11 out of 10

Rating: 10/10 (6 September 2003)

A classic spoof on "rockumentaries". What makes it good is the lack of canned laughter. If you haven't heard about this movie you probably will listen to it for a couple of minutes before you realise that it is actually a satire and not a serious attempt at another documentary on a rock band. This film knocks the pretentiousness,pomposity,"cock rock" of many self-indulgent rock bands of the '70's (eg. Led Zep's Stairway To Heaven" comes to mind, as do songs by ELP, Queen etc). Many funny scenes including the "Lick My Lovepump" commentary, the world's loudest amplifier that goes up to 11 etc. If you like rock music, go see it - I rate this as an 11 out of 10!