Screenbeat Comfortably Dumb
It’s not likely to sweep the Oscars this year, but wouldn’t it be nice if Penelope Spheeris’ Decline Of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years were to be nomitated for “Best Documentary To Bite The Hand...” or some such category? To prove that lightning can strike twice, Spheeris decided to risk a sequel to her original Decline (about the L.A. punk scene circa 1979 with Black Flag, X, the Germs and Fear).
Screenbeat
Comfortably Dumb
by
Vicki Arkoff
“I have a disease called alcoholism and dr-dr-dr-drug dependency. ”
—Ozzy Osbourne
It’s not likely to sweep the Oscars this year, but wouldn’t it be nice if Penelope Spheeris’ Decline Of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years were to be nomitated for “Best Documentary To Bite The Hand...” or some such category?
To prove that lightning can strike twice, Spheeris decided to risk a sequel to her original Decline (about the L.A. punk scene circa 1979 with Black Flag, X, the Germs and Fear). The flick is a fascinating bit of docu-metal skewering the stars, the fans, the wanna-bes and the casualities of the genre. Can’t stand the screeching noise of Faster Pussycat, Kiss or Motorhead? You’ll soon forget, because this clever hunk of celluloid is a real hoot.