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The Decline of Western Civilization

A look into the Los Angeles punk rock scene, that was largely ignored by the rock music press of the time.

Director

Penelope Spheeris

Year

Genre

documentary, history, music

Box Office

N/A

Production

Spheeris Films Inc.

Awards

1 win

Part of Collection

The Decline of Western Civilization Collection: The Decline of Western Civilization, The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

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Self - Light Bulb Kid

Themselves

Themselves

Themselves

Catholic Discipline

Themselves

Themselves

Self - Owner - Club 88

Self - Owner - Masque

Self - Black Flag (Guitar)

Self - Black Flag (Bass)

Self - Black Flag (Vocals)

Self - Germs' Manager

Self - Germs (Vocals)

Self - Darby Crash's Roommate

Michelle Baer Ghaffari

Self - Germs (Guitar)

Self - Germs (Bass)

Self - Germs (Drums)

Self - Publisher - Slash Magazine

Self - Editor - Slash Magazine

Philomena Winstanley

Self - Editor - Slash Magazine

Self - Contributing Writer - Slash Magazine

Self - Publisher - Slash Magazine

Self - Catholic Discipline (Keyboards)

Robert 'El Vez' López

Self - Catholic Discipline (Guitar)

Self - Catholic Discipline (Drums)

Self - Catholic Discipline (Bass)

Self - X (Vocals & Bass)

Self - X (Vocals)

Self - X (Guitar)

Self

Self

Self - Roadie for X

Self - X (Drums)

Self - Sound Man

Self - Concert Promoter

Self - Bouncer

Self - Circle Jerks (Guitar)

Self - Circle Jerks (Drums)

Self - Circle Jerks (Bass)

Self - Circle Jerks (Vocals)

Self - Light Bulb Kid

Self - Light Bulb Kid

Self - Light Bulb Kid

Self - Light Bulb Kid

Self - Light Bulb Kid

Self - Light Bulb Kid

Self - Light Bulb Kid

Self - Alice Bag Band (Vocals)

Self - Alice Bag Band (Drums)

Self - Alice Bag Band (Guitar)

Self - Manager - Club 88

Self - Fear (Guitar)

Self - Fear (Bass)

Self - Fear (Drums)

Self - Fear (Vocals & Guitar)

Self - Interviewer

Penelope Spheeris

Self - Audience Member

Self

Self - Audience Member

Themselves

Themselves

Self - Black Flag (Drums)

Self - Roadie for X

Self - Light Bulb Kid

Self - Light Bulb Kid

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PENELOPE What about the hippies - The Decline of Western Civilization

PENELOPE What about the hippies

I can't rent a house because I owe the gas company money - The Decline of Western Civilization

I can't rent a house because I owe the gas company...

PENELOPE Where are you from - The Decline of Western Civilization

PENELOPE Where are you from

I've had promoters - The Decline of Western Civilization

I've had promoters

PENELOPE Tell me how is it that you're always getting hurt - The Decline of Western Civilization

PENELOPE Tell me how is it that you're always getting...

He's come out of shows with huge scrapes and scratches - The Decline of Western Civilization

He's come out of shows with huge scrapes and scratches

PENELOPE Why do you get so loaded to perform - The Decline of Western Civilization

PENELOPE Why do you get so loaded to perform

PENELOPE So tell me why you never sing into the mics Darby - The Decline of Western Civilization

PENELOPE So tell me why you never sing into the mics Darby

We've tried everything short of gluing his mouth to it - The Decline of Western Civilization

We've tried everything short of gluing his mouth to it

Well when they first got together as a band - The Decline of Western Civilization

Well when they first got together as a band

Well it's more like - The Decline of Western Civilization

Well it's more like

Like one in the morning or something - The Decline of Western Civilization

Like one in the morning or something

It was really funny actually - The Decline of Western Civilization

It was really funny actually

PENELOPE Didn't you feel bad that the guy was dead - The Decline of Western Civilization

PENELOPE Didn't you feel bad that the guy was dead

DARBY Hey can we do more - The Decline of Western Civilization

DARBY Hey can we do more

And everyone seems to get on everyone else's nerves - The Decline of Western Civilization

And everyone seems to get on everyone else's nerves

I have excellent news for the world - The Decline of Western Civilization

I have excellent news for the world

Is it the music they listen to - The Decline of Western Civilization

Is it the music they listen to

Personally I've been through one too many youth movements - The Decline of Western Civilization

Personally I've been through one too many youth...

