The Decline of Western Civilization
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The Decline of Western Civilization is a rockumentary film directed by Penelope Spheeris about the Los Angeles punk rock scene in 1979 and 1980.
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[edit] Plot
Featuring concert footage of legendary L.A. punk bands, and interviews both with band members and with the punks who made up their audience, the film offers a look into a subculture that was largely ignored by the rock music press of the time.
Eerily, the promotional poster for The Decline (and the record cover of the soundtrack album) featured a close-up frame of Germs singer Darby Crash supine on stage with his eyes closed. Crash died from a heroin-induced suicide shortly before the film was released (the poster was designed before his death).
Bands included are Black Flag, The Germs, X, Alice Bag Band, Circle Jerks, Catholic Discipline, and Fear.
[edit] Musical Performances
- The Bags - "Gluttony"
- The Bags - "Prowlers in the Night"
- Black Flag - "Depression"
- Black Flag - "Revenge"
- Black Flag - "White Minority"
- Circle Jerks - "Back Against the Wall"
- Circle Jerks - "Beverly Hills"
- Circle Jerks - "I Just Want Some Skank"
- Circle Jerks - "Red Tape"
- Circle Jerks - "Wasted"
- Catholic Discipline - "Barbee Doll Lust"
- Catholic Discipline - "Underground Babylon"
- Fear - "Beef Bologna"
- Fear - "I Don't Care About You"
- Fear - "I Love Living in the City"
- Fear - "Let's Have a War"
- The Germs - "Manimal"
- The Germs - "Shutdown"
- X - "Beyond and Back"
- X - "Johnny Hit and Run Paulene"
- X - "Nausea"
- X - "Unheard Music"
- X - "We're Desperate"
[edit] See also
- The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years (1988)
- The Decline of Western Civilization III (1998)
