Recent films like What Happened, . The record companies dropped all of our shit; crazy hair and make-up kind of went away. "It was pretty organic," she says. Penelope Spheeris rounds out her Decline of Western Civilization trilogy with this in depth look at the lives of self-proclaimed 'gutter punks,' homeless punk rockers that squat in abandoned homes or sleep on the streets, panhandle or steal, and live lives of alcoholism and drug addiction. The medieval world was forged by the big forces that still occupy us today: climate change, pandemic disease, mass . This article about a music-related documentary film is a stub. I havent been drinkin since 1996. If money comes in the situation it changes everything. They stopped teaching it, and the great cultural transmission belt broke. The music is fast, loud, smart and aggressive; the kids dress the same, albeit with a few more piercings; they still brawl with skinheads and get hassled by cops. I said: Mom, I gotta do this interview. Well, she didnt have anything else to do so she just came along. For some reason, beginning in the late fifteenth century, the little states of Western Europe, with their bastardized linguistic borrowings from The Decline DVD box set wont stop the countless black market VHS tapes floating around online, but for Spheeris, its a form of justice against her bootleggers. But Ive been doin it a long time. Featuring interviews with established bands like Poison, as well as acts like Odin, Lizzy Borden, Faster Pussycat, and others struggling to break through and find mainstream success, The Metal Years is a portrait of excess. Its not as if she hadnt tried before. Get The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox. This Article is related to: Toolkit and tagged DVDs, Penelope Spheeris, Shout! 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Spheeris talks to homeless teenagers living on the street or squatting in abandoned buildings in Los Angeles, an unstable mother, Los Angeles Police Department officer Gary Fredo, and a paralyzed youth living on disability benefits. Western civilization refers to the art, literature, culture, and enduring ideas that emerged from the eastern Mediterranean basin in the centuries before the common era, that developed in myriad forms through the Middle Ages, and that ultimately took modern shape after the Renaissance. Its not the moneyfuck the money. I dont have the budget. So I agreed to do the interview. It is the third film of a trilogy by Spheeris depicting life in Los Angeles at various points in time. Chris Holmes: When Penelope asked me to be in the Decline movie, I went: Why dont you ask Blackie [Lawless, W.A.S.P. But I was also determined to get people like Dave Mustaine of Megadeth into the film, because those guys were different, kinda deeper than the others. '", Spheeris says that she's working on a fourth Decline film with her daughter, Anna Fox. Brought up in her father's travelling carnival, Penelope Spheeris was the ideal person to turn the camera on the three-ring circus that was the 80s/90s Sunset Strip scene. Eyeball is rad and so is Troll. One of the firsts things that came up was this site, www.art-for . However, it never went into general release and was not available on VHS or DVD until the release in 2015 of a box set containing all three films on DVD and Blu-ray. Steven Hanseter: Im forty-nine years old, never been a smoker, never been drunk. As Ipsos Mori's Social Research Institute reports: "The assumption of an automatically better future for the next generation is gone in much of the west.". I dont know what I was thinkin. "But it's like, 'That's it, I'm never gonna be doing another box set in my whole life so I've got to get it right.'". The Decline of Western Civilization III is a 1998 documentary film, directed by Penelope Spheeris, that chronicles the gutter punk lifestyle of homeless teenagers. Shout! Being on stage in Tuff was a licence to kill, as far as getting girls. Roughly speaking, it covers parts of the world where the dominant cultural norms originated in Western Europe, including North America . They escaped to the streets, to rampant alcohol abuse in most cases, and to punk rock as a means of survival. Our bus was confiscated, all our gear, all our shit, we were left in a hotel with our rooms already due. Civilization" on their Victory medal.3 "Western civilization" would be a good idea, in other words, if we were sure where to find it. In 2016, The Decline of Western Civilization was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[4][5]. Penelope Spheeris was a friend of friends, and we ended up shooting our section at The Cathouse. The director, whose credits include Wayne's World and Black Sheep, has finally emerged from the depths of turning her celebrated three-part hardcore-punk and heavy-metal documentary series, The Decline of Western Civilization, into a comprehensive box set. "I was always going out the clubs and seeing the punk bands," she says of how the first 1981 doc came about. So I came up with this idea for a website called Metal Sludge, where we would make fun of the eighties, a very affectionate piss-take. Super nice guy. It took shape in medieval Europe, with its Christian religion, feudal society . 