting a firsthand look at a community, a subculture from a very musically specific time in history. Peter would flower even more fully into his bad self a few years later by way of Gothic gloomsters Type O Negative. I knew Bill was a guy who was a great agent for the craziest underground tapes. VH1 Family Reunion: Love & Hip Hop Edition. [2] Reviewing the album for Ultimate-Guitar.com, Travis Lausch judged that while the band continue "to be unrepentant against the political correctness grain", "when taken as a parody of 80s hair metal with tongue firmly planted in cheek [] they can actually come off as quite entertaining, and there's no denying one basic fact about this band: [they] can play." I have no idea what my parents knew or why they let that happen! Before Beavis and Butthead, says Graham of Dope, we were Beavis and Butthead.. What Heavy Metal Parking Lot does is very important, says Healy, who will co-host a screening of the movie with Krulik. Im talking, I had the best time all the time. They had no particular band in mind, Krulik says, but Judas Priests Turbo tour was coming up at the Capital Centre. Because when I ask Godsey what her drug of choice was for the Priest tailgate, she stumbles trying to come up with an answer. So he proposed a Toy Porno/Heavy Metal Parking Lot swap to Grohl. Before hitting the road for Nirvana, Dalke packed a copy of Heavy Metal Parking Lot. They were the perfect band, clearly an iconic metal band, that to this day really defines that era and that genre. The genre evolved further throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s, when it first reached mainstream popularity - and . All that punk sh-t sucks! As the Palaces Burns documents the remarkable Mr. Blyth and his outrageously courageous decision to return to Eastern Europe for a trial, after being released on bail, in hopes of clearing his name. Yes, it was a scandalous kiss, she says. Then along came the internet. Zebraman 2. In between the cracks are comfortably familiar stoner doom tropes and chemical induced sonic exploration, collectively making for a unique and sometimes head scratching listening experience. Just a matter of months before Krulik and Heyn descended on the Capital Centre parking lot, two obsessive fans of the band in Reno, Nev., shot themselves in the head in the parking lot of a church. Back then, you had to go out and meet people to do anything or get anything. region.. With deadpan brilliance, Decline II intercuts interviews with ambitious poodlehead musicians (such as the guy who guarantees success for his own flashy ensemble, Wet Cherri), groupies (like two fleshy sexpots in captains hats and wraparound shades who assure us, All women are bisexual!), club owners (Riki Rachtman and Bill Gazzarri make indelible impressions) and big-ticket superstars both on the rise (Poison, Vixen) and deeply entrenched (Ozzy, Kiss, Lemmy, Alice, Aerosmith). Heavy Metal Parking Lot is playing as part of the Found Footage Festival, www.foundfootagefest.com. By 1985, Suicidal Tendencies had made enough of a global splash that they sought to raise their fellow SoCal seaside skull-smashers up on the rising tide. And Madonna, Madonna can go to hell as far as I'm concerned, she's a dick. Generally it is used to refer to the heavi. The story contained absolutely no mention of Heavy Metal Parking Lot. One message is clear: Steel Panther's new album is full of heavy metal and nothing else. In the course of nonstop practicing and gigging, founding Agnostic Front guitarist Vinnie Stigma picked up quite a few tricks between the two records, and the band kept pace. Punk also had a major influence on heavy metal, prompting bands like Metallica and Slayer to adopt a more aggressive sound. I wasnt going to wave it around my employers, Krulik says, and we had higher aims as burgeoning documentary filmmakers. . Wait, you're telling me Led Zeppelin came to the United States and played a school gymnasium?! When the moviemakers brought their haul back to the cable company studio for a first viewing, they loved the raw footage. Epic and intimate at the same time, Slow Southern Steel shifts the overwhelming rock journalism focus on heavy metals roots in England, L.A., and San Francisco to long-running and freshly explosive metal scenes throughout the United States deep south. She says her dad was laughing when he told her the tale. Death/Metal Blade issued CSs 86 debut, Convicted, followed in 87 by Money Talks. Top art by Jim Cooke. But, among everybody who was in the parking lot that day, Krulik clearly has a favorite. [1] For me and everybody I knew in the 1980s, it was PCP., Its a lock we were wandering the parking