Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story

Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story

92 mins | Documentary, Music | May 31, 2019

Murder In The Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story. In the early 1980’s, a small group of dedicated Bay Area headbangers shunned the hard rock of MTV and Hollywood hairspray bands in favor of a more dangerous brand of metal that became known as thrash! From the tape trading network to the clubs to the record stores and fanzines, director Adam Dubin reveals how the scene nurtured the music and the music spawned a movement. Murder In The Front Row is told through powerful first person testimony and stunning animation and photography. The film is a social study of a group of young people defying the odds and building something essential for themselves. Featuring interviews with Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Exodus, Testament, Death Angel, Possessed and many more! Narrated by Brian Posehn.

Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story

92 mins | Documentary, Music | May 31, 2019

Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story
Murder In The Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story. In the early 1980’s, a small group of dedicated Bay Area headbangers shunned the hard rock of MTV and Hollywood hairspray bands in favor of a more dangerous brand of metal that became known as thrash! From the tape trading network to the clubs to the record stores and fanzines, director Adam Dubin reveals how the scene nurtured the music and the music spawned a movement. Murder In The Front Row is told through powerful first person testimony and stunning animation and photography. The film is a social study of a group of young people defying the odds and building something essential for themselves. Featuring interviews with Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Exodus, Testament, Death Angel, Possessed and many more! Narrated by Brian Posehn.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Bonded By Blood
Original title Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story
Directors Adam Dubin
Writers Brian Lew, Harald Oimoen, Adam Dubin, Paul Rachman

Cast

Tom Araya

as Self

Craig Behrhorst

as Self

Pam Behrhorst

as Self

Charlie Benante

as Self

Marc Biedermann

as Self

Chuck Billy

as Self

Paul Bostaph

as Self

Ray Burton

as Self

Joe Chimienti

as Self

Steffan Chirazi

as Self

Fred Cotton

as Self

Phil Demmel

as Self

Mark DeVito

as Self

K.J. Doughton

as Self

Ray Dill

as Self

Julie Ebding

as Self

David Ellefson

as Self

Robb Flynn

as Self

Alex Gernandt

as Self

Kirk Hammett

as Self

Tim Healy

as Self

James Hetfield

as Self

Gary Holt

as Self

Rick Hunolt

as Self

Tom Hunting

as Self

Joseph Huston

as Self

Toni Isabella

as Self

Kerry King

as Self

Nancy Labowitz

as Self

Larry Lalonde

as Self

Erik Lannon

as Self

Brian Lew

as Self

Dave Lombardo

as Self

Corinne Lynn

as Self

John Marshall

as Self

Mark Menghi

as Self

Dave Mustaine

as Self

Rick Nelson

as Self

Harald Oimoen

as Self

Mark Osegueda

as Self

Ron Quintana

as Self

Mike Schnapp

as Self

Joel Selvin

as Self

Alex Skolnick

as Self

Brian Slagel

as Self

Sven Soderlund

as Self

Connie Taylor

as Self

Robert Trujillo

as Self

Lars Ulrich

as Self

Andre Verhuysen

as Self

Paul Baloff

as Self (archive footage)

Cliff Burton

as Self (archive footage)

Brian Posehn

as Self - Narrator

Jim Martin

as Self