Urgh! A Music War
Part of the BAMcinematek series Punk 'n' Pie
Sat, Nov 29 at 2, 6:50pm
Directed by Derek Burbidge
(1981) 96min
The year was 1980: a crossroads in the popular rock music world. Urgh! A Music War charts the year through concert performances of bands of all stripes, from The Police to The Go-Go’s, from UB 40 to XTC, and from Devo to, well, Devo. This is an indispensible time capsule of an era in which punk, reggae, new wave and techno all occupied significant places on the international pop music stage.
The Village Voice on Urgh! A Music War
"[A]nyone interested in pop history will learn something from music-video director Derek Burbidge's Urgh! A Music War." More