Long Live Rock: Celebrate the Chaos is a headbanging, crowd surfing, air guitar-playing tribute to the die-hard fans, musicians, and lifestyle of the hard rock musical genre. The documentary, filmed before the pandemic, focuses initially on devotees of hard rock festival concerts. Then switches perspectives to the artists and promoters point of view. Long Live Rock is loaded with interviews from members of super groups such as Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, Alice in Chains, and Guns N' Roses. Their insights are interesting, especially concerning addiction and mental health. But the film's loose narrative and lack of structure relegates its approach as superficial.
Long Live Rock opens with a montage of headlines and articles about the downfall of rock. R&b, rap, and hip hop have supplanted rock and roll in popular culture. Director Jonathan McHugh disagrees with that notion. He introduces several midwesterners who started the Rock on the Range fan festival in Columbus,...
Long Live Rock opens with a montage of headlines and articles about the downfall of rock. R&b, rap, and hip hop have supplanted rock and roll in popular culture. Director Jonathan McHugh disagrees with that notion. He introduces several midwesterners who started the Rock on the Range fan festival in Columbus,...
- 3/13/2021
- by Julian Roman
- MovieWeb
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