Cosmo Valdemar Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 11 minutes ago, oldslapper said: Me and my mate sat in the cinema and watched “Slade in Flame” on repeat. That’s when we decided to form our first band. Happy memories Really? Flame's an amazing film but it makes being in a band look pretty hellish... "Can you feel your toes Jack?" 1 Quote
Boodang Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 Led Zeps Song Remains the Same had some acting in the fantasy sections and that was cringeworthy... definitely to be discouraged at all costs. Quote
Cato Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 9 minutes ago, Boodang said: Led Zeps Song Remains the Same had some acting in the fantasy sections and that was cringeworthy... definitely to be discouraged at all costs. Slightly off topic but that film was one of the big musical disappointments of my teenage years. I was a huge Zep fan in the early 90s, but I'd only ever heard the studio albums. So when an excited 14 year old me bought TSRTS on VHS it was a bit of a shock to find out how pompous and bloated their live show was at that point in their career. To be fair it wasn't all bad but to a teenager who's other favourite band were the Ramones that interminable version of 'Dazed and Confused' featuring Jimmy Page torturing his guitar with a violin bow for hours on end was bewildering at best. Quote
PaulThePlug Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) Roadie... Alice Cooper and others... Edited March 4, 2022 by PaulThePlug Quote
Cato Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said: Does Tommy count? I think you may have found the diamond amongst the manure. 1 Quote
Reggaebass Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 Does cliff Richard in summer holiday count 😁, or the Spice movie 2 2 Quote
Reggaebass Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 14 minutes ago, paul_5 said: Elvis done a couple of films too. According to google, Between 1956 and 1972, he made 33 movies, and in all but one he took the starring role 1 Quote
Boodang Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 20 minutes ago, paul_5 said: Elvis done a couple of films too. Is Elvis a band? Quote
skankdelvar Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: Does cliff Richard in summer holiday count 😁, or the Spice movie Thinking about 1960's beat bands... Herman's Hermits made a movie called Hold On about naming an American space capsule after the band. Further wyrde fact: the title song (and others on the OST) were written by PF Sloan, he who penned Barry McGuire's hit Eve Of Destruction. The Dave Clark Five and Freddie and the Dreamers appeared in their own movies but not as themselves. I vaguely recall seeing the DC5 movie Catch Us If You Can one time and thinking it was quite well executed, if a bit silly. Turns out the movie was John Boorman's debut feature film as a director. Judging by synopses of the Freddie and The Dreamers movies, they appear to be truly awful examples of cheapo British offerings of the time, with plots as bad as any Norman Wisdom film and where the band members are being propped up by more proficient character actors. Edited March 4, 2022 by skankdelvar capitalisation 2 Quote
paul_5 Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 10 minutes ago, Boodang said: Is Elvis a band? Gastric band? 2 Quote
skankdelvar Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: The Monkees also made a film They surely did and I watched it one time. A total brain-f__k of neo-psychedelia, social comment and a raft of cameos from people like Frank Zappa, Toni Basil, Dennis Hopper and, er, Victor Mature. Sample sentence from the Wikipedia plot synopsis: 'Then the opening song plays, filling the screen with images from the film, and ending with the execution ↓ of Nguyễn Văn Lém followed by a woman screaming'. As one might expect, Monkees fans were shocked while the hippies rejected the movie as pop trivia. It effectively ended the band's career. The execution of Nguyễn Văn Lém Edited March 4, 2022 by skankdelvar 1 Quote
Boodang Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Reggaebass said: Does cliff Richard in summer holiday count 😁, or the Spice movie Cliff Richard AND the Shadows... let's not forget them. They've been playing their movies on the old git channel recently (aka TalkingPics TV) and should definitely act as a warning to other bands. In one of them they jump from a moving train, throwing a Marshall valve head ahead of them... I didn't realise they were so robust! 1 Quote
Reggaebass Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, Boodang said: They've been playing their movies on the old git channel recently (aka TalkingPics TV) Cheers, I’ll have a look, the only one I know is summer holiday Quote
Merton Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 Glad that Def Leppard movie was mentioned, even if it doesn’t really fit the OP’s point. Christ, what a stinky poo show it was. No surprise that the band very quickly stopped talking about it. I still remember the scene where they get back from the Pyromania tour and the drummer is literally pushing a trolley through the airport with his drum kit 😂😂😂 The whole thing was a mess, I could have done better. Maybe. Quote
Dr.Dave Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 Slade in Flame's been a fave of mine since I first saw it at the flix and How does it Feel which was the theme tune is a fantastic song. Probably a few parallels in it for many of us. Does 40% of Spandau Ballet in the Krays count ? 4 Quote
Harps Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 I vaguely remember All Saints made a film called ‘Honest’ that was supposed to be awful. I’m looking forward to watching the Foos film. I’m not expecting anything fantastic just hoping it’s fun. I’m pretty easily amused, I liked the Trnacious D film. Quote
SumOne Posted March 5, 2022 Posted March 5, 2022 George Harrison was founder/producer of Handmade Films who made lots of good stuff: Life of Brian, Time Bandits, Withnail and I. Quote
Doctor J Posted March 5, 2022 Posted March 5, 2022 Metallica'a utterly baffling Through The Never is part-concert, part-I don't know what but all rubbish. It has been a while since I saw it - only once - but there may have been some kind of small acting roles for the band members at various points. It's utterly terrible is what I'm trying to say. Although SKOM is a documentary, and an amazing one at that, when Trujillo hears their new music for the first time and acts like it isn't complete bowel offerings is worth mentioning. Quote
MrCrane Posted March 5, 2022 Posted March 5, 2022 22 hours ago, MacDaddy said: Spinal Tap don't count! 😆 I have it on good authority that they can count up to 11 Quote
MrCrane Posted March 5, 2022 Posted March 5, 2022 17 hours ago, Boodang said: Cliff Richard AND the Shadows... let's not forget them. One of my old teachers always insisted on referring to Cliff as the Shadows' backing vocalist Quote
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