The 35th Anniversary of
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SINCE 1986
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HMPL Exhibit Opening May 27, 2016 – 30th Anniversary at University of Maryland
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John Heyn and Jeff Krulik filmed Judas Priest fans in a concert arena parking lot in suburban Maryland. Thirty years later, Heavy Metal Parking Lot is hailed as one the greatest rock documentaries ever. It’s a definitive cultural touchstone for the 1980s metal scene: spandex, big hair, denim, mullets, muscle cars, and beer.
Heavy Metal Parking Lot launched a parking lot genre that continues to resonate today with sequels, screenings, concerts, a reality-TV series, and fan-generated films and art inspired by the 1986 original.
Welcome to the World of Heavy Metal Parking Lot. Hell Yeah!
On May 31,1986,
John Heyn
Producer
Jeff Krulik
Producer
Jalyn Graham Owens, Sr. 1969-2020
We will never forget our ‘Graham of Dope’
Co-author Laura Douglas: Jalyn Graham Owens, Sr. was a survivor from his first day until his last, a high school dropout who graduated with honors from the school of hard knocks.He was funny and charming and daring and had an utterly crude sense of humor. He was honest and kindhearted. His children were precious to him and he loved his wife and family deeply. We talked about writing 'Graham The Next Twenty,' or at least an addendum to his memoir. A born storyteller, instead he loved the idea of leaving people wanting more. Graham could have easily filled another 1,000 pages with his escapades.
The 30-Year Journey of a Cult Film Sensation 2016—2017
The year-long museum exhibit at University of Maryland is now digital, be sure and click through all the pages. And here’s what it looked like in person.
Making HMPL
HMPL Exhibit
Cult-Classic Tape-Trading
Hornbake Library: Heavy Metal Parking Lot-Exhibit
Docs in Progress: Jeff Krulik
Portland's Craig Giffen Cataloged Every Single Shirt in the 1986 ”Heavy Metal Parking Lot”
Craig Giffen has watched 1986 wastoid classic Heavy Metal Parking Lot roughly a “bazillion times” since the late ’90s. He decided he would catalog every shirt in the movie.
Deserving of a Nobel Prize, a Herculean task, analyzing every single frame of HMPL. Craig also gets props for taking a redeye across country to attend the 30th anniversary opening in 2016.
The Barton Hills Choir backing Jason McMaster on Judas Priest’s classic "You’ve Got Another Thing Coming"
SXSW before the 30th Anniversary screening of Heavy Metal Parking Lot.
Beyond The Parking Lot: The Art Of The Metal Documentary
Brian Coney raises the horns to the best documentaries ever made about that mightiest of all musical forms: Heavy Metal
Jim Powell of ‘Heavy Metal Basement’ finds Glen Burnie Girl
Our friend Jim Powell tracks down HMPL star ‘Glen Burnie Girl’ in time for the 35th anniversary.
Read about it in Please Kill Me, one of the finest rock and roll history sites around. Hell Yeah!
Rob Halford Likes Heavy Metal Parking Lot
The Vinyl Guide podcast gets a thumbs up from the Metal God himself.
Have you ever seen the movie Heavy Metal Parking Lot? Oh yes, that’s fantastic! You get a really beautiful sense of what it’s like to be a fan, to be a genuine fan, of not only the band but of the music…I’ve always had a fun idea to get all of the people who in the parking lot and see where they are now (starts at 19:00)
Heavy Metal Parking Lot on NPR
30-Years of ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot’ The Classic ‘Cult Classic’ Film
It went viral before viral was a thing. One fan would make a copy of a video and give to a friend who would do the same thing until it spread, literally, around the world.
HMPL and The Meaning of Life: Los Angeles Review of Books
Creators Tell The Story Behind The Cult Classic Documentary On Its 30th Anniversary
A Tailgate for
the Ages
In less than 20 minutes, two filmmakers captured a magnificent moment in music history. Heavy Metal Parking Lot is turning 35, and we’re ready to celebrate.
Not Tired of Heavy Metal Parking Lot yet?
MEET & GREET
Penelope Spheeris
George Romero
Dave Grohl
Peter Bogdanovich
FLYERS & POSTERS
FAN ARTWORK
HMPL SCRAPBOOK
PARKING LOT TRIO SERIES
In 2004, TrioTV began an eight-episode series called Parking Lot, featuring the fans of Motorhead, 50Cent, Cher, Dolly Parton, Professional Wrestling and more
PARKING LOT TV
INTERVIEWS
HMPL ALUMNI—Where Are They Now?
Meet some of the stars of Heavy Metal Parking Lot, twenty years later. This short was included on the official DVD release in 2006. There are many more stories still to be told.
Heavy Metal Parking Lot Alumni: Where Are They Now? (2006) from Jeff Krulik on Vimeo
NBC LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY
In December 2010, Last Call with Carson Daly featured this interview with Jeff and John at CineFile Video in Los Angeles.
SXSW TRIP RECAP
Award-winning director Todd Rohal will host the HMPL 30th Anniversary talk & history lesson at SXSW
In addition to his feature filmography, Todd is the creative mastermind behind the 2-hour plus Heavy Metal Parking Lot DVD, released in 2006.
It never gets old, as all great things. It’s like The Bible. It always has something new in there to learn from…
—Todd Rohal
HMPL Panel ModeratorJudas Priest's 'You've Got Another Thing Coming'
Jason McMaster and The Barton Hills Choir
SPIN says #6 for the 20 Best Music Movies
Ranked #16 on VH1's list of 100 Most Metal Moments
3rd-place in REVOLVER's 50 All-Time Hardest
Rockin' Movies!
One of the greatest rock
movies ever...
— Cameron Crowe
Anthropological genius.
— Edward Norton
Basically Rock 'n' Roll 101...
— Dave Grohl
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HEAVY METAL PICNIC DVD $19.95
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