As Thanksgiving approaches, we should all be thankful that “The Decline and Fall of Western Civilization Part II, The Metal Years” is now available on Google Video. Oh, no, not more fog!!!
The really, really badly dated parts of this gem are the interview segments with the LA County social worker who is working to “de-metal” teens. From this perspective, it really is bewildering wondering what the fuss was about. It all looks so tame now.
A couple of the bands in this movie maintained that the context in which they were shown ruined their careers. That must’ve been it – it couldn’t be anything like the fact that the world didn’t need another anonymous glam-metal band whose singer couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket. If there’s one good thing about ProTools, it’s that at least you can now cover that up!
The real biggest cause of their decline was lying in wait for them up in Seattle -guys like Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder. Once kids had a dose of real angst, LA metal seemed very shallow by comparison.
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