I mean I'm not writing you know to be pleasant - The Decline of Western Civilization

I mean I'm not writing you know to be pleasant

It's already morning But pieces of the night - The Decline of Western Civilization

It's already morning But pieces of the night

On a spotty mattress - The Decline of Western Civilization

On a spotty mattress

PENELOPE How do you feel when you're performing - The Decline of Western Civilization

PENELOPE How do you feel when you're performing

PENELOPE Why do they like it so much - The Decline of Western Civilization

PENELOPE Why do they like it so much

It's It's They gotta do something with their time - The Decline of Western Civilization

It's It's They gotta do something with their time

I mean there's no more brotherhood shit you know - The Decline of Western Civilization

I mean there's no more brotherhood shit you know

Barbie doll lust R's not normal - The Decline of Western Civilization

Barbie doll lust R's not normal

Do you think your songs look on the dark side of things - The Decline of Western Civilization

Do you think your songs look on the dark side of things

Shalom Israel the everlasting nation - The Decline of Western Civilization

Shalom Israel the everlasting nation

PENELOPE Are you a happier person now do you think - The Decline of Western Civilization

PENELOPE Are you a happier person now do you think

This is no place - The Decline of Western Civilization

This is no place

I wrote the song around it - The Decline of Western Civilization

I wrote the song around it

There's a fine line between - The Decline of Western Civilization

There's a fine line between

Well he did not understand - The Decline of Western Civilization

Well he did not understand

Um the only performance that ever makes it and is a success - The Decline of Western Civilization

Um the only performance that ever makes it and is a success

PENELOPE Dutch what's the worst problem you ever had - The Decline of Western Civilization

PENELOPE Dutch what's the worst problem you ever had

Red tape Bureaucracies and bourgeoisie - The Decline of Western Civilization

Red tape Bureaucracies and bourgeoisie

Everything's so nice And pretty - The Decline of Western Civilization

Everything's so nice And pretty

It's like When I go to concerts - The Decline of Western Civilization

It's like When I go to concerts

It's fucked you know - The Decline of Western Civilization

It's fucked you know

It seems like little crowds you know they'll be dancing - The Decline of Western Civilization

It seems like little crowds you know they'll be dancing

Move over to the side you know - The Decline of Western Civilization

Move over to the side you know

Like when you see a fight - The Decline of Western Civilization

Like when you see a fight

They cut their hair and you know they dye it - The Decline of Western Civilization

They cut their hair and you know they dye it

Uh broke his nose and his jaw - The Decline of Western Civilization

Uh broke his nose and his jaw

What's the pent up aggression Where does that come from - The Decline of Western Civilization

What's the pent up aggression Where does that come from

PENELOPE Why are they so angry - The Decline of Western Civilization

PENELOPE Why are they so angry

I've probably punched out everybody I know - The Decline of Western Civilization

I've probably punched out everybody I know

I just hang by myself mostly you know - The Decline of Western Civilization

I just hang by myself mostly you know

Sometime when niggers come up to me they're like you know - The Decline of Western Civilization

Sometime when niggers come up to me they're like you...

But it doesn't really mean I - The Decline of Western Civilization

But it doesn't really mean I

You know punks against hippies that's another thing - The Decline of Western Civilization

You know punks against hippies that's another thing

PENELOPE When you fight how do you feel - The Decline of Western Civilization

PENELOPE When you fight how do you feel

And everyone shouldn't be afraid - The Decline of Western Civilization

And everyone shouldn't be afraid

I've probably hit lots of girls in the face - The Decline of Western Civilization

I've probably hit lots of girls in the face

Do you have a girlfriend No - The Decline of Western Civilization

Do you have a girlfriend No

We were trying to change something - The Decline of Western Civilization

We were trying to change something

From gluttony gluttony gluttony - The Decline of Western Civilization

From gluttony gluttony gluttony

PENELOPE Why do you think they act like that - The Decline of Western Civilization

PENELOPE Why do you think they act like that

And they said the last time we played here there was a riot - The Decline of Western Civilization

And they said the last time we played here there was a riot

We really wish we could be as nice as you people - The Decline of Western Civilization

We really wish we could be as nice as you people

How many queers are here tonight - The Decline of Western Civilization

How many queers are here tonight

MAN Tell these people to mellow out - The Decline of Western Civilization

MAN Tell these people to mellow out

Everybody mellow out man - The Decline of Western Civilization

Everybody mellow out man

Hey do you know why chicks have their - The Decline of Western Civilization

Hey do you know why chicks have their

Let's have a war Sell the rights to the networks - The Decline of Western Civilization

Let's have a war Sell the rights to the networks

Oh the land of the free - The Decline of Western Civilization

Oh the land of the free

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A look into the Los Angeles punk rock scene, that was largely ignored by the rock music press of the time.

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Director: Penelope Spheeris

Writer: Penelope Spheeris

Production: Spheeris Films Inc.

Genre: documentary, history, music

Year: 1981

MetaScore: 93/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 19 Mar 2016

Awards: 1 win

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The Decline of Western Civilization Collection: The Decline of Western Civilization, The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

Also watch: The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, The Filth and the Fury, Suburbia, Rio Lobo, Never Back Down: No Surrender, Fyre, Battle Royale, Portrait of a Lady on Fire