Heavy Metal Parking Lot
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| Heavy Metal Parking Lot | |
| Directed by | John Heyn and Jeff Krulik |
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| Release date(s) | 1986 |
| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Country | United States of America |
| Language | English |
Heavy Metal Parking Lot is a video documentary produced by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn in 1986.
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[edit] Plot
Heavy Metal Parking Lot documents heavy metal music fans tailgating in the parking lot outside the Capital Centre (since demolished) in Landover, Maryland on May 31, 1986 before a Judas Priest concert (with opening act Dokken).
[edit] Reputation
By the early 1990s, Heavy Metal Parking Lot had become an underground cult-classic, usually traded on bootleg VHS videotapes. HMPL was reportedly a favorite on the Nirvana tour bus. It is available on DVD in a 20th-anniversary edition.
[edit] Cultural references
Less Than Jake and American Hi-Fi parodied Heavy Metal Parking Lot in their music videos for the songs "All My Best Friends are Metalheads" and "Flavor of the Weak". The Backstreet Boys also lampooned it in their music video for "Just Want You To Know". Film distributor Cowboy Pictures gave it a limited 35mm theatrical release in 2003, paired with Chris Smith's documentary Home Movie. Lady GaGa's original partner and DJ Lady Starlight has created a homage to Heavy Metal Parking Lot with her series of YouTube videos, Lady GaGa's Pop Culture Parking Lot, documenting fans outside venues on the pop stars 2009 Fame Ball Tour.
[edit] Cultural influences
In 2004, Trio aired the TV series Parking Lot, which expanded on the 1986 documentary. Created & co-produced by the original filmmakers, John Heyn & Jeff Krulik (in association with Radical Media), eight episodes were broadcast before Trio TV went off the air in 2006.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Heavy Metal Parking Lot at the Internet Movie Database
- Heavy Metal Parking Lot at Allmovie
- HMPL website
- DVD release
- filmmaker Jeff Krulik's website
- A Drive Back In Time: Remembering 'Heavy Metal Parking Lot'
- Review by Lucas Stensland
- Q&A: Heavy Metal Parking Lot 20th Anniversary by Metroblogging DC
- Q&A with director Jeff Krulik
- Heavy Metal Parking Lot novelty trading cards
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