lot buying or selling LSD, says Sam Varias, the guy who in the movie argued for drug legalization and suggested there were enough burnouts to go Hands Across America., If you remember that, says Z.Z. But David is not a creep. Does he understand that hes this epic superstar to so many people in rock and roll, that hes the Olympic decathlon champ of teenage idiots, that hes Zebraman, a legitimate superhero?. I wore it to school a couple times, too, he says, and then for a KISS concert. He doesnt know what became of the costume that helped make him a cult legend; only that he doesnt have it anymore. As a one-off fun side project, Ian gathered Anthrax drummer and ex-bassist Dan Lilker (whod moved on to Nuclear Assault) to back howling Bronx beast Billy Milano on vocals. Significant emotional depth is added to like-mindedness in music. My contribution was only yelling Fuck yeah! Ballard says. Among those exposed to HMPL through that scene was Dalke, who grew up in Hawthorne, Calif., with future members of Redd Kross, and occasionally roadied for the band. Cause for Alarm, two years later, saw these New York brawlers stage-diving head first into thrash and other metallic firestorm elements. might be a metal mockumentary homage to This Is Spinal Tap, which was directed by actor Rob Reiner), Anvil spends much of the movie flailing and failing to find that one last step that will set them on the comeback trail. Anvil! Everything, responds Steinbacher. Whats up for debate is whether their legend is heightened or diminished by frontman Bobby Lieblingthe groups one consistent membercontinuing to screw up in every conceivable manner and thereby keeping his music forever on the fringes. Anthrax, Black Label Society, and Exodus A Sold-Out Heavy Metal Extravaganza at Wind Creek Casino Event Center, Bethlehem, PA, 2/4/23! [mtvn_player vid="1166837" autoplay="true"]. I mean, those were the best days. Payne recalls getting third-row seats to the Judas Priest show by successfully sneaking out of her house the night before tickets went on sale to camp out at the box office. A few alumni have RSVPd in the affirmative. [Takes break from rant to acknowledge nearby stoner girl] Yeah, shes tripping Jack Daniels. Lots and lots of weed., PCP, says Graham of Dope. Like, Give us a kiss! And so we did. David was a total gentleman! He called me back a week after I sent it and he was raving about how great it was and how he was going to spread it around.. All that punk st sucks! But he turned out okay., David and Dawn both say its going to be tough to make the reunion, but that the hearts are willing. The heavy metal years were quite something in the history of popular music, and the movie offers you a glimpse of this really distinctive, fascinating and kind of repelling working class culture that shares a love of a certain kind of music.. Hes the dirtball wearing a sleeveless shirt and pants combo with matching zebra stripe, delivering a 42-second monologue that has over time come to be recognized as the Gettysburg Address of metal: Heavy metal rules! It was a DIY (do-it-yourself) movement that was started by working class and middle class youths who were fed up with the bloated and self-indulgent rock music of the time. He has fond memories of the bygone days when he was ready to rock, and remains awed that some folks still find stuff he said and/or did in a parking lot 30 years later interesting. It doesnt belong in this world, it belongs on fuckin Mars man! Heavy Metal Rules is the fifth studio album by American glam metal band Steel Panther, released on September 27, 2019. The $5.98 EP: Garage Days Revisited arrived at a period of transition for Metallica. Metallica has not come by the title the band most hated by its own fans easily. The still very active C.O.C. It's nice to be known for something that's stood the test of time. Rick Ballard, who says he didnt find out that he had a cameo in the movie until around 1998, also believes in the movies cultural significance. He was a regular at Hammerjacks, the coolest heavy metal club in the Mid-Atlantic states before it was demolished to make room for Ravens Stadium. I dont really give a shit about that kind of punk fuck!. Punk bands like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols challenged conventional ideas about music and fashion. