In defense of select individuals behavior and how they carried themselves in The Metal Years...
You do realize that 75% of those interviewed were basically teenagers, to early/mid 20-somethings... right?
The old men in this thing were Alice, Ozzy, Tyler, Simmons and Stanley.
Alice Cooper turned 40 in Feb. 1988, Ozzy was likely 38 or 39 here, as he turned 40 in Dec. 1988.
Simmons was born in August 1949, which means he was likely 38 or 39 as well, while Paul was 35 or 36! It's pretty nuts to think about how young they all were.
Lemmy was born in Dec. 1945, which if my math is correct, he was the OLDEST guy in this, and he was 41 or 42 when he shot his parts.
Even Dave Mustaine and Chris Holmes were not even 30 yet, clocking in at 26 & 29 respectively.
This was filmed from 1987 into very early 1988... with that... even the old guys in this Doc were between late 30's and very early 40's. Which compared to 75% of this board... we're ALL a decade, or two older than they were here.
So of course a lot of what some of these people said, comes off as immature, silly and at times, down right stupid. Easy to do, when they're all young and clueless in life.
Another thing... not everyone interviewed was in a band... some of those people were basically fans, scene'sters, or dare I call them, wannabe musicians who were on the scene, but never really got off the ground. If there were 40 people interviewed, I would guess I personally knew or met, 30+ and had crossed paths with 8 of the other 10.
Not that anyone asked, but I was 21 in this, and Michael was 19... crazy times for sure, and I have no problem saying, these were some of the best days of my life.
As some know, the Ozzy pouring OJ on the table was staged, as we learned later... and who knows what else was staged, or edited to make someone look like an idiot.
A good example... when I was interviewed for the "Nothin' But A Good Time, The History of Hair Metal" back about 4-5 years ago, the Producers of the segment would ask questions, and they even brought up "Decline of Western Civilization - Part 2 The Metal Years" multiple times.
I recall them asking me about Randy "O", and Odin sitting in the hot tub, and what he said about planning to kill himself if he didn't get as big as Robert Plant.
They asked, and I answered, and said what many others have over the last 35+ years, "Well, is he still alive? Because he didn't get as big as Robert Plant did..." and that made the final cut in the NBAGT series.
Fast forward a few months, and a YT channel interviews Randy "O", and they essentially throw me under the bus, that I was talking sh!t about the guy.
Not true at all... I was merely answering their question... and when they asked it, I had to chuckle a bit as I recalled that scene. Anyone and everyone at some point would have thought, or said something similar, as I did... and ironically, I had just talked to Randy on the phone a few weeks/months before that interview.
Then this Bad Brad (who played guitar in a Sunset Strip band named Shock) made sure to make me look like the jerk to Randy... who seemed miffed at what Brad was saying.
Check the 43 minute mark here >
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XF6TlCI8go I wasn't taking any pot-shots at Randy... I was answering their question.
My point of all this is... to the person who just watched it and felt everyone looked or sounded stupid... well... consider the times, consider their age, and in the end, we're not trying to save to world here, these people were doing exactly what that more recent documentary described in its title... we were all having Nothin' But a Good Time.
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