"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide, a Rolling Stone article on Hard Core Logo" for spuffyduds

[exeterlinden]

For: spuffyduds
Title: Rock 'n' Roll Suicide, a Rolling Stone article on Hard Core Logo
Fandom: Hard Core Logo, implied Joe/Billy
Author: exeterlinden
Lenght: 4000 words
Rating: NC-17 for violent imagery

Summary: Joe Dick, punk rocker and front man of the moderately succesful Hard Core Logo, shot himself on December 5th, 1995. On tape. Following director Bruce

Comments

Re: You are a rockstar

[exeterlinden]

I think I know what you mean: IMHO, the rolling thunder pictures DVD release of HCL did a bad bit of marketing by printing reviews calling the movie "Hilarious!" and the "Punk rock Spinal Tap!" on the cover - because that, it is not.

But it does have humour, even if it's more of the ouch-hey-heh variety: The punk rock movement and all the music movements which take themselves so very seriously, can be comical when viewed from a certain angle. We grow up with those rock myths, and music journalism reinforces them - but the people in the industry are also affected by, grew up with, and read/hear of their own press.

And that is kind of comical - they way the rock machine feeds itself, and how it has its own do's and don'ts, clichés (going accoustic, coming off drugs, being allowed to be an asshole because you're an artiste, etc.) and its own discourse through the way the press builds them up to be something (and the way the artist and the fans believe it). That is kind of silly, really, and I think HCL captures some of that, especially in the way the group members navigate the interview situations in the film: Billy with suave L.A. rethorics (all clichés), Joe with all the rock star assholery he can bring, and Piper and John just stumbling along, not really understanding the rules of the game.

Thank you so much for commenting and telling me this - I really appreciate it! :)