POSITIVES…
If you were or weren’t familiar with the East Bay Area Trash-Metal scene of the 1980s, then this is the documentary you need to watch.
I love that there is a huge focus on the band “Exodus” as they were the kings of that scene.
Of course you can’t have a documentary like this without talking about Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, etc… and there were good highlights that focused on them.
All the video footage, photos, audio interviews, memorabilia, are all a treasure trove of history that I loved seeing in this movie.
There were some great interviews about what these bands did at that time; be it on stage or off of stage, that were so entertaining to listen.
The bands and music aside, I love that this film also covers all the tangentially relatable aspects of that Bay Area Trash-Metal scene that are not as well known to most metal fans. Like specific locations and specific people involved.
As a fan of Heavy Metal music; especially Trash-Metal, it’s hard not to be engaged with this documentary, from the very beginning all the way to the end credits.
NEGATIVES…
There were tangential highlights about the East Bay Area scene that I wish were given more than just a couple of minutes of time to. Could be an editing reason or lack of original footage, so it’s not a huge negative.
This documentary unfortunately can’t avoid the “it should have spent more time on (insert trash metal band name)” complaints.
Also can’t avoid the “what is this, another documentary about Metallica, they are in it too much” complaints.
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