For
all those who have been asking - Get Thrashed:
The Story of Thrash Metal should be out on
DVD August 2008. More details coming soon!!!
GET
THRASHED: THE STORY OF THRASH METAL |
GRAND
PRIZE AWARD
("BEST IN FESTIVAL")
-San Antonio Underground Film Festival |
BEST
DOCUMENTARY
- Backseat Film Festival
- Seattle True Independent Film Festival |
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BEST
MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
-NY Independent International film Festival |
BEST
SOUNDTRACK
-Backseat Film Festival |
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FOUNDER'S
CHOICE: BEST DIRECTOR
-NY Independent International film Festival |
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*Rick
Ernst has managed to capture the spirit of
a metal phenomenon while addressing its influence
on today's metal scene. I for one could not
be more fired up!
Gary Holt / Exodus |
* …the
film offers a glimpse at a vibrant, sometimes
violent subculture, that, for a moment in
time, appeared ready to take over the world.
Jon Wiederhorn / Revolver
Magazine |
*….this
is mandatory viewing. For all of you (like
myself) that were swept up in the fury of
the storm, this will bring back 20-year old
memories of a time when new ground was broken
in metal music and the ante was upped considerably!
Danny Lilker / Nuclear Assault |
*….the
viewer feels actually thrashed, totally beaten
up, steamrolled and willing to immediately
form a metal band after the film.
MOX / Germany |
*Get
Thrashed is the ONLY documentary about our
music that makes perfect sense!
I’m happy someone finally created this.
Mille Petrozza / Kreator |
*Get
Thrashed made me feel like I was looking
into a scrapbook of my music life. The film
gets it right as he makes you feel the vibe
and pulse of this music that we all know
and love.
Frank Bello / Anthrax |
*
A heartfelt tribute to the energy, ambition,
bloody noses, and sick humor of the once-feared
thrashers. Rick Ernst polishes his bullets
and aims his sharpshooter lens at the underground
movement that unexpectedly ushered heavy
music into the modern era.
Ian Christe / author Sound of the Beast |
*This
is one of the best documentaries I have ever
seen on heavy metal.
Sean Cowie / Metal-Rules.com |
*
This film should be shown to any type of
metal fan who “raises the horns” and
will shed some light on thrash metal to those
who may or may not have been part of the
movement.
Tim Westergard / KNAC.com / Entertainment World |
 The
GET THRASHED journey begins in the early
80s, where Metallica and several other bands
laid the groundwork for what would become
a lasting impression on the face of heavy
metal music. These bands helped ignite local
scenes in Los Angeles, the Bay area of California
and New York City, which helped fuel a worldwide
thrash metal movement. By the dawn of the
1990’s, thrash bands had gone from playing
backyard barbeque parties to headlining arenas
and Metallica were on their way to becoming
one of the biggest metal acts of all time.
But as legions of headbanging, stage diving
and moshing metalheads were flocking to see
their favorite bands, the tides had begun
to change. In the early 1990’s, a changing
musical landscape sent thrash spiraling back
into the underground. Some of the musicians
passed away, some returned to their day jobs
and some bands broke up. While the music
lived on, the scene was forever changed.
Get Thrashed traces the rise, fall and impact
of thrash metal; from its early years, through
its influence on grunge, nu metal and today’s
heavy metal scene. It is the story of the
heaviest, hardest music of the 80s and early
90s as told by the bands who lived it, the
fans and bands that grew up on it and by the
artists that carry the “thrash metal”
flag today. The documentary throws new light
on an overlooked, yet incredible music scene
and how it went from a simple rumbling in
the underground to a loud, obnoxious and
constant roar in the (almost) mainstream.
Click
here to see the Get Thrashed trailer
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 TALENT:
the show features interviews with Metallica,
Slayer,
Anthrax,
Exodus,
Godsmack,
Hatebreed,
Megadeth,
Testament,
Overkill,
Death Angel,
Shadows Fall, Meshuggah,
In Flames,
Strapping Young Lad,
Stone Sour,
Superjoint Ritual,
Lamb of God, Vio-lence,
Kreator,
Sodom,
Destruction
, Nuclear
Assault,
Voivod,
Chimaira, Biohazard,
Fozzy/WWE Superstar Chris Jericho,
Sepultura,
Kittie,
The Haunted,
DRI,
Soilwork, Killswitch
Engage, Heathen,
Hirax,
Brian
Slagel, Jon & Marsha
Zazula, authors
Ian Christe (Sound of the Beast) & Steven
Blush (American Hardcore), NY metal
radio DJ
Eddie Trunk, Rampage
Radio's Ron Quintana, KNAC's
DJ Will and featuring the music of: Osmium,
Concrete Coffin, Viscid,
Nocturnal
Fear, Steve
Cone, Exit
To Eternity, Kaos,
Response
Negative, URTO,
THE
LAW & KRONIN.
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