ShangLuda
Admirable film.
Kailansorac
Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.
Marva-nova
Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
Hattie
I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.
ed_white72
The first time I saw this movie, I could not believe that someone was actually cool enough to go to the trouble of filming all of these mostly unheard of bands. The result is a wonderfully eclectic collection of live music that is a treat. All of the bands represented, with the notable exception of The Police and Gary Numan, were at the time of it's filming, known only to a relative few. The music covers the spectrum from all out thrash punk to fringe new wave. There are bands who went on to becoming "known" such as The Go-Go's and X as well as many who were never heard of again but make no mistake about it, this film is a must-see for anyone who is a fan of music. Living in Oklahoma and being in my late teens when this film was released, I was not familiar with most of the bands but I became an instant fan of X, The Dead Kenedys, The Alley Cats, and John Cooper Clark after seeing them in this movie. As is the case with any compilation of this scope, there are going to be bands that make you wonder why they are there, but on the whole, it is a great film. I cherish my original VHS copy of the film that I found at a video store bargain bin and every once in a while when I need to get my blood pumping to "come on bleed" or laugh at the ingenious absurdity of The Cramps, I walk away smiling every time.
billjsw
Because of an exclusive contract to publish this movie on a now dead format (CED), the contracts for the individual artists are missing. Because you can't renegotiate a contract without the original to amend, no one can touch this. Its currently owned by its original producer, Miles Copeland (founder of IRS records), and he has the film of THREE songs from each band in storage, but because of the legal land lock he cannot release it. If he does some day, we can look forward to a 6 hour 2 DVD special edition.Pretty sad to say the very least. We can only hope one day (soon) that the original contracts will be found as this will make a MAJOR DVD release!! Oh, human error!!
theeht
From London to La, we are treated to some of rock's all-time greatest bands performing , unfortunately, one song each, during a great time in rock music: the post-punk era of the early '80s. You'll love some and you'll hate some, but you definitely won't be bored. Watch out for X, the go-gos, Echo and the Bunnymen, Oingo Boingo, Joan Jett, Cramps, Alley cats, Magazine, Au Pairs, Police, Wall of Voodoo, Fleshtones,999,XTC, Surf Punks and on and on and on. Great!
davcrist
Fun to witness so many great and green acts in concerts ranging from 78-80. Its not a case of documentary movie making at its best - its a case of knowing what to film at the time. Kind of a Video-Montose67 for the 80's. Stewart Copeland and his brothers pick'm and I'm not sure how they missed the Dickies while getting the Dead Kennedys, Oingo, the Surf Punks, and the Cramps (boy, he loved his microphone). Pere Ubu - Birdies! As fun as it was in its day (81) its ten times that in retrospect.
