Urgh! A Music War

Urgh! A Music War

121 mins | Documentary, Music | Nov. 7, 1981

Urgh! A Music War is a British film released in 1982 featuring performances by punk rock, new wave, and post-punk acts, filmed in 1980. Among the artists featured in the movie are Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Magazine, The Go-Go's, Toyah Willcox, The Fleshtones, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, X, XTC, Devo, The Cramps, Oingo Boingo, Dead Kennedys, Gary Numan, Klaus Nomi, Wall of Voodoo, Pere Ubu, Steel Pulse, Surf Punks, 999, UB40, Echo & the Bunnymen and The Police. These were many of the most popular groups on the New Wave scene; in keeping with the spirit of the scene, the film also features several less famous acts, and one completely obscure group, Invisible Sex, in what appears to be their only public performance.

Urgh! A Music War

121 mins | Documentary, Music | Nov. 7, 1981

Urgh! A Music War
Urgh! A Music War is a British film released in 1982 featuring performances by punk rock, new wave, and post-punk acts, filmed in 1980. Among the artists featured in the movie are Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Magazine, The Go-Go's, Toyah Willcox, The Fleshtones, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, X, XTC, Devo, The Cramps, Oingo Boingo, Dead Kennedys, Gary Numan, Klaus Nomi, Wall of Voodoo, Pere Ubu, Steel Pulse, Surf Punks, 999, UB40, Echo & the Bunnymen and The Police. These were many of the most popular groups on the New Wave scene; in keeping with the spirit of the scene, the film also features several less famous acts, and one completely obscure group, Invisible Sex, in what appears to be their only public performance.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Lorimar Productions
Original title Urgh! A Music War
Directors Derek Burbidge
Writers

Cast

Sting

as Himself

Stewart Copeland

as Himself

Andy Summers

as Himself

Devo

as Themselves

Gang of Four

as Themselves

Dead Kennedys

as Themselves

Jello Biafra

as Himself

Oingo Boingo

as Themselves

Danny Elfman

as Himself

Toyah Willcox

as Herself

Stan Ridgway

as Himself

Wall of Voodoo

as Themselves

John Cooper Clarke

as Himself

Chelsea

as Themselves

Pere Ubu

as Themselves

Jools Holland

as Himself

Klaus Nomi

as Himself

Belinda Carlisle

as Herself

Joan Jett

as Herself

Poison Ivy

as Herself

Lux Interior

as Himself