After the Screaming Stops

Bros "After The Screaming Stops"

Wow just finished this. I always thought the music was rubbish and the looks silly. But you couldn't help laughing and at times feeling for the boys.

They are ridiculous and perfect in their imperfection but their humanity made it difficult at times to laugh no matter how much what they said warranted it.

Poignant mention for Terry Wogan's quote "what you gonna do when the screaming stops" which generates the title.

Some of my favourite quotes (from many).

"Rome wasn't built in a day, but we don't have time that Rome did"...

"The letters H.O.M.E. are so important because they personify the word home." Matt Goss

"I made a conscious decision because of Stevie Wonder not to be superstitious." Matt Goss

Charming melange of Spinal Tap, David Brent and People Do Nothing which is compulsive viewing even for anyone who imagines that a Bros reunion gig is the last thing they fancy witnessing.

There are only two reasons to watch this documentary. You are a Brosette from the 1980s or you heard that this was a real life Spinal Tap mockumentary.

It is obvious that a lot of footage here has been contrived. Matt and Luke might have fallen out several decades ago but negotiations must have taken place between the brothers for them to: a) reunite for a special series of concerts and b) to be followed by a documentary crew.

What the documentary crew captured was how unaware the two brothers are, especially Matt. My wife just burst out giggling with some of the stuff the brothers came out with.

'This area's for conversations.'

'I made a conscious decision because of Stevie Wonder. To not be superstitious.'

All of it without any irony.

Bros were the next big boy band to emerge after Wham called it a day. Their best known song was 'When Will I be Famous?' Their fame lasted for exactly 15 minutes. The band consisted of twins Matt & Luke Goss as well as Craig Logan the bass player. We see some footage of Craig but he really has been airbrushed out of Bros history.

Ironically Craig who quit the band at the height of their brief fame is the most successful one as a music executive.

Matt is a crooner who pretends to be Frank Sinatra in the lounge of a Las Vegas hotel. His audience probably consists of middle aged British Bros fans and their exasperated husbands. Luke managed to carve a niche as a straight to DVD action star.

The brothers were hoping that there is enough nostalgia out there for Bros to have a long series of nights at the O2 but the shows only lasted two nights. I guess those tickets did not fly off the shelves.

Just see the brothers when they are not arguing, going through their set list for the upcoming tour. They debate what they should leave out. Hold on you only had three hit songs!

Watch it for all the wrong reasons.

Movie night with Iris.

An unintentionally hilarious documentary on the band reunion. The 80s story is mildly interesting, but the David Brent analogies and psycho-babble are hilarious.

I am not a Bros fan I am a movie and music fan, I see so many 10 ratings of this documentary by Brosettes its obvious that this has been overrated, but not by much... Bros were a 80s band who had a female support much like Take That had in the 90s while Bros were an 80s band. There were three members, two brothers and another member who is missing from this documentary. The band had some success and like most of the teen bands of the time, split up and the brothers went their separate ways. One continued as a musician while the other made a name for himself as a B grade Hollywood actor. This documentary focuses on the two brothers preparation of a come back concert over 20 years after they split up. Since then its obvious that they have serious problems getting along and they have spent time apart mainly due to the brotherly hate which arises whenever they are in the same room. While this is a documentary about a band reforming its really about the relationship between the two brothers who seem to slip back into sibling rivalry and pick at each other like children, despite them now being well into their 40s. They seem at times completely unable to stop themselves slipping back into a cycle of conflict which seems to arrive out of nowhere and threatens to derail the comeback concert. Stuck in the middle of this conflict are support band members and management who have no idea where to look of how to manage the situation. At times the viewer is left feeling very uncomfortable with whats on screen due the sheer rawness of the emotions on display. This is a very warts and all documentary, little is left to the imagination and this is no vanity project. Its not all arguments however, there is humour and some of it is even on purpose. Some of the musings of the Goss brothers are simply laugh out funny and its difficult to tell their level of self awareness. It has elements of Spinal Tap except this is for real. The documentary also covers the losses the brothers have experienced and these scenes are very emotional. In all this documentary covers every emotional range and is very engaging, you neither need to know who Bros were or be a fan of their music to enjoy this. I can recommend this to most people, although their fans apparently have been re-watching this over and again. You will certainly want to watch this at least once as its one of the best documentaries of 2018.