URGH! A MUSIC WAR
"Stand up & dance!"
Directed by Derek Burbidge
Urgh! A Music War is a British film released in 1982 featuring performances by punk rock, new wave, and post-punk acts, filmed in 1980. Among the artists featured in the movie are Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Magazine, The Go-Go's, Toyah Willcox, The Fleshtones, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, X, XTC, Devo, The Cramps, Oingo Boingo, Dead Kennedys, Gary Numan, Klaus Nomi, Wall of Voodoo, Pere Ubu, Steel Pulse, Surf Punks, 999, UB40, Echo & the Bunnymen and The Police.
Cast
Sting
Self
Stewart Copeland
Self
Andy Summers
Self
Danny Elfman
Self
Jello Biafra
Self
Toyah Willcox
Self
Stan Ridgway
Self
John Cooper Clarke
Self
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Who would enjoy this
Recommended for
- ✓people who enjoy learning through film
May not appeal to
- –those seeking nonstop action
- –those looking for narrative fiction
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