Heavy Metal Parking Lot

mdaudioguy
mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
edited February 2011 in Music & Movies
Possibly one of the most hilarious 16 minute documentaries I could imagine. I've run across some mentions of it online, but today I finally found it on hulu.

Basically, camcorder-quality footage shot in the parking lot of the former Capital Center in Largo, MD, in 1986, prior to a Judas Priest concert. My biggest fear was that I would show up somewhere in the background! :eek: I saw JP 3 times there in the 80s..., but I was relieved when I checked my pile of concert ticket stubs and realized I wasn't at that particular show! :redface: My wife (not a JP fan) was speechless watching this. I assured her that I never once went shirtless at a concert. :tongue:

Hilarious and embarrassing at the same time! :biggrin: Some of the quotes you hear in this film are a riot! I wonder where these people are now... Ha! OMG. :smile:
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited February 2011
    It's also available here:

    http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/heavy_metal_parking_lot/
    The description:
    HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT is considered one of the greatest rock and roll movies of all time, although it’s actually a hilarious documentary tribute to rock and roll’s GREATEST FANS. Filmed in 1986 at a Maryland concert arena parking lot before a heavy metal show, HMPL is an unvarnished anthropological study of American metalheads in their mid-’80s glory.

    It is the quintessential ‘80s magnum opus, made complete with a vast display of muscle cars, spandex, bleach-blonde frizzy perms, bare-chested dudes, Mullets From Hell, faded denim metal chicks, and the largest collection of late ‘70s Camaros ever seen in one location. Virtually unknown to mainstream audiences for two decades, HMPL was a VHS bootleg favorite among musicians, movie stars and cult-video fanatics worldwide.

    Seriously, if you're into 80s metal - CHECK THIS OUT! It's priceless! :smile:
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,329
    edited February 2011
    OMG!!!! Talk about going back in time!!! LOL!!!

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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited February 2011
    Wow. Reminds me of seeing Rush or Alice at the Cape Cod Coliseum. Saw Rush on Purple M.D.:eek:
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited February 2011
    I just ordered it from Amazon on DVD!

    http://www.amazon.com/Heavy-Metal-Parking-Jeff-Krulik/dp/B000HT384Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297050957&sr=8-1
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited February 2011
    That was interesting.

    I really hope I didn't act that stupid back in the 80's when I was in my 20's going to concerts in a similar condition. :eek:
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited February 2011
    Rivrrat wrote: »
    That was interesting.

    I really hope I didn't act that stupid back in the 80's when I was in my 20's going to concerts in a similar condition. :eek:

    I'm actually afraid of how I really might have looked and acted!!
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2011
    HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT is considered one of the greatest rock and roll movies of all time, although it’s actually a hilarious documentary tribute to rock and roll’s GREATEST FANS.

    Seriously??????

    After the first few minutes it was just boring and repetitive.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited February 2011
    shack wrote: »
    Seriously??????

    After the first few minutes it was just boring and repetitive.

    I think it's a cult favorite... "greatest" would be overstating it a bit, but it's definitely real. Good for you that it wasn't much longer than a few minutes, huh? :wink:

    A Marylander probably appreciates it a bit more than someone not as familiar with Largo, DC101, Ocean City, Glen Burnie, etc...

    For just a moment, I thought that blue Nova in the opening scene belonged to a friend of mine!
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  • newrival
    newrival Posts: 2,017
    edited February 2011
    holy crap. i'm so glad you posted this. that was awesomely bad.
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited February 2011
    Uh, yeah. The 20 year old making out with the 13 year old was awesome. Kind of pathetic he couldn't find a 10 year old, but what the hell, right?
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    "The day that I have to give up my constitutional rights AND let some dude rub my junk...well, let's just say that it's gonna be a real bad day for the dude trying to rub my junk!!"
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited February 2011
    ^^ Pretty disgusting and sad really, but apparently true. I didn't see any good role models in there. There was probably grounds for arresting half or more of them. Let's hope that guy's stint in the military straightened him out. I wonder what her parents thought of that situation. I do remember some girls from high school who always dated older guys, but not tht much older. Maybe 4 or 5 years.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,833
    edited February 2011
    Well ..... "HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT is considered one of the greatest rock and roll movies of all time, " ..... uhm ...... I dunno ..... if by "greatest" one means, " most rage-inducining, rampage-causing mislabelled piece of celluloid in the history of mankind", I would completely agree. :wink:

    More like, "****-O-Rama", IMO. (that blonde gal at about 6:30 was okay, though). :redface:
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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited February 2011
    Still love the girls with big hair!! Reminds me of great times in the parking lot at Red Rocks before concerts.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,329
    edited February 2011
    avelanchefan wrote: »
    Still love the girls with big hair!! Reminds me of great times in the parking lot at Red Rocks before concerts.

    Some of them were guys...:eek:
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited February 2011
    Wow, that brings back memories....Oh yeah Iron Maiden is still the best!
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