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The Decline of Western Civilization is a 1981 American documentary filmed through 1979 and 1980. The movie is about the Los Angeles punk rock scene and was directed by Penelope Spheeris.
Featuring some of the most influential and innovative musicians and groups of all time – Germs, Black Flag, X, Fear, Circle Jerks, Alice Cooper and Ozzy Osbourne, these riveting, unflinching and hard-core films adeptly captured the spirit of a major cultural phenomenon.
The Decline of Western Civilization: Directed by Penelope Spheeris. With Eugene Tatu, Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline. A look into the Los Angeles punk rock scene, that was largely ignored by the rock music press of the time.
The Decline of Western Civilization takes a frank, often funny look at the punk culture of the late '70s and early '80s. Director Penelope Spheeris surveys the late-1970s Los Angeles punk scene:...
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Sep 28, 2021 · Penelope Spheeris sat down to discuss her legendary documentary trilogy The Decline of Western Civilization, which captured life in LA’s punk, metal, and gutter punk scenes.
In 1987 DUDES, starring Flea, John Cryer, Lee Ving and Daniel Roebuck, is about alienated punk kids who discover a sense of values while setting straight the death of a friend. In all of these films Spheeris reveals the desolation of youth and the American dream gone bad.
Penelope Spheeris' The Decline Of Western Civilization is a riveting, unflinching and hard-core film which adeptly captures the spirit of a major cultural phenomenon. Including performances by X, Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline, Germs and Alice Bag Band.
