Roll Call: American Hardcore

[andyrichter]

it looks like they have extended it till Nov 2.  
 
 

Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
  one week only. now through thurs. unless of course they extend it.
 
 
   

Originally posted by saintangelsin:
  i want to go see this movie as well. i read a write up about it in the city paper. well it was more like a conversation.
 
 i'm a dork for music history.
 
 does anyone know how long it's going to be playing?

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[El Jefe Design]

I am glad that Mugger made out okay, especially after hearing all the stories about how he used to eat dog food and was homeless.
 
 Overall, thought the movie was okay. Thought  that the filmmakers tried to capture too many bands and did not give them much time to elaborate on them. Instead, they should have focused on five or six bands across America and told a more specific, detailed story.
 
 In the end I did not learn anything I did not already know, expect for seeing how a few people look now. Seeing Rollins punching a guy repeatedly was interesting.

[Bags]

Originally posted by terry:
 My favorite scene was the interview with HR in a park and some woman in a bridesmaid gown (maybe it was a prom dress) walking behind him. I think I'm remembering this correctly, I wish I remember the point he was trying to make.

It didn't happen just once -- every time they talked to H.R., these bridesmaids (or a bride) and guys in tuxes were walking across the park behind him.  It was a hoot.
 
 Anyone else notice that Ian McKaye's interview took place in Black Cat's Red Room?
 
 As for the movie, I enjoyed it, but we were wondering about some of the bands they didn't include any footage of -- Minuteman, Husker Du.  And like Bombay, I didn't leave moved to explore that seen all that much.  Like El Jefe, I think a real focus on, say, four or five bands with brief highlights from others might have made for a more compelling story.
 
 I'm not all that familiar with hardcore, I missed it by about 4 or 5 years -- came in right at the end when they said it started to suck (1986).