Product Details

• Actors: Joe Perry, Steven Tyler, Gene Simmons, Alice Cooper, Paul Stanley
• Directors: Penelope Spheeris
• Producers: Guy J. Louthan, Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• VHS Release Date: June 21, 1994
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302725623
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #124,968 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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26 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's not punk, it's METAL-and it's better!!, November 30, 2003

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M. McClellan "msmc73" (Akron, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Decline of Western Civilization Part 2 - The Metal Years [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is about Eighties HEAVY METAL. .
This flick interviews up and coming glam bands who made their home in the L.A. scene. Also interviewed are some of the genre's idols including Kiss, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Poison, Megadeth, Lemmy from Motorhead and of course, Ozzy.
Also, spotlighted performances from bands such as Faster Pussycat, Odin, London (Nikki Sixx's old band), Seduce and Megadeth.
The movie's range of topics include groupies, alcoholism, drugs, the glam image and why it attracted so many people from many walks of life.
The movie's funniest (and saddest) segment includes filmmaker Penelope Spheeris's attempt to interview a W.A.S.P. guitarist in his pool, drunk as a skunk and with his MOM sitting right there!
This was what I grew up on and I still prefer it to grunge or rap-metal. It was feel good music that was more interesting than the current crop of sullen/politcal rock groups that all seem to sound alike.
For those of you who looked down on this stuff, you might want to check out this documentary with open minds.(Remember those?)C'mon, you know you want to.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ah memories........., May 2, 2002

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Johny Bottom "Insane and lonely guitarist" (Jacksonville, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Decline of Western Civilization Part II-The Metal Years [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The 80's LA metal scene. Where the winners rose to the top and the losers died in obscurity. This vid has it all for those who love the hair rock, brain dead, heavy metal 80's.

Highlights include-

1. Ozzy Osbourne interview in his kitchen as he's attempting to make his own breakfast.

2. A drunken Chris Holmes (W.A.S.P.) lounging in his pool slamming straight vodka and tries to conduct an interview while his obviously embarrassed mother looks on.

3. Odin. A band that was going to be the 'next big thing'. Never heard of them? This video is the only place you'll ever hear of them.

4. Lemmy Kilmister, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Steven Tyler, and Joe Perry inputting their own little snips and two cents randomly through out the film.

5. First hand knowledge of what it's like to be in the band 'London'.

6. AN early version of Megadeth and Dave's unique insight.

7. All the bands like 'Seduce' who came to LA to make it big.

And of course the everyday slobs who had to voice their views on everything that is metal. SOme have a brain cell or two while most of them are straight up losers. Also who can forget the 'de-metalizing institute'? A place where parents sent their rocker kids to 'get out of metal'. ...

Great look back at a great time for music.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DVD PLEASE, April 12, 2005

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C. Tanner (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Decline of Western Civilization Part II-The Metal Years [VHS] (VHS Tape)

PUT THIS THING OUT ON DVD ALREADY. Christ, you can get Spheeris' "Suburbia" on DVD, and that thing is a piece of garbage compared to this movie. This is a classic time capsule, and having to buy this thing on Amazon for $45-$50 is a joke.