This week, we talk to Australian musician, actor, and podcaster BEN LEE about the classic THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION 2: THE METAL YEARS!!! We discuss how the film compares to the original punk rock film, Ben’s genuinie love of heavy metal and the shot by shot tribute he made to this film for his latest music video, seeing the Mötley Crüe Dr. Feelgood tour, Ben’s transtion from metal into punk, Ben’s thoughts on why Australia might not have the perfomative distance needed to have more glammy metal bands, the sadness that often permiates both films, the divisiveness within the 80s metal scene, the hightened sense of making it in L.A., Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley’s scenes in the movie, Weezer, the Rainbow and the Sunset Strip, selling the rock n roll fantasy to teenagers, the 80s metal MTV video output, Lemmy, the brilliance of Penelope Spheeris’s approach to connecting to these kids in all the L.A. music scenes, the sexism in the film, Lizzy Borden, how some bands prefered asthetic over songs, seprateing the fake album titles from the actual album titles, the Grunge movement, how the idea of careerism came into the underground, taco bell and tour scheudling, Faster Pussycat, hiding the pain through comedy, the pay to play scam, the L.A. police crackdown on the punk, hiphop and metal scenes, satanic panic, not understanind the cultures that come after your time, the Chris Holmes swimming pool scene, the dissappearnce of tribalism in the scene, Redd Kross, losing friends to other music scenes, is music better than sex like they mention in the film, Prince, creativity and sexuality, Megadeth and more!

So get ready to tease your hair and scream for Odin in this week’s episode of REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE!!!

BEN LEE:

https://www.ben-lee.com/

Ben’s music video tribute to THE DECLINE PT. 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojoi9iqXGHY

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Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.

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