Unavailable on home video for many years (except perhaps as a grainy, nth-generation VHS bootleg), Penelope Spheeris' seminal document of the young 1979-1980 Los Angeles punk scene includes chaotic live performances by now-legendary groups like Black Flag (with short-lived lead singer Ron Chavo Pederast Reyes), X (giving themselves stick-and-poke tattoos) and the Germs (whose unpredictable lead singer Darby Crash would commit suicide before the film's release) interwoven with talking-head interviews with teenage punks and, most entertainingly, older club owners trying very hard to describe a growing form of music they were clearly unprepared for. The footage of Fear's confrontational set would later grab the attention of John Belushi, who snagged the band a 1981 appearance on Saturday Night Live (and resulted in $20,000 in damage to the studio). - Tom Fritsche
纪录片，没字幕看起来很吃力的
看的时候在想 比起一些其他音乐类型 朋克真的是和社会/政治环境关系格外密切的一种表达方式 与时代互相成就 氛围改变了 它好像也就不再被需要了
特纯粹的记录了79年至80年的乐队，那时也是朋克转向硬核的过渡期。终于没有老大哥坐着讲朋克往事，一切都是那年发生的，看到Germs主唱在台上自毁的样子，似乎注定了他后来的死亡。还有Pat，你丫背叛了朋克。
该来了 朋友们 朋克该来了
The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
