Scott Steg (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} scottsteg) wrote,@ 2007-02-28 10:50:00 |
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Urgh! A Music War
Last night on INHD I stumbled upon this concert film called "Urgh! A Music War." What I thought would be a quick passing of channels became a 2-hour historical epic of 80's music at its best.
When Brandi came home later from class, she too became mesmerized at this film. Its basically a series of performances from several venues (LA, NYC, Frejus, FR and London mainly) by various new-wave and punk/post-punk acts.
There's more video info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urgh%21_A_
And some clips here:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q
Its having issues being released on DVD and the VHS copies are in upwards of $100 on eBay. In any case, this is a film not to be missed. Even the bands I had never heard of (The Members, Au Pairs, The Alley Cats and Athletico Spizz 80) are just as mesmerizing to watch like the bands I love (The Cramps, Gary Numan, Devo and XTC). You'll even see a crazy performance by the falsetto-voiced Klaus Nomi.
If you catch this on an occasional broadcast on Sundance, VH1 Classic or an HD Channel, don't miss it. Also, if you see Miles Copeland, who owns the rights, tell him to get this sucker on DVD asap. He's the brother of Police drummer Stewart Copeland, head of IRS records and a nutjob for not releasing this any sooner.
Last night on INHD I stumbled upon this concert film called "Urgh! A Music War." What I thought would be a quick passing of channels became a 2-hour historical epic of 80's music at its best.
When Brandi came home later from class, she too became mesmerized at this film. Its basically a series of performances from several venues (LA, NYC, Frejus, FR and London mainly) by various new-wave and punk/post-punk acts.
There's more video info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urgh%21_A_
And some clips here:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q
Its having issues being released on DVD and the VHS copies are in upwards of $100 on eBay. In any case, this is a film not to be missed. Even the bands I had never heard of (The Members, Au Pairs, The Alley Cats and Athletico Spizz 80) are just as mesmerizing to watch like the bands I love (The Cramps, Gary Numan, Devo and XTC). You'll even see a crazy performance by the falsetto-voiced Klaus Nomi.
If you catch this on an occasional broadcast on Sundance, VH1 Classic or an HD Channel, don't miss it. Also, if you see Miles Copeland, who owns the rights, tell him to get this sucker on DVD asap. He's the brother of Police drummer Stewart Copeland, head of IRS records and a nutjob for not releasing this any sooner.