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. Punk fashion has evolved over the years, but it still retains its DIY aesthetic. Welcome to Venice, issued by Suicidal Records, features an opening track from ST themselves, then brings on their comrades-in-harms. And when it ends youre not sure what you should think about it, and thats where the art is in it. Metal was a subculture at that time, and it was a way for misfits to fit, to feel like they were a part of something bigger, says Ludwick. The daylight never changes. My girls are into One Direction and, whats her name?, Yes, he says. I dont care, you know? All that punk shit sucks! She says family obligations could keep her away. And Im humbly proud of myself for getting it out to the world.. Anthropologist and heavy metal fanatic Sam Dunn combines his lifes passions to combustive effect in Metal: A Headbangers Journey. These early punks were often unemployed and homeless, and they expressed their frustrations through their music and fashion. The only guy dumb enough to recite poetry at Soundwave, star of stage and radio. [3], Heavy Metal Rules received generally mixed to negative reviews from critics, being criticized for its lyrics and overall lack of refreshment, being called unfunny and repetitive. Note that there is no subtitle on the documentary, Lemmy. How do you get your head around that?, If Cherie Steinbacher and Tonya Godsey go to the reunion, itll be together, just like at that Priest show. Metal music has gone through many phases in its history and many sub-genres have developed. Punk fashion can be traced back to the original punk rockers of the 1970s, a group of young people who rebelled against the polio status quo. Think of them as, say, the ancient Mayans, only with mullets. Metal meant, like, everything to me, Zebraman, er, Wine tells me. PMRC put Eat Me Alive, a song from Priests 1984 LP, Defenders of the Faith, on its roster of most offensive tunes, dubbed the Filthy Fifteen at the time. The Czech government then charged Lamb of God singer Randy Blyth with manslaughter, saying he pushed the fan off stage which led to the head injury that killed him. Still, it took a while for longhaired headbangers, Mohawked punks, and buzz-cutted hardcore brawlers to recognize they were all moshing for the same team. Not once. SVEN GALI Release Monster Video From Upcoming Album, Out Now! The fact that it made no money adds to its charm.. Many punk bands were moving toward a more metallic sound, melding their radical politics and D.I.Y. I left after like three songs, he says. "All I Wanna Do Is Fuck (Myself Tonight)", "Steel Panther - Heavy Metal Rules (Album Review)", "CD Reviews Heavy Metal Rules Steel Panther", "Album Review: Steel Panther Heavy Metal Rules", "Have Steel Panther taken the joke too far? Hes become close to Krulik in recent years, and remains a fan of the movie despite his wholesale rejection of the music and lifestyle of his youth. I went directly to her parents house to talk to her dad, he says. Where Lies Die MP3 320 / From the Santa Monica American Youth Soccer League they came, and into the rock history books they went. 20. heavy metal rules, all that punk. I know people have been saying on message boards for a long time that That guy should be put away! and What a creep! she says. ), A less giggly episode which also brought Priest national attention and heightened the bands fearsome aura (and the metalheads ardor) happened in December of 1985. They popularized DIY ethics and inspired a generation of musicians to start their own bands. And fortunately for those of us who don't want to bum out on how bad things are all the time, for penguins andhumans, the 21st century has seen a plethora of thrilling documentaries about some of hard rock and heavy metal's most important and iconic bands. I was sure he was trying to say Circle Jerks! but cant get it out, says Fitzgerald, who drummed for the Circle Jerks (alongside former Redd Kross member Greg Hetson) for a decade beginning in 2001. They all rule! . I quit my job as a cook just to see Judas Priest, he says. Heyn and Krulik didnt hold any lengthy pre-production meetings or storyboarding sessions in the days leading up to the concert. All that said, IN A BIZARRE DREAM is the third full length release from Blacklab, the self-proclaimed Doom Witch Duo from Osaka. Zebraman (the zebra guy from Heavy Metal Parking Lot), Landover, MD. Along with being a documentary filmmaker of his own, Ballard is owner of Acetate Records in Los Angeles, where he moved in 1992. Seriously! Heyn gave Coppola his blessing, though her show got canceled just three episodes in and before the HMPL chapter ran. The chain starts in January 1992 at the offices of the Discovery Channel in Silver Spring, Md. The punk movement had a major impact on fashion, music, art, and film. Play online or download to listen offline free - in HD audio, only on JioSaavn. Three decades later, even the folks in the movie have trouble believing this was really the