#3 Movie: The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years is a documentary film directed by Penelope Spheeris about the Los Angeles heavy metal scene from 1986 to 1988. It is the second film of a trilogy by Spheeris depicting life in Los Angeles at various points in time. The first film dealt with the punk rock scene during 1979-1980. The third film chronicles the gutter punk lifestyle of homeless teenagers in the late 1990s.

The film features concert footage and interviews of legendary heavy metal and hard rock bands and artists such as Aerosmith, Kiss, Megadeth, Motörhead, Ozzy Osbourne, W.A.S.P, and Alice Cooper.

In a 1999 interview for 'A.V.Club', Spheeris admitted that the scene with Ozzy Osbourne spilling orange juice was faked and the kitchen was not Ozzy's.

On September 13, 2008, in an audio interview with Jeff Duncan of Armored Saint and DC4, which revealed a surprising truth about the pool scene interview with the intoxicated Holmes. Before the interview with Spheeris, Odin singer Randy 'O' Roberg helped Holmes to fill with water a couple of empty vodka bottles that Chris had already emptied. However, Chris waan s indeed extremely drunk during the whole interview, but all the time on camera he was drinking and pouring water all over himself, not vodka. It is unclear if this was intentional to heighten Holmes' disturbing excess or a deceitful prank. As for Randy's involvements, Duncan mentioned that he and Holmes were roommates at the time when this film was made. It is unspecified if this was his idea or Chris'.

IMDb profile of the movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094980/