"This shit was for rejects. This music was for people who
didn't fit in..." - Walter Trachsler - Rotting Corpse 2005
| Rotting
Corpse has been delivering a thrash metal kick to the teeth of the
denim and leather diehards for over two decades. Pummeling
their way out of the spandex and hairspray infested Dallas, Texas
area metal scene of the early 1980’s, Rotting Corpse set off on a
collision course to deliver their own brand of neck-breaking thrash
metal to an eagerly awaiting army of underground Texas metal
fanatics. With a penchant for playing anywhere and everywhere
(including an actual garage in Houston) the band perfected a sound
that has all the subtleties of a baseball bat to the face. It may
not be pretty, but that’s really the whole point. Director/producer SPLarsen captures the story of Rotting Corpse, a band that plays thrash metal not merely because they love it, but because they are compelled to do it. It’s in the bloodstream and their lives may very well depend on it. Utilizing new interviews and rare archival footage the filmmaker presents a portrait of musical perseverance and in the process also offers a snapshot of an often unacknowledged genre of Texas music - the 1980’s heavy metal undergound. |
DVD contains an hour-long main feature plus over
37 minutes of rare, previously unseen bonus material.