way they were. I was at a party where everybody was sitting around watching crazy tapes, says Dalke. And Madonna can go to hell as far as I'm concerned, she's a dick. A Seattle-based punk band inspired by new wave and pop-punk bands like the Buzzcocks, The Briefs play fast, upbeat, quirky songs that range from silly love songs to straight-up punk anthems. Copyright 2023 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes. BestsellerThe Barista Express grinds, foams milk, and produces the silkiest espresso at the perfect temperature. Its roots are firmly entrenched in hard rock bands, which between 1969 and 1974, mixed blues and rock music, creating a thick, heavy, guitar -and-drums-centered sound characterized by the use of highly-amplified guitar sound distortion. Were carrying a big camera and a bigger tape deck with an umbilical cable connecting the camera and deck. Eight of the best tracks in death metal. And I stand by that to this day.. Crumbsuckers roared forth from leading East Coast heavy metal capital Long Island, New York and made their bones on stage at the birthplace of U.S. punk, CBGB. From there, Dream Deceivers delivers the trial straight-up, the highlight of which is Priest vocalist Rob Halford being ordered to hit high notes, a capella, on the witness stand. As always, though, musicians plugged in to the underlying frequencywhatever it was that connected Led Zeppelin to Kiss to the Sex Pistols to Iron Maiden to Minor Threatbefore fans could fully pick up on it, and channeled it into the next wave of hard rock. Heavy Metal was the culmination of the Acid rock heard in the late 1960s - a genre that describes the heavier sounding Psychedelic rock first played by various bands of the San Francisco music scene. It was really the age of pre-awareness. And while the music doesnt hold her attention, the movie sure does. From their Libertarian politics and passion for science fiction to coming off as groupie-averse nerds while touring with Kiss to only growing more popular the weirder their records got to being longtime critical whipping boys to addressing the rapping skeleton in their Roll the Bones video, Rush laughingly and candidly lays it all out here. It has no plot; no beginning, middle, or end; and, other than during the opening scene and closing credits, no Judas Priest. He goes: "Heavy metal rules, all that punk shit sucks. Hmm, hard to pick a favoritejust like I can't seem to pick a favorite HMPL character. By helping UG you make the world better. I wear a shirt now, too, so thats different., Im glad that movie exists, he says, and the fact that it exists at all is unbelievable to me., Stacey Payne, whose star turn came with her wasteoid scream of Langley Park! as Kruliks camera rolled, can testify to the lack of awareness of at least one 1980's demographic: parents. And that clientele included not only obscure cool kids, like those in the Redd Kross and White Pig punk circles, but also celebrities who toiled in the mainstream movie world. That thing is the Citizen Kane of wasted teenage metalness, says Rick Ballard, who makes a brief appearance as part of a gang yelling curses at the moviemakers. Payne, 15 years old at the time, was on the loose again the night of the concert.I told my mother I was spending the night at Janines, says Payne. Around 2003, we created a bona fide TV series called Parking Lot that ran on Trio, a sister channel to Bravo. Alice Cooper is the godfather of heavy metal, punk, shock rock, glam, theatrical rock, and countless other cultural subgenres and offshoots that continue to emerge from his influence. Madonna can go to hell as far as Im concerned. I signed up Len Biass family to cable, Krulik says. What we have now is this incredible body of anthropological studies that also happens to be extremely entertaining and very funny, says Jim Healy, who runs the University of Wisconsins Cinematique program, dedicated to connoisseurs of obscure movies. In 1981, director Penelope Spheeriss The Decline of Western Civilization electrifyingly chronicled the L.A. punk scene, filming bands such as Black Flag, X, and Fear during their brief-but-bright heyday of dominating L.A.s music scene. Heyn says hes thankful for the academic appreciation his documentary is suddenly getting, and that his movie deserves it. He now goes by Jalyn Graham Owens, and is an executive chef in Ocean City, Md. Guitarist James Hetfield claims his addiction recovery enables him to work only scant and ludicrously specific hours. Hes looking forward to the day when the grandchild is old enough to go metal concerts. So they are similar and have both influenced lot's of extreme genres of music today.