American Hardcore - The History of Punk Rock 1980 - 1986
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Movie Reviews of American Hardcore - The History of Punk Rock 1980 - 1986
Movie Review: not so great
Summary: 2 Stars
An ok attempt at explaining what really happened during this era. Most of the concert footage was pretty unsatisfying for someone who was there. Bad Brains were depicted well and Keith Morris is always entertaining. The movie title references years 1980-1986 but I am not really sure why the only Gang Green concert footage was from 1987. There was no mention of Dead Kennedys, Social Distortion or Misfits which seemed strange.Movie Review: A spotty, disjointed, incomplete mess
Summary: 2 Stars
Fortunately I rented this from Neflix and did not buy it. I would not recommend that anyone who knows anything about or has any interest in American Hardcore buy this CD. First, it is impossible to document the history of this genre of American music without mentioning and focusing somewhat on the Dead Kennedys. DK was as important, if not more important, than Black Flag. This is a mess and should be avoided.Movie Review: A sad history
Summary: 2 Stars
I was kinda disapointed by this film.
Hardcore and punk can sometimes represent what is beatiful and what life should be about. But this film is just sad. To see these musicians talk about how many people they fought and how much cooler they were than the rest is not punk at all. Punk is freedom and what hardcore became is prison. The conformity they tried to escape is what they became in the end.
Movie Review: CMON! could have been a bit better
Summary: 2 Stars
Too much BOSTON!!!!!and other than the straight edge nod Boston's scene didntreally amount to much. Not enough LA..not even a SINGLE DK mention???? cmonMovie Review: Colossal Squander
Summary: 1 Stars
What a disappointment this film is. Of all the cultural movements of the past fifty years, few have been more deserving of a documentary than the `80s hardcore punk scene -- particularly in light of the almost total corporate takeover of what used to be called underground music.
Unfortunately, the filmmakers took a compelling topic and turned it into a grade-school quality video zine. "American Hardcore" is a cheap montage of grainy footage and semi-coherent interviews with washed-up musicians, only a few of whom (The Cro-Mags? Give me a bloody break!) had any real influence on the scene.
This is the ultimate insider movie: those who were actually there in the early `80s can watch with mild interest and feel really old, going, "Oh yeah, I remember those guys," while the rest of the audience learns almost nothing about a truly remarkable period.
And explain to me how and why the filmmakers had the gumption to make a movie about early `80s American punk and not so much as mention the Dead Kennedys? Love or hate the Kennedys, that's a bit like filming a rock `n Roll documentary and leaving out the Beatles. For that matter, where are the Misfits? Where is Husker Du -- the first hardcore band to earn legitimate crossover cred, and whose monumental discography personifies the era's astonishingly successful do-it-yourself ethic?
Insult to injury, the editing is terrible. The rapid-fire segments are disorienting and tedious. And for what? What do we learn? Just because some halfwit (Vic Bondi, shut up!) was generous enough to give you a few quotes doesn't mean they HAD TO BE in the movie. There are too many people talking, and most of them have little to say.
The heck with this. Go buy yourself a copy of the first SCREAM album (or better, a copy of "Zen Arcade") instead.