The resultant film was so bleak it was passed over for general release in the late 90s. By the time Penelope interviewed us for Decline we were one of the hottest bands on the Strip. Four Reasons Civilization Won't Decline: It Will Collapse Misguided Education and the Decline of Western Civilization The Decline of Western Civilization (1981) **** (out of 4) The first film in Penelope Spheeris' trilogy takes a look at the punk scene in Los Angeles during the 1979-80 period where bands like Alice Bag Band, Circle Jerk, Fear, Germs and Catholic Discipline were all the rage. Like, we had a seven-foot-high drum riser with a girl dancing underneath it. The movie got so much publicity that it couldnt have hurt anybodys careers. 7 Have legal second residences in places that will be less affected by the decline of western civilization. Thats when I became enveloped by the idea of becoming a rock singer. As part of my research at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge, I am attempting to find out why collapse occurs through a historical autopsy. I know. Oshkosh, Wisconsin-born Steven Hanseter was a teenage skater who grew up on punk rock, before Mtley Cre provided his Road To Hair Metal Damascus moment and he rechristened himself Stevie Rachelle. Keith [Richards] was under the impression that Id remixed them. Enjoy. The Roots of Civilization. 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. Nadir DPriest: In the mid-eighties a lot of other bands saw us as a threat because we had such great ideas. Photograph: Everett Collection, Inc/Alamy The Germs' charismatic young frontman, Darby Crash, is the film's most magnetic . Life is messier. But what people remember is that our singer [Randy O] said hed kill himself if he didnt get as big as Led Zeppelin, but that was the mind-set of the time: Im gonna do this no matter what. And we were very young. I look pretty much the same and Ive had a fantastic life. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Of course, hes still not as big as Robert Plant, but he hasnt killed himself yet. Penelope Spheeris was a friend of friends, and we ended up shooting our section at The Cathouse. I wouldnt have changed it for nothin in the world. The young hopefuls scenes in a hot tub, surrounded by female fans, are among the most infamous in the film, not least for singer Randy Os supersized bravado: I want to be as big as Zeppelin or the Beatles go down in history like Jim Morrison or Robert Plant its gonna happen. It didnt. We did do an Odin reunion in 2003, played a Monsters Of Rock Cruise ship, and a bunch of other gigs, but I dont think wed do that again. In retrospect, everybody talks about it real fondly, but at the time bands were fightin like cats and dogs, steppin on one another. The climate is changing, the gap between the rich and poor is widening, the world is becoming increasingly complex, and our demands on the environment are outstripping planetary carrying capacity.
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