WATCHTHE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION PART II: THE METAL YEARS IN ITS ENTIRETY FOR FREE!!!
Friday, May 22nd, 2009 at 1:00pm by Axl RosenbergThanks to our bro-bros at Metal Injection for bringing to our attention that one of the greatest metal documentaries of all time, Penelope Spheeris’ The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, is now available online, in its entirety, absolutely free (And FYI, in case ya didn’t know – Spheeris would go on to direct another classic of cinemetal, the original Wayne’s World.).
For some reason this 1988 classic – which includes amazing interviews with Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy, Steven Tyler, Taime Down, Riki Rachtman, Bill Gazzarri, members of Poison, Kiss, and Armored Saint, and, most infamously, a very, very, very drunk Chris Holmes of W.A.S.P. – isn’t available on DVD, and I honestly don’t even know anyone who owns a VHS player anymore. So if for some reason you’ve never seen this film, you MUST watch it now – especially since I’m fairly certain that this is not a legal rip. Watch it now before the lawyers take it down.
-AR
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ever heard of use a friends computer when hes not home
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ever heard of firewalls, antivirus, and…well, using your fucking brain?
ZHANG!
There isn’t really any metal in this movie.
That’s what the badass Megadeth ending is for.
metal or no metal, that interview with Chris Holmes (of WASP) is certainly the greatest moment ever caught on film.
the only thing worth watching was chris and his mom sitting there not saying shit
That scene of him pouring vodka down his throat was staged by Holmes. The bottles only had water in them. Actually much of the movie was staged for dramatic effect.
Best part was Ozzy at home cooking scrambled eggs… When he poured the OJ, and it cut to the juice spilling everywhere but the glass… staged, but amazing
good doc. I downloaded this a few months ago. For free.
i also downloaded part 1 and part 3 but haven’t watched them yet.
what are part 1 and part 3 about?
-clueless
Part 1 is about the LA punk Scene in the late 70s. Part 3 is about hardcore street punks.
The singer from Odin sounds like Dr. Rockso
That’s because he does cocaine.
seriously… a lot of cocaine
This is is my favorite metal doc. Its got such an awesome ’80’s vibe to it. The best part is watching Paul Stanley stroke his ego on a bed packed with strippers.
Seduce kicked ass.
Paul Mcartney said “Yellow Submarine” was a “period” piece from the late 60’s
then the Metal Years is a “period” piece from the late 80’s
If that ending doesn’t make you fucking love Megadeth I don’t know what will
About 2/3rds of the way through it. Best part, by far, is the part about the “Devil Horns”. Holy. Crap. I probably woke the neighbors from laughing. Sorry lady, no matter how I do it, I can’t get three fingers to face down, or find all the sixes!
The Megadeth ending is truly majestic
WE ARE NOT ROLE MODELS FOR YOUR LIFE
Can someone tell me the song which starts playing at 1:17:40 ? Couldn’t find the lyrics online…
I saw this movie in the theater when it came out. What a great time this was. Fun,fun, fun and more fun. It made me practice my drums to the point of driving my mom almost crazy. I miss it so much.
Thankfully those stupid poofy haircuts went out with that era!