(Mon 30th / 8pm / £2)
(Stephen Blush / 2006 / USA / DVD / 100 mins / Cert 18)

The definitive history of Hardcore Punk in the states from 1980-86; when bands were starting daily and creating something new, without a care in the world for the majors, money or fame.

This film looks back on classic bands such as Black Flag, Bad Brains, MDC, SSD, Flipper, Minor Threat, Dicks, Big Boys, DOA who struggled to make their own scene with little or no help. Interviews with Ian Mackaye, Rollins, Dave Dictor, Flea, HR, Keith Morris. These bands paved the way for everyone from Nirvana, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and REM. Includes a mass of unseen footage and blows away the myth that punk went from Blondie and the Ramones to Nirvana in one giant leap.

http://www.sonyclassics.com/americanhardcore/