1. I remember driving down Sunset Strip in my car, seeing all these strangely dressed people spilling out on to the sidewalk. We stopped London/DPriest in 1992 after our manager deserted us. Thats when I became enveloped by the idea of becoming a rock singer. Another possibility is that the title refers to Darby Crash's reading of Oswald Spengler's Der Untergang des Abendlandes (The Decline of the West). Shellenberge agreed. "It's been a year of pure hell," filmmaker Penelope Spheeris says with a laugh. And I'm like ah fuck, 'I can't do it man.'" The Roots of Western Civilization. I went online and googled "eugene decline of western civilization". But in the end we went ahead with Anna in control. When Punk Was Meant to Hurt You: Penelope Spheeris' 'The Decline of Western Civilization'. This has caused an intellectual crisis, and some Muslims saw new ideas from the West as a direct threat to Islamic identity. Or why not treat yourself? In this documentary, filmmaker Penelope Spheeris captures the life of Los Angeles "gutter punks": homeless teenagers who prefer anarchy and chaos to organized society. All we had was a bag of weed, two bottles of booze and our guitar players credit card. Bands included are Black Flag, Germs, X, Alice Bag Band, the Circle Jerks, Catholic Discipline, and Fear. Taime Downe: When Faster Pussycat started, Mtley and Ratt had already taken off, and newer bands like Poison were playing the Strip. Doug Casey: Western Civilization has its origins in ancient Greece. Make sure to check out the Sidebar and FAQ, Press J to jump to the feed. I go: The closest person to you, theres a chance he might screw you over. They look at me like Im nuts. This summer were going to ride our motorbikes down to Florida together.. That was just one situation. "I had to grow my hair out." In the late 1990s it was released on CD as well. . But the tables have turned. The Decline of Western Civilization's third installment features the LA hardcore punk scene of the 1990s. But the footage in Spheeris films was deeply personal. I thought, Well, Im just going to go do something else man, screw it. I found guys like Chris Holmes of W.A.S.P. Featuring concert footage of Los Angeles punk bands and interviews both with band members, the publishers of Slash fanzine, and with the punks who made up their audience, the film offers a look into a subculture that was largely ignored by the rock music press of the time. Im sure that movie did enhance our career. at the Frida Cinema, 305 E. Fourth St., Santa Ana; thefridacinema.org. At best, they think theyll be exactly where they are now: homeless, broke, spanging for money to buy beer, waiting to die. Im lucky, my dad and mom are still goin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvEa_IFt9yg. It was the first, though, that is the most successful, and has the widest impact. The `Decline' of L.A. 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"In a dying civilization, political prestige is the reward not of the shrewdest politician, but of the man with the best bedside manner. Weaver, a scholar at Vanderbilt in the early 20th century, gives an eloquent account of the corrosive materialist rationalism that eats away at the core beliefs of Western civilization. Its not the taste that turns me off, its what it does to you. By Kory Grow. Ironically, its nearly the same thing she was told when she tried to get distribution for Decline of Western Civilization Part I: punk is dead. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The Decline movies, still on a variety of different film formats, sat in an underground vault in her home, but demand for them never let up. Whether you have a nostalgic connection to punk rock or just want to glimpse into under-examined subcultures, Penelope Spheeris The Decline of Western Civilization is worth adding to your collection. But I like that it's done. Share this: Best of Chicago voting is live now. At the insistence of her daughter, Anna Fox, who has stayed in touch with many of the subjects in her mothers films, Spheeris undertook an intensive two-year process of digging up and editing archival footage, restoring the movies and shopping for a distributor. The Decline of Western Civilization III is a 1998 documentary film, directed by Penelope Spheeris, that chronicles the gutter punk lifestyle of homeless teenagers. There is no future in mind for anyone here. The second consideration