HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT
(2010)
ORIGINS OF HEAVY METAL MUSIC
PRESENTER: ADIL RAY
Videotaped in a concert arena parking lot before a Judas Priest show in ’86, HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT is truly the most magnificent portrait of dirt-rockin’, headbanging, booze guzzling, dope smokin’, trailer trash America has ever seen. It’s truly an ingenious masterpiece, made complete with the vast display of bare feet, muscle shirts, bare-chested guys, bleach blonde frizzy perms, Mullets From Hell, BIG hair, bad teeth, scar tissue, and by far, the largest collection of late ’70s Camaros ever seen in one location.
Documentary, directed and produced by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn, 1986.
Official website:
"Heavy Metal Parking Lot is a mid-1980s time capsule from the golden age of heavy metal. Producers Jeff Krulik and John Heyn, armed only with a camera and sound gear, braved the parking lot of a Judas Priest concert in 1986 and captured 16 minutes of raucous and unexpurgated interviews from teenage metal heads. For nearly twenty years, VHS copies of Heavy Metal Parking Lot were dubbed and passed around, slowly building a worldwide cult following. A bootleg copy allegedly became a band-viewing favorite on Nirvana's tour bus, and Cameron Crow called it "one of the greatest rock movies ever." Since then, the film has garnered a new generation of fans with a special-edition DVD release and a reality-TV series, PARKING LOT. Always a crowd-pleaser, this 25th anniversary tour finally puts HMPL where it was meant to be seen: on the big screen with an audience."
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Documentary, directed and produced by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn, 1986.
Official website:
"Heavy Metal Parking Lot is a mid-1980s time capsule from the golden age of heavy metal. Producers Jeff Krulik and John Heyn, armed only with a camera and sound gear, braved the parking lot of a Judas Priest concert in 1986 and captured 16 minutes of raucous and unexpurgated interviews from teenage metal heads. For nearly twenty years, VHS copies of Heavy Metal Parking Lot were dubbed and passed around, slowly building a worldwide cult following. A bootleg copy allegedly became a band-viewing favorite on Nirvana's tour bus, and Cameron Crow called it "one of the greatest rock movies ever." Since then, the film has garnered a new generation of fans with a special-edition DVD release and a reality-TV series, PARKING LOT. Always a crowd-pleaser, this 25th anniversary tour finally puts HMPL where it was meant to be seen: on the big screen with an audience."
Critic reviews on Internet Movie Database
Reviews on Amazon
Watch trailer
Purchase from Amazon