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Tag Archives: Hard rock

Suck

May 1, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: After their bass player becomes a vampire, down and out rock band, The Winners are launched into spotlight. Stalked by creepy producers, wild groupies and the legendary vampire hunter […]

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Rip! A Remix Manifesto

November 17, 2010by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: The feature documentary RiP: A Remix Manifesto explores the complexities of intellectual property in the era of peer-to-peer file sharing. Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor interviews key figures […]

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Global Metal

August 12, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn set out to discover how the West’s most maligned musical genre – heavy metal – has impacted the world’s cultures beyond Europe and […]

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Jimi Plays Monterey

May 21, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis:  Few people in the United States had any idea who Jimi Hendrix was when he and his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, came on-stage at the {~1967 Monterey Pop […]

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The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

May 4, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis:  Ozzy Osbourne, Gene Simmons, and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry and Steven Tyler are among the Heavy Metal artists interviewed in The Decline of Western Civilization 2: The Metal Years. This […]

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Brain Candy

January 8, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Shove this up your mind! The country hits cloud nine when obsessed scientist Chris Cooper (Kevin McDonald) invents Gleemonex, a happiness drug. Soon everybody is taking the little orange […]

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Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey

January 8, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Film That Takes You Into The Heart Of The Beast. Sam Dunn, a 30-year-old headbanger-turned-anthropologist, sets out on a quest to explore heavy metal’s origins and cultural impact. […]

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This Is Spinal Tap

December 30, 2009by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Rob Reiner’s directorial debut has developed into a cult phenomenon. The film that invented the “rockumentary” has now outlasted most of the bands it mocked. Following the ill-fated American […]

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Film, Music

The Pick of Destiny

June 24, 2009by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: An Epic Quest. A Magic Guitar Pick. A Chance to Put the D in Destiny. Witness the birth of Tenacious D, the greatest – and craziest – rock band […]

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Ozzy Osbourne: ‘Under Cover’

March 20, 2006by The Thorn Leave a comment

With the recent release of the 4CD boxed-set ‘Prince Of Darkness’, Ozzy Osbourne enthusiasts were treated not only to yet another cash-grabbing retrospective, but also to a variety of rare […]

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