Heavy Metal Parking Lot

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name = Heavy Metal Parking Lot


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director = John Heyn and Jeff Krulik
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released = 1986
runtime = 15 minutes
country = United States of America
language = English
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website = http://www.heavymetalparkinglot.com/
amg_id = 1:261425
imdb_id = 0322526

"Heavy Metal Parking Lot" is a video documentary produced by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn in 1986.

Plot

Heavy Metal Parking Lot documents heavy metal music fans tailgating in the parking lot outside the Capital Centre (since demolished) in Landover, Maryland on May 31, 1986 before a Judas Priest concert (with opening act Dokken).

Reputation

By the early 1990s, "Heavy Metal Parking Lot" had become an underground cult-classic, usually traded on bootleg VHS videotapes. "HMPL" was reportedly a favorite on the Nirvana tour bus. It is available on DVD in a 20th-anniversary edition.

Cultural references

Less Than Jake and American Hi-Fi parodied "Heavy Metal Parking Lot" in their music videos for the songs All My Best Friends are Metalheads and Flavor of the Weak. The Backstreet Boys also lampooned it in their music video for "Just Want You To Know". Film distributor Cowboy Pictures gave it a limited 35mm theatrical release in 2003, paired with Chris Smith's documentary "Home Movie".

Cultural influences

In 2004, Trio aired the TV series "Parking Lot", which expanded on the 1986 documentary. Created & co-produced by the original filmmakers, John Heyn & Jeff Krulik (in association with Radical Media), eight episodes were broadcast before Trio TV went off the air in 2006. "Parking Lot" webisodes are available on Trio's website.

External links

* [http://www.heavymetalparkinglot.com HMPL website]
* [http://www.filmbaby.com/films/620 DVD release]
* [http://www.planetkrulik.com filmmaker Jeff Krulik's website]
*imdb title|id=0322526|title=Heavy Metal Parking Lot
* [http://video.gettrio.com/player/?id=59554 "Parking Lot" TV series]
* [http://www.leisuresuit.net/Webzine/articles/heavymetal_parkinglot.shtml A Drive Back In Time: Remembering 'Heavy Metal Parking Lot']
* [http://efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=14515 Review by Lucas Stensland]
* [http://dc.metblogs.com/archives/2006/05/qa_with_heavy_m.phtml Q&A: Heavy Metal Parking Lot 20th Anniversary by Metroblogging DC]
* [http://www.yuppiepunk.org/2008/10/heavy-metal-parking-lot.html Q&A with director Jeff Krulik]