When Rock Ruled the World (2002)
From 1970 to the mid 80s, When Rock Ruled The World celebrates the unavoidable appeal of the loudest, fastest, heaviest music on the planet, a time when everyone wanted to own an electric guitar, if only to turn the volume up to eleven. Featuring the extravagance of Led Zeppelin; the power of Deep Purple; the progressive indulgence of Hawkwind; the intensity of Black Sabbath and the band that defined 'excess all areas', Motley Crue. All the extremes of rock are here - the long hair, the air guitar, the leather, the cider and snakebite that were part of an age when rock pumped out an earth-quaking racket that blasted the dandruff from a thousand mullets. Interviewees include Alice Cooper, Lemmy of Motorhead, Vic Reeves, Ozzy Osbourne, Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue, Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, Slash of Guns n Roses, Rob Halford of Judas Priest, Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi of Status Quo.
- Date of release
- 2002-03-13
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Music, Documentary
- Director
- Chris Wilson
Casting
- Alice Cooper — Self
- Lemmy Kilmister — Self
- Vic Reeves — Self
- Ozzy Osbourne — Self
- Nikki Sixx — Self
- Bruce Dickinson — Self
- Slash — Self
- Rob Halford — Self
- Rick Parfitt — Self
- Francis Rossi — Self
- Mark Radcliffe — Presenter
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