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METAL: A HEADBANGER’S JOURNEY is a comprehensive study of heavy metal culture. One of the directors, Sam Dunn sets out to prove that these METAL rockers are smart and intelligent (though not all of them obviously are) and that the music is not just heard by social rejects. Extensive interviews are conducted with the likes of Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Bruce Dickenson (Iron Maiden), Alice Cooper, Vince Neil (Motley Crue) among others, the most charismatic of all being Dee Snider of Twisted Sister.

The segment of Snider in his skin tight jeans and snake T-shirt, long hair and make-up defending his music during a court hearing is plain breath-taking. The directors also take the audience on a whirlwind tour of Norway, Germany and the U.K. to look at black metal and glam metal. What is fascinating about this documentary is the insight it provides towards the subject – from the cross-dressing to the burning of churches and the issues of religion, sexuality, violence and death. But mostly, the heavy metal bands are also portrayed as human beings looking at being different and noticed in a world where mediocrity rules.



http://www.metalhistory.com/

nice one, gonna look into this.

Bruce Dickinson's quote on the front page is right on.

My metalhead friends of my youth were easily the smartest people I knew back then. And most were good dudes. Couple of 'em make ten times my salary now, too.

All I know is that Heavy Metal Parking Lot is fucking awesome. And I will definitely see this doc.

dude, i'd love to find HMP on DVD!

and yeah Frosted, most of my metal brethren [as well as myself] aren't doin' too bad these days. you grow out of the leather and spikes, but the music stays with you. i still feel like a teenager when i find a new band that just blows me away.