"See it in a theater.... where you can't get hurt." 01 July 1981 Factual, Music 100 mins
The Los Angeles punk music scene circa 1980 is the focus of this film. With Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline, Circle Jerks, Fear, Germs, and X.
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Eugene Tatu as Self
Alice Bag as Self
Claude Bessy as Self
Dinah Cancer as Self
Exene Cervenka as Self
Lorna Doom as Self
Darby Crash as Self
Don Bolles as Self
Philo Cramer as Self
John Doe as Self
Lee Ving as Self
Greg Ginn as Self
Chuck Dukowski as Self
Ron Reyes as Self
Pat Smear as Self
Greg Hetson as Self
Penelope Spheeris Director
Steve Conant Director of Photography
Penelope Spheeris Producer
Charlie Mullins Editor
Penelope Spheeris Writer
Jeff Prettyman Executive Producer
Peter Wiehl Editor
Peter Wiehl Lighting Director
Gary C. Bourgeois Sound Recordist
Gary C. Bourgeois Sound Mixer
Nick Neutra Mixing Engineer
Nick Neutra Sound Mixer
Allen Blaisdell Assistant Camera
Bill Meurer Additional Photography
Penelope Spheeris Additional Photography
James R. Tynes Assistant Camera
Finland 17 October 2025
United States 15 May 1981
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