Review of The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988) by Michael Wilmington for Los Angeles Times — 22 Feb 2012
Decline's redeeming grace is its jocular, damn-the-proprieties air and, for the first half, its staccato editing rhythm. It's damnation is most of the music and its relative avoidance of heavy metal's darker corners: the pith and point that Alex Cox gave punk in Sid and Nancy.
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This review of The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988) was written by Michael Wilmington and published by Los Angeles Times on 22 February 2012.
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years has generally received positive reviews.
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