The Debauchery and Depravity of the ’80s Hair Metal Scene, Revealed!

[ZahZoo]

I haven't watched this yet... but a few of my fellow musician buddies who were part of the 80's music scene say it's entertaining and good for a few laughs and eye rolling... bullshit moments.

It is good to remember that "hair bands" weren't the only popular thing in the 80's rock world... Southern rock, Blues and a lot of just solid bands were at their peak back then.

[Terry]

I'll give it 30 minutes but I suspect that's all.

"Other than these occasional eye-openers, however, N?thin' But a Good Time is a formulaic and shallow affair."

Like that shitty Motley Crue movie,, Chris Holmes pouring vodka on his head lying on in a pool while his mother watches is film making. Vince Neil killing Razzle and maybe even worse permanently disabling people in the car he hit who had no agency at all is not just a fucking 'hah we were crazy kids' drinking story like it was portrayed in 'The Dirt'.

I read The Dirt, didn't bother with the movie...yeah, that whole Neil drunk driving incident where Razzle got killed and the two people Neil hit were seriously injured, man, even back when it happened, I was amazed Neil got off as lightly as he did re: jail time. That whole incident always gets underplayed when Motley Crue talks about their crazy days in the 1980's. Perhaps because that's what people always expected from Motley Crue anyway, that being meatheaded, drunken, drugged up behavior.

[Terry]

Penelope Spheeris who directed 'The Decline of Western Civilisation Part 2" and went on to do Waynes World, later admitted that the scene with Ozzy's hand shaking was faked. Once you know that it seems super obvious. Made me laugh at the time and probably reflects what happened.

It does make you wonder how manufactured the rest of the 'documentary' was though...

The interview scenes with Paul Stanley lying on a bed with a bunch of lingerie models was something one could clearly tell was manufactured even back in the late 1980's, and just as cringe as anything else going on in the flick. Like, it always just came off so contrived...yes, Paul, the only way you could give the interview is to have been laying in your bed with the dozen lingerie models you sleep with nightly because you're such the stud! Yeesh.

The orange juice pouring was obviously staged, but there were comments made by the various musicians throughout about the reality of the economics vs. the illusion that every band you saw signed, touring and on MTV were all multi-millionaires a zillion times over.

[twonabomber]

The full episode came up on my YouTube page. Looks official. Still ain't gonna watch it.

[Seshmeister]

Watched the first one on a torrent and it's not bad.

A fair amount of contemporary interviews - some of those guys have really not aged well...

[Terry]

Watched the first one on a torrent and it's not bad.

A fair amount of contemporary interviews - some of those guys have really not aged well...

Gotta figure those hair metal bands that broke in the 1980's, those guys are all well into their sixties now or older. And yeah, people do live longer now than they used to, but it's not necessarily a great quality of life for everyone.