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The wackiest, most dangerous, and drunkest rock and roll documentary ever made! Originally produced in 1996, the film has already lived a life as one of the most hotly traded and highly coveted underground rock films of all time. This release features over 100 minutes of ridiculous debauchery with heavy metal’s all time kings and their legion of maniacal fans. Whether you love, hate, or could give a crap about Metallica, this film will have you passed out in the bushes! Its the natural successor to the cult classic Heavy Metal Parking Lot. If you’ve seen and enjoyed Heavy Metal Parking Lot (which depicts a bunch of drunken, idiotic Judas Priest fans in a parking lot in 1986), you’ll like this documentary, as much of it involves the filmmaker interviewing drunk, idiotic Metallica fans in 1994. Most of the interviews are in the parking lot, but some are in a studio. The people are pretty hammered for the most part, and mostly dumb as rocks. It’s pretty funny if you like laughing at lowest-common denominator morons. There’s more to it than that. There’s also a bunch of backstage interviews with folks like Rob Halford of Judas Priest, Tom Araya of Slayer, Scott Ian of Anthrax, Jim Martin of Faith No More, Josh Homme of Kyuss (while the DVD box advertises it as having interviews with “Queens of the Stone Age”, Josh’s current band, it should be pointed out that in ’94, when this was filmed, Josh was in the mighty Kyuss–bassist Scott Reeder of Kyuss also appears) and, er, Madonna, who happened to be backstage at this metal show for some reason. There’s also interviews with Lars, James, Jason and Kirk at various points in the dvd. It’s all pretty honest and unsanitized, and much more interesting than the usual slick, ultra-professional product you get from Metallica these days. But if you’re looking for that kind of thing, don’t bother. Finally, there is some music, although that is clearly not the focus of this dvd. Metallica’s music and some live footage from the 94 shows appears at points, meaning the filmmaker got the band’s permission for this. The highlight, music-wise, is in the closing credits, which shows Rob Halford of Judas Priest performing Priest’s classic Rapid Fire live with Metallica. A bit rough around the edges, but a very fun dvd.