depicts its slow decline with the internal problems like slow economic growth, unemployment, stagnant population, government shortfall, deteriorating work ethic, crime, and . She was lookin for bands that were staples on the LA music scene, and Odin certainly was that. I couldnt see any point in sitting round writing the same thing again. I guarantee you that. China lost the conflict, and the West imposed sanctions that permanently weakened Qing rule. It . I had a music video company at that point, and I was working for the record companies doing videos for the Staple Singers, Funkadelic, Doobie Brothers and all kinds of old bands, but I learned how to shoot music from doing those music videos, way before MTV. Theyre not particularly high def; then again, the grittiness and grime are a part of the overall aesthetic, so you wouldnt want them to get too dressed up. [2] In We Got the Neutron Bomb, an oral history of the L.A. punk rock scene collected by Marc Spitz, Claude Bessy aka: Kickboy, claims that he came up with the title.[3]. When you do a record deal, dont trust anybody, especially your best friend. And if the books themselves seem daunting, there are always great reviews of great books, which serve to give a sense of the author's point. I'm gonna make The Decline Part Three,' she recalls. They offer definitive looks at turning points in underground music while showing both the upsides and downsides of fame often with a sense of humor. In the late 90s, she turned down a distribution deal to release it because it would have required her to give up the rights to Parts I and II (which initially had very limited theatrical releases). A website? The films (released in 1981, 1988, and 1998) take a look at a range of . I knew it would be drudgery. But between their notorious on-screen appearance in a hot tub and the films release, the band had broken up, with guitarist Jeff Duncan going on to join LA metal linchpins Armored Saint, of which hes still a member. The couple spoon and squid they had got into an argument because dude was cutting another girls hair she got jealous and stabbed squid with the scissors. Her experiences on The Decline Of Western Civilization Part II would bear fruit when she went on to direct blockbuster comedy Waynes World. I didnt want to do it because I knew it would be painful. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. I know. This is a carousel. Penelope Spheeris and her boyfriend, Eyeball Penelope Spheeris, creator of The Decline of Western Civilization series, is a veteran Hollywood filmmaker, a "den mother" and most importantly, a cheerleader for punk rock. The cut- and-paste editing, harsh lighting and seat-of-the-pants production that made the first film's technique a perfect reflection of its content have been replaced by MTV-era aesthetics. As stand-alone documents, they respectively capture the nascent aggression of California hardcore, the poofed-hair pomp of Hollywood heavy metal and the squalor of life as a gutter punk. Six weeks later we opened up for Warrant at The Roxy. Fri., 7:30 p.m. $10. Like, we had a seven-foot-high drum riser with a girl dancing underneath it. I went to school with the guys from Alice In Chains. The second film, The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988), covers the Los Angeles heavy metal scene of 19871988. After a few weeks the club was packed. The promoter said we didnt have to play, so we just hung out and played basketball. One of the smaller ancient civilizations, Greece has exerted an influence out of proportion to its size on the development of Western civilization, largely due to the intellectual accomplishments of Greek philosophers, who laid the foundation for much of modern science and . The director, whose credits include Wayne's World and Black Sheep, has finally emerged from the depths of turning her celebrated three-part hardcore-punk and heavy-metal documentary series, The Decline of Western Civilization, into a comprehensive box set. By the time The Decline Of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years came out in mid-1988, the L.A. glam scene was under siege by grittier hard rock bands on the right and the thrash metal uprising . And thats the part also that really upset me.. If you went out on the Strip on a Saturday night in those days to The Rainbow, The Roxy, Gazzaris, it was like a madhouse. So just as we were beginning to make an impact, they came along and we had no chance. The movie is about the Los Angeles punk rock scene and was directed by Penelope Spheeris. Her experiences on The Decline Of Western Civilization Part II would bear fruit when she went on to direct blockbuster comedy Wayne's World. And then she was similarly inspired for 1998's The Decline of Western Civilization III when she saw packs of kids walking down sidewalks in L.A. "I looked