The film was profiled today in Salon. They gave it a meh.
― leavethecapital, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 19:28 (4 years ago) Permalink
slate also gave meh however film threat and variety gave props
however this:
the Mae Shi performed as the Screamers
UH
― Edward III, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 19:39 (4 years ago) Permalink
meh seems the consensus opinion.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 13:41 (4 years ago) Permalink
I think getting wasted and listening to Germicide in a big room w a bunch of people'd be better than that tour.
Also, man listening to a record ONCE is so dumb! I mean if it's not yr usual thing, anyway. How're you gonna know if it could BECOME yr thing? Listen to it a LOT! Buy records you think you won't like AND LISTEN TO THEM TIL YOU DO! It's way more fun than hearing some boring thing you already know you'll like, and pretty selfilluminating too
― Niles Caulder, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 14:37 (4 years ago) Permalink
Buy records you think you won't like AND LISTEN TO THEM TIL YOU DO! It's way more fun than hearing some boring thing you already know you'll like, and pretty selfilluminating too
most OTM thing said on ILM in ages
― J0hn D., Wednesday, 6 August 2008 15:17 (4 years ago) Permalink
it's true - many of the bands I love I didn't like at first listen. I've developed an instinct that says "I'm not digging this but there's something there, I need to listen to it again."
― Edward III, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:00 (4 years ago) Permalink
in other news, they should've hired realicide to be the screamers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQxZ0Vaj6FE
too lazy to c+p? no worries
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQxZ0Vaj6FE
― Edward III, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
They're playing in London in a couple of weeks.
I'm not sure either way what they'd be like to see live now - I'm usually all for going to see reformed bands and not usually that bothered if it's all original members or not, but I've read Shane West isn't just singing for the Germs, he's still acting the role of Darby Crash from the movie onstage, which I dunno, kinda seems a bit weird.
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 16:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
Kind of a parallel to this is when Henry Rollins sang for the Ruts - another band whose singer OD'd at the beginning of the 80s - but he wasn't onstage in the role of Malcolm Owen, he was just singing the songs, and I have no problem with that (in fact I kinda wish I'd gone to that gig).
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 20:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
wow What We Do Is Secret is shamefully, hilariously bad. possibly the worst "rock biopic" I've ever seen.
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 3 May 2012 23:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha yeah i made it about 20 minutes
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 May 2012 00:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh come on, it's certainly better than the Def Leppard biopic that VH-1 put together (the one with Anthony Michael Hall as Mutt Lange).
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 4 May 2012 00:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
but both the Chips and Quincy punk rock episodes are far better (and less tedious than What We Do...)
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 4 May 2012 00:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, May 3, 2012 7:35 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha omg how did i miss that???
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 May 2012 00:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
That Def Lep movie is awesome! Fuck the haters.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 4 May 2012 00:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
WWDIS is a miracle of poor construction, it doesn't even really have scenes or characters - it follows this weird model of a talking head says something happened > show that thing happening for 10 seconds > brief music interlude > on to next thing.
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Agree that the Def Leppard movie is great. There is a lot of subtlety in it, and it's really fun to watch. No, I'm not being sarcastic.
― Poliopolice, Saturday, 5 May 2012 01:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
do you think darby ever once said "cut your hair you krautrock hippy" like in the film
― am0n, Sunday, 17 June 2012 17:22 (1 year ago) Permalink