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

The 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.

Cast

T Tom ArayaSelf C Craig BehrhorstSelf P Pam BehrhorstSelf C Charlie BenanteSelf M Marc BiedermannSelf C Chuck BillySelf P Paul BostaphSelf R Ray BurtonSelf J Joe ChimientiSelf S Steffan ChiraziSelf F Fred CottonSelf P Phil DemmelSelf

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M Mark DeVitoSelf K K.J. DoughtonSelf R Ray DillSelf J Julie EbdingSelf D David EllefsonSelf R Robb FlynnSelf E Elizabeth FrançoiseSelf A Alex GernandtSelf K Kirk HammettSelf T Tim HealySelf J James HetfieldSelf G Gary HoltSelf R Rick HunoltSelf T Tom HuntingSelf J Joseph HustonSelf T Toni IsabellaSelf K Kerry KingSelf N Nancy LabowitzSelf L Larry LaLondeSelf E Erik LannonSelf B Brian LewSelf D Dave LombardoSelf C Corinne LynnSelf J John MarshallSelf M Mark MenghiSelf D Dave MustaineSelf R Rick NelsonSelf H Harald OimoenSelf M Mark OseguedaSelf D Durell Robinson-AliSelf R Ron QuintanaSelf M Mike SchnappSelf J Joel SelvinSelf A Alex SkolnickSelf B Brian SlagelSelf S Sven SoderlundSelf C Connie TaylorSelf R Robert TrujilloSelf L Lars UlrichSelf M Mark van RijswijkSelf A Andre VerhuysenSelf P Paul BaloffSelf (archive footage) C Cliff BurtonSelf (archive footage) B Brian PosehnSelf - Narrator J Jim MartinSelf