The Top Ten Heavy Metal films from the '80's.

Heavy metal has always been the musical underdog, constantly struggling for mainstream acceptability and radio play. It's no major surprise when you see a film soundtrack stuffed full of chart music and radio-friendly tunes; it makes sense that the producers want to shift as many copies of these things as they can, and appeal to all bases. Not that there is anything wrong with that, as every film needs to have music that suits it tonally. It's just sometimes, you really wanna rock out with a film, know what I mean? Thank fuck for the 80's then, when not only could we get big rock artists giving tracks to some great soundtracks, but sometimes the entire film became about the spectacle that is heavy metal it self. I've compiled my favourite films that not only have some rockin' soundtracks, but also take on the ethos that make metal such a fun genre to feature on film. No doubt there will be some disagreements over the placing on this list, but hey! It's my list, deal with it!

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One Crazy Summer (1986)

"Hey, Hoops, you ever notice how people die in alphabetical order?"

The Summer before I went to college was probably one of my favorites from my teenage years. The exams were done (who cared if you did well or not, you were finished school, fuck it!) and I had a well paying/low maintenace job which meant plenty of disposable income to facilitate my music, film and boozing habits. Three fun-filled months to party away with your friends before many of you went your separate ways with university; some you kept in touch with, others just drifted away over the years. What made it much more memorable was the fact that I finally had the break away from feeling like a kid; I could go to bars, go away on trips with friends, have house parties... hey, I could do whatever the hell I wanted! All of these were the great things that made the end of your teenage years so special. They were fun times, and I had good cause to be happy.

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