I'd rather not be in Philadelphia..... But this film couldn't have been made without the Philly HC scene. Which seems to get almost no mention - except brief footage of YDI - a short interview with "Fat" Howard and some musings from Chuck Treece.
The majority of the live footage in this flick, however, was from Philadelphia. Owing to the video skills of Steve "Eye" - and Rich "Spunky" Stankiewicz (who are credited). It was sick seeing the amount of Philly shows that i attended - that were made part of this documentary. Trying to spot myself in the crowd stopped, though, when they showed footage of Die Kreuzen playing in Jeff Jenkins' basement -(called the "West Side Club" )- and I see myself clearly - 20+ years younger - screaming into the mic with Dan. Anyway..........
Here in Philly - we may not have had the same amount of nationally recognized bands as DC, Boston or even NYC - but the scene was F---'n STRONG!!. Plus - due to the geographic location - Philly was often the meeting ground for bands from DC and Boston.
I enjoyed this film thoroughly - especially the coverage of how the Straight Edge scene developed in Boston into an almost Nazi Regime. Just watching Al spout at a press conference that he better not see you drinking at the shows - had me on the floor rolling... Oh well - none of us were very well behaved - and thank god for that.
I am not sure how much the general public are going to be interested in this film - since almost no mention is made of the great Punk Icons of today - like Green Day and Good Charlotte. Well, thats for another day - Carson Daly please answer the call - the Youth are waiting.
The majority of the live footage in this flick, however, was from Philadelphia. Owing to the video skills of Steve "Eye" - and Rich "Spunky" Stankiewicz (who are credited). It was sick seeing the amount of Philly shows that i attended - that were made part of this documentary. Trying to spot myself in the crowd stopped, though, when they showed footage of Die Kreuzen playing in Jeff Jenkins' basement -(called the "West Side Club" )- and I see myself clearly - 20+ years younger - screaming into the mic with Dan. Anyway..........
Here in Philly - we may not have had the same amount of nationally recognized bands as DC, Boston or even NYC - but the scene was F---'n STRONG!!. Plus - due to the geographic location - Philly was often the meeting ground for bands from DC and Boston.
I enjoyed this film thoroughly - especially the coverage of how the Straight Edge scene developed in Boston into an almost Nazi Regime. Just watching Al spout at a press conference that he better not see you drinking at the shows - had me on the floor rolling... Oh well - none of us were very well behaved - and thank god for that.
I am not sure how much the general public are going to be interested in this film - since almost no mention is made of the great Punk Icons of today - like Green Day and Good Charlotte. Well, thats for another day - Carson Daly please answer the call - the Youth are waiting.