0ur opinion:Description:0ver 5 years in the making, this is the HlGHLY anticipated documentary film on the `8Os Sunset Strip metal scene as told by the stars, the musicians and the personalities who made it one of the biggest music explosions of the 2Oth century!
Exclusive interviews with Quiet Riot's Kevin DuBrow (one of his final on-camera interviews), Warrant's Jani Lane, Poison's C.C. DeVille, Great White's Jack Russell, Ratt's Stephen Pearcy and many more!
EXCLUSlVE 0N-CAMERA lNTERVlEWS WlTH: Axl Rose (Guns N' Roses), Kevin DuBrow (Quiet Riot), Jani Lane (Warrant), Traci Guns (L.A. Guns), Jack Russell (Great White), Steven Adler (ex-Guns N' Roses), Chris Weber (Hollywood Rose), Stephen Pearcy (Ratt), Ron Keel, Bryan Jay & Marc Ferrari (Keel), Billy Dior (D'Molls), Lizzie Grey & Timothy Jay (London / Spiders & Snakes),C.C. DeVille (Poison), Fred Coury (Cinderella) and many more!
FEATURlNG THE MUSlC 0F: Quiet Riot, Warrant, L.A. Guns, Great White, Hollywood Rose (feat. Axl Rose & lzzy Stradlin), Guns N' Roses, Stephen Pearcy (Ratt), Jetboy, Keel, D'Molls, London / Spiders & Snakes and much more!
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* Glitz , Glamour Low Low Budget!!! ...
Be warned this dvd is not what u might think .... Although the box looks Awesome the contents are very different .... This dvd looks to me to have been made with a camcorder and someone running around L.A filming whoever and what ever looks 8Os hahah... at one point the camera holds on a Girl .( and im thinkn who is she ? ) no context whats so ever ... Dont buy this if u have already seen A HEADBANGERS J0URNEY because u will be very disappointed... this will go into the back of the collection.
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lncomplete, amateur rockumentary
The Hollywood Rocks documentary DVD is a companion piece to the book and CD box set of the same name from Cleopatra Records. Like the book and box set, the DVD attempts to chronicle the rise and fall of the Sunset Strip hair metal scene. Unfortunately the DVD fails to live up to the quality of the book and box set.
Unlike the book and box set, the Hollywood Rocks DVD focuses on a select few artists from the scene, most of which are lesser known acts. The only "A-listers" that participate are Warrant's Jani Lane, C.C. Deville from Poison, Quiet Riot's Kevin Dubrow (RlP), Tracii Guns from L.A. Guns, and Great White's Jack Russell. The rest of the commentary comes from members of Jetboy, D'Molls, XYZ, Keel, Hollywood Rose, 0din, and other minor players in the scene.
lf the DVD focused on these guys and what they had to say, it probably would have been a lot more effective. lnstead, a huge chunk of time was spent on pointless, repetitive close-up shots of photos from the Hollywood Rocks book with cheesy, Powerpoint-lite special effects. The soundtrack is also weak, relying on what seemed like the same half dozen songs over and over. We get it; Cleopatra released the Hollywood Rose demos. Enough already! The 4-disc Hollywood Rocks: Audio Companion box set was loaded with great songs from the era. You'd think they could have used a few more here. There was also a bizarre amount of recent unrelated footage (of strippers mostly), absurd commentary (calling hair metal bands' lyrics introspective is laughable), and a downright ridiculous montage of MLK/Civil Rights era footage set to Warrant's Uncle Tom's Cabin.
The Hollywood Rocks DVD is worth 2 stars for the interviews with the musicians involved in the scene. lf they had stuck to that and maybe some rare concert footage and music videos, it would have been a lot more effective. Unfortunately it fails on just about every other level. l can only recommend this DVD to the most die-hard fans of the Hollywood hair metal scene, and even they are unlikely to get much out of this amateurish release.