at them and said, 'Jeez, that looks like a whole other punk movement going on,' so I stopped them and said, 'What's up with you? Death of the Soul: From Descartes to the Computer, by William Barrett. She put us in the movie and it absolutely put us on the map. And if Ive left anything behind when Im dead, its a document that a lot of people should know about., READ MORE: A.C.L.U. Ancient Greece. I knew it was going to be just soul-searching psychologically freaking out., Fox ultimately convinced her mom to do the soul-searching work by giving her an ultimatum. Its like, youre stealing my identity. Grunge absolutely ended it for London. A lot of these guys were my buddies from growing up in Seattle, so I was pleased to see them getting success. While its predecessors focused on punk music and musicians, this latest episode concentrates on the audiences -- kids who weren't born when the original film was released. That was our first show together. Its cheaper to live in Vegas, and theres lots of work out here and a great club scene. Guns in 2001. Hitting the streets in 1981, the original Decline of Western Civilization dove head first into the whirling mosh pit of the Los Angeles hardcore punk scene. I was never happy in W.A.S.P. Axl and Izzy were at our very first show. But eventually, as the Sunset Strip's version of metal ascended, she realized she had the makings of a sequel 1988's The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years. Decline is a documentary directed by Penelope Spheeris (weirdly also the . Being a skateboarder, I was into punk and new wave, like 999, The Specials, Devo. The Metal Years includes in in depth interview with Spheeris, previously unseen footage and interviews, and a commentary with the director and Nadir DPriest, singer for the band London, who figure prominently in the film. We toured with L.A. In 1998, the last in the series, "The Decline Of Western Civilization Part III", hit select theaters but was never released in any home video format. I never realised that until the last day I ever saw him, when he told me that right to my face. I went on an aversion therapy program to quit drinkin. Penelope Spheeris began her career in the early '80s with The Decline of Western Civilization, an aggressively political and energetic chronicle of the late '70s L.A. punk scene featuring bands like Black Flag, X, and The Circle Jerks. Sure, the film gave London a huge push. youtu.be comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment Part III arrives with additional interviews with the kids, some behind-the-scenes footage, and a longer version of the conversation with Red Hot Chili Peppers bass player Flea. The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: the Metal Years is a tragicomic look at the late-80s 'hair metal' scene. I cant go on Google and look at myself. Suddenly there were grunge bands, like Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, on the MTV Countdown, in the magazines, on the radio. Im not cryin about it, though, because the bottom line is I can still get on the stage, and when that first chord hits, man, Im alive again.. Mostly, it means that after all those years, shes finally overcome her pastand restored it to cinematic perfection. We got all our friends to come, and theyd bring their friends and it started to snowball. Western societies will respond with restrictions and even bans on immigration; multi-billion dollar walls and border-patrolling drones and troops; heightened security on who and what gets in; and . And then the grunge thing happened. Inside 10 Iconic 'Decline of Western Civilization' Scenes. The pinnacle for Tuff was getting on to the MTV Countdown. Barrett was one of the great writers of philosophy and ideas for the intelligent layman. We were already oddballs, even within the scene, because I was so seventies-influenced. The first film, The Decline of Western Civilization (1981), dealt with the punk rock scene during 1980-1981. Cheered by those who saw what Bloom saw and reviled by those who refused to see, it continues to be referred to as one of the great books on Western culture. Yellowstone: The Hidden Propaganda in Television and Movies, How to Cultivate a Marriage That Will Help Your Child Succeed. Well be doing that big Cathouse Live show at Irvine Meadows that Riki is puttin together. Gone, too, is the unintentional hilarity of 1988's "Decline of Western Civilization, Part II: The Metal Years," in which Spheeris simply pointed her camera at the city's gaggle of ambitious big-hair bands and let them make fools of themselves. In fact, the Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates banned the film from screening in LA after its midnight premiere in 1981. They treated us really good, but Id been shoved into the industry for the first eight years of my adult life. