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What other bands need a movie?

posted 15 years ago by Stuckin1984
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After having watched the film and listening to more of the music (as a fan of metal, mind you) I cannot believe I skipped over these guys! They definitely deserve some type of following at least on the level of say....Accept, Saxon or Manowar, if not larger.

And now to my question: What bands could benefit from having a movie made about them? Some bands are fairly big as is, but could get blown into the stratosphere with a documentary as popular as this one. I doubt that most of them would be as sympathetic and touching, but here is a short list I compiled:

-Annihilator (these guys are Canadian too. How they fell under the radar is anyone's guess.)
-Motorhead (Okay, a huge name in metal, but come on...who wouldn't want to watch a documentary thats follows Lemmy?)
-Overkill (My favorite band ever. They already technically have one documentary about them called "Born in the Basement" and another short one that came with a concert DVD. But they're a thrash band that has been around since at least 1980, and has released 14-15 albums that are all thrash and all sound like Overkill)
-Testament (Many people have said that if they could configure the top 4 thrash bands (Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax) they would remove Anthrax and replace them with Testament.)
-Venom (Big name in metal, but essentially responsible for starting black metal. Also deeply responsible for thrash and death metal. They too have been around 30 plus years.)

Many bands could have a movie made about them, but few would be as personal as Anvil's.

[–] joachimt-IMDB 13 years ago

After so many replies, I'm the first one to mention HELL? This band just put out their recording debut "Human remains", but it was written 30 years ago!!! They did several tours back then and already had a fanbase, but it just didn't work out ...
I'd like to hear more of their story.

[–] john_galvan 13 years ago

I would love it if a film about Raven was made.

[–] Bhoooop_Daahuut 9 years ago

Amen.

They did as much to lead to the inception of modern metal as Anvil did.

[–] JarJarRocks 13 years ago

Wolfsbane. Another great bunch of guys that had kick ass music, but never quite made it.

[–] nike-33 13 years ago

UFO

only because no one remembers them anymore and no one puts them next to ''Led Zeppelin'' and ''Deep Purple''...

they deserve to be remembered as one of the greatest bands ever.

ps also ''Shocking Blue''...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M1FUa4hWJI

[–] mahduk 13 years ago

Trouble. Formed in '79 and are among the first of the Doom Metal bands in the '80's. The closest they came to "making it" was back in 1990 with their self-titled album on Def American records. Many bands cite them as an influence but, like Anvil, never enjoyed the success that Slayer, et al. enjoyed. I'd pit Rick Wartell & Bruce Franklin up against K.K. Downing & Glen Tipton or Dave Murray & Adrian Smith any day. And I like all of them, but Rick and Bruce work extremely well together and don't appear to have the ego issues you can see with other bands.

Trouble = highly underrated.

[–] WickedGarden 13 years ago

Stone Temple Pilots, underrated beyond belief. Hell, even real music critics that gave em crap in the 90's have written blogs recently, admitting they were wrong about them, then. They were the true underdogs of the "grunge" scene, never got the respect nor attention of the media like many of their peers, yet managed to sell millions, win a grammy and are still selling out somewhat big places in the US, South Am and even had a tour all the way in Australia/New Zealand recently.

[–] brannsaar 13 years ago

how is selling millions, winning a grammy and selling out big venues underrated? everyone who knows anything about grunge knows about Stone Temple Pilots. Creep was played countless times on MTV. even the last time I went out drinking the bar I went to played Plush. in no way underrated in the sense Anvil was.

Mother Love Bone would be a greater fit if we talked about underrated, but again, anyone who knows anything about Grunge knows that they consisted of what was to become Temple of the Dog and Pearl Jam

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[–] jefgg 13 years ago

King's X need a movie. They have been around forever with mixed success. They got bigger than Anvil. They have a loyal cult following of fans. And a lot of famous musicians praise them. Playing Woodstock '94 is probably one of their highlights. I guess the major conflict would be drummer Jerry Gaskill's heart attack. I guess the tough times would be their split with former manager Sam Taylor. And their music was removed from Christian stores after Dug Pinnick came out of the closet.

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[–] Doppleagain 12 years ago

Not a metal band, but I've always been a fan of Scottish Rock band
Big Country.
They were big in the UK in the 80's.
First album sold 2m copies, second album went to No.1.
They were dubbed the "Scottish U2".
Then they went into decline sales wise
with an ill-advised change of style.
Singer/Guitarist Stuart Adamson committed suicide
with alcoholism/depression.
Ten years after his death they re-formed
with Mike Peters from "The Alarm" coming on-board.
Peters himself has been fighting cancer for years.

I think it would make a great story.

[–] ecstasy69 12 years ago

Porcupine Trees

[–] jefgg 12 years ago

Raging Slab should have been huge, but got screwed by record labels and the music business. Their sound has been described as as "Lynyrd Skynyrd meets Metallica". Please click on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raging_Slab

[–] dash4569 11 years ago

necroing hipster thread!

[–] Bhoooop_Daahuut 9 years ago

Fk, I completely forgot Raging Slab!!

[–] jefgg 10 years ago

Metal Church deserve a movie. They could have been the first big thrash band.

I listen to other music besides metal. I would also like to see documentaries about Squeeze and about The Smithereens. Both of those bands should have been huge.