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Heavy Metal Britannia

  • TV Movie
  • 2010
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
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Heavy Metal Britannia (2010)
DocumentaryMusic

Tracing the roots of Heavy Metal music within the UK.Tracing the roots of Heavy Metal music within the UK.Tracing the roots of Heavy Metal music within the UK.

  • Director
    • Chris Rodley
  • Stars
    • Black Sabbath
    • Ritchie Blackmore
    • Budgie
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  • IMDb RATING
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    • Director
      • Chris Rodley
    • Stars
      • Black Sabbath
      • Ritchie Blackmore
      • Budgie
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    Black Sabbath
    Black Sabbath
      Ritchie Blackmore
      Ritchie Blackmore
      • Self
      • (archive footage)
      Budgie
      Budgie
      • Self
      Biff Byford
      Biff Byford
      • Self
      Deep Purple
      Deep Purple
        Bruce Dickinson
        Bruce Dickinson
        • Self
        Ian Gillan
        Ian Gillan
        • Self
        Rob Halford
        Rob Halford
        • Self
        Tony Iommi
        Tony Iommi
        • Self
        Iron Maiden
        Iron Maiden
          Led Zeppelin
          Led Zeppelin
          • Themselves
          • (archive footage)
          Lemmy
          Lemmy
          • Self
          Jon Lord
          Jon Lord
          • Self
          Motörhead
          Motörhead
            Ozzy Osbourne
            Ozzy Osbourne
            • Self
            • (archive footage)
            Nigel Planer
            Nigel Planer
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            • (voice)
            Uriah Heep
            Uriah Heep
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              • Chris Rodley
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            5FatPhil

            Great content, just in the wrong order

            I loved seeing all that old footage, and it was great to hear so many of the "gods of metal" talking about how they viewed the development of the genre. However, they jumped around in time like H.G. Wells' pet crack monkey.

            For example: Don't show clips of Breakin' the Law while you're discussing the early to mid 70s. Don't play Breadfan while you're discussing the mid-to-late 70s.

            This could have been so much better if only they'd not tried to deceive you about which music/video snippets occurred when.

            And quite what an original piece from Metallica was doing in the music, I don't know, this was supposed to be about Britain. It would have made sense to bring Metallica in for their plagiarism of Budgie etc., but it makes no sense showcasing their best original work, from the 80s, while trying to present music from the UK in the ~70s.

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              Lemmy: People who work in a factory, right, or some awful fucking mind-numbing job like that, because I worked in a factory, I know what its like, it's fucking awful. Most people have to do that kind of job that they hate every day of their lives. Can you image what that must be like? You have to submerge your intellect completely, right, so at the weekend they want to hear something that rips the heart out and gives back better.

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            • Release date
              • March 7, 2010 (United Kingdom)
            • Country of origin
              • United Kingdom
            • Language
              • English
            • Also known as
              • Хеви-металлическая Британия
            • Filming locations
              • Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
            • Production company
              • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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              1 hour 30 minutes
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              • Color

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