Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story (2019) [N/A]

Release Date:
May 31, 2019

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

Alternate Titles:
Murder in the Front Row

Genres:
Documentary | Music

Production Companies:
Bonded By Blood

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 92

When only the music mattered...

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.

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Additional Director of Photography:
Sergio Donis
Rick Siegel

Animation Director:
Michael M. Wartella

Book:
Brian Lew
Harald Oimoen

Colorist:
Chris DiBerardino

Digital Intermediate Producer:
Isabel Cafaro-Anderson

Director:
Adam Dubin

Director of Photography:
Eli Adler

Editor:
Sean Fullan

Executive Producer:
Adam Dubin

Legal Services:
Brett H. Green

Original Music Composer:
Paul Brill

Post Production Supervisor:
James Salkind

Producer:
Rachèle Benloulou-Dubin
Jack Gulick

Sound Editor:
Jeff Seelye
Abigail Savage
Sanghee Moon

Sound Mixer:
Max Hirtenstein
Brian Fish
Tom Efinger
Omar Barraza

Story Editor:
Paul Rachman

Writer:
Adam Dubin

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