Funny regardless of your music tastes.

Rating: Null/10 (18 October 2000)

I did not get old enough to follow popular culture or music at all until well after the height of pretentious metal rock bands, though a few "stragglers" still played on my first radio. That didn't prevent me from enjoying the hilarious comedy one bit, however. I'm certain I missed a good many in-jokes surrounding the metal culture, but there were still so many funny things to see and hear that this ranks as one of the funnier comedies I've seen. Particularly amusing was lead guitarist Nigel's major misunderstanding of giving written dimensions after he laughs at the lead singer's girlfriend's lack of musical recording knowledge.
The film will probably feel dated to some today who were never exposed at all to this period of musical history. The songs the band performs (which are all quite hilarious send ups of macho metal) are not that shocking by today's much more lurid standards. This does not, however, take away anything from the excellent performances given by the entire cast (numerous cameos included). The main characters manage to be stereotypical musicians without being caricatures, and the looks on their faces at the latest technical glitch or cancelled show are always entirely believable.

I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys a good comedy or some biting satire on the supposed profundity of popular culture, music fan or not.