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62Jazzbass
November 21st, 2006, 02:55 AM
http://www.heavymetalparkinglot.net/

Anybody here seen this??

I don’t quite know how I missed it, frankly. I was into that scene at the time, and was at the Judas Priest show where this flick was filmed, although certainly not in the parking lot early enough to be in the flick. My friends and I were so lame we were always stuck in traffic on Central Ave until the last minute, but this never affected our ability to, er, “prepare” for the show.

Anyway, my buddy’s band (http://www.vollmerrocks.net/) is performing for the 20th anniversary screenings, but until he mentioned the gig, I had never heard of the movie. They got the gig because the guitar player’s wife is one of the chicks in the movie, and the filmmakers went out searching for people in the movie to come to these anniversary screenings. She mentioned his band, and the idea grew from there. Unfortunately, I can’t make the gig this Wed as we have people coming into town for the holiday….grrrr!

Anyway, I’m just blabbing. If anyone here is in the VA/DC/MD area, the screening is this Wed at the Arlington at the Cinema and Draft House. The Baltimore screening was a couple of weeks ago.

otek
November 21st, 2006, 03:29 AM
Damn!

This film actually came up in conversation here only a day or two ago, and I had no idea there was an "anniversary" of sorts happening right now.

I remember seeing that film way back in the day, and also when it was rerun on Swedish TV a couple of years ago.

Some amazing characters in that one.... :D

Senap
November 21st, 2006, 09:26 AM
Oh yeah... I remember that one. And "The Decline Of Western Civilization".

As Otek was saying, they showed "Heavy Metal Parkinglot" on Swedish TV not so long ago.

I have them on VHS somewhere.

Thing is, I don't have a VHS-player anymore. And I'm not going to buy one anytime soon.

oudplayer
November 21st, 2006, 02:29 PM
Classic documentary. There is no better expression of "middle america heavy metal culture" than this.

Mixerpuppet
November 21st, 2006, 04:52 PM
I never even heard of it!

It's gotta be some kind of conspiracy...

No....

It never happened!

Wow....

Living and going to show in Seattle is a completely different thing...

We park in neighborhood and business parking lots scattered all over the place and then stand in a ginormous line for 10 hours freezing out butts off..... with security guards and police patrolling the line for drug and alchohol related incidents...

The one exception was the Rolling Stones in the King Dome in the early 80's. (worst concert I've seen IMO)

I lost my vhs copy of "The Decline of Western Civilization Part 2,the Metal Years...

I wonder if these come in a box set?

Doesn't it scare you that some of these people (seen in the preview) are now parents, politicians and doctors?

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