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. If the subjects have changed, so has their documentarian. Now on the homecoming stretch of this summers promotional tour, which included theatrical screenings across the country, Spheeris, 69, is mostly relievedshe no longer has to revisit long-forgotten footage of her goofy outfits with these funky hairdos she saidbut shes also deeply apologetic to her fans. Featuring chaotic live performances by legendary West Coast groups cut throughout with intimate interviews, its a snapshot of a specific moment, a specific social and cultural group, and a specific time, warts and all. Seven years later Spheers released The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years. The first film, The Decline of Western Civilization (1981), dealt with the punk rock scene during 19801981. While his band, Tuff, never made it to the very top of the Sunset Strip food chain, Rachelles can-do attitude helped him weather the hard times of the 90s. I found the clip! 2023 IndieWire Media, LLC. In the third installment of Penelope Spheeris' "Decline" series, being young in a leather jacket isn't what it used to be. The Decline of Western Civilization is a 1981 American documentary filmed through 1979 and 1980. We participated in all of that stuff that was going on. The question is, what took so long? Fox, too, is working on a documentary inspired by painful family historySpheeris dad, a carnie, was murdered while protecting a black man in the Southbut the racially-charged subject matter might be more relevant than ever. Attempts were made to get me to include more of the mainstream, successful bands, but that wasnt really what interested me. RhetoricinPopularCulture-BarryS.Brummett.pdf. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). I cant go on YouTube and find out whats been stolen. But Greer's assumption is built on shaky ground because industrial civilization differs from all past civilizations in four crucial ways. I do wish where was a little more about Part III. After years of what she describes as paralyzing anxiety surrounding the films she considers her lifes most important work, Spheeris finally did something about that queasy feeling in her gut. He died shortly before the film was released, though the promotional images for the film and album release had been designed before his death. Spheeris resolved to ignore it. Germs singer Darby Crash appears on the soundtrack album cover. Interviews with leading film and TV creators about their process and craft. I get dizziness, I get the shakes in my hands. And we faked the spilling of the orange juice. In addition to the movie specific extras, there is another disc of additional goodies to paw through, including material from all three films. The documentary was equally entertaining, even if the focus was less on the music and more on musicians' lust for sex, drugs and stardom. Chris Holmes, the towering guitarist with W.A.S.P., was central to the films most memorable scene, in which he mugged, hammed, drank and swore his way through an interview while perched precariously on a lilo in a swimming pool, watched by his evidently bemused mother. The camerawork . Wed had a ten-year run, but by 1995 we were playing to forty people some nights. Faster Pussycat broke up in 1993, because the whole scene had changed. Death of the Soul: From Descartes to the Computer, by William Barrett. "It's like, it's not bullshit . When we supported Poison in 1986 in San Diego they did not want the riser, they wanted it down. Then, in the early nineties, I got this job, via my friend Bruce Kirkland who had a multimedia company called Second Vision. Decline properly introduces itself with the distorted bars of X's "Nausea" as the title card cuts to a roiling pit churned by the trunks and limbs of thrashing teenage bodies. This is the roughest watch of the trilogy as it . For decades, there were only two ways to watch "The Decline of Western Civilization": buy a bootleg or download it online. As more and more funds were funneled into the military upkeep of the empire, technological advancement slowed and Rome's civil infrastructure fell into disrepair. Troll was on an episode of Dog Eat Dog fairly recently, and Squid was stabbed to death by Spoon (IIRC) shortly after filming wrapped up. They just want to escape it, and in "Decline, Part III" some succeed. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. These are their stories, in their own words. The film is the opening act of a trilogy by Spheeris, depicting music scenes in Los Angeles during the late 20th century. As far as how we were and what we did, how we lived, it was pretty accurate party all the time. August 19, 2020. I see Troll at stuff all the time and would consider him a friend of mine. 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