简介：Unavailableonhomevideoformanyyears(exceptperhapsasagrainy,nth-generationVHSbootleg),PenelopeSpheeris'seminaldocumentoftheyoung1979-1980LosAngelespunksceneincludeschaoticliveperformancesbynow-legendarygroupslikeBlackFlag(withshort-livedleadsingerRon"ChavoPederast"Reyes),X(givingthemselvesstick-and-poketattoos)andtheGerms(whoseunpredictableleadsingerDarbyCrashwouldcommitsuicidebeforethefilm'srelease)interwovenwithtalking-headinterviewswithteenagepunksand,mostentertainingly,olderclubownerstryingveryhardtodescribeagrowingformofmusictheywereclearlyunpreparedfor.ThefootageofFear'sconfrontationalsetwouldlatergrabtheattentionofJohnBelushi,whosnaggedthebanda1981appearanceonSaturdayNightLive(andresultedin$20,000indamagetothestudio).-TomFritsche…