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[Helmuth Von Moltke]

True, although one could argue that grunge was one of the reasons Bruce wanted to leave the band. He wanted to be cool and not a has-been…

The Skunkworks haircut was the moment of truth. I remember in 1996, one of my non-metal female classmates said 'oooh, he looked really nice', after Bruce's TV appearance on Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Bearing in mind this was a 13 year pop fan who routinely mocked Maiden.

I shouldn't mock it, I had the same hairdo! (90s curtains)

 

[srfc]

Even Mark Lamarr said he looked well or something along those lines when his age came up

 

[MindRuler]

I shouldn't mock it, I had the same hairdo! (90s curtains)

We need a pic to prove it now!

 

[GhostofCain]

Am I the only one who finds the Instagram clips of Eddie in the cinema to promote the documentary rather embarrassing? Having a zombie wielding an axe and acting in a rather moronic way is quite removed from the weighty lyrics that @Helmuth Von Moltke talks about in the documentary!

 

[Helmuth Von Moltke]

We need a pic to prove it now!

With pleasure! This is from the Virtual XI fan club convention, around the Brixton show I wasn't allowed to attend! I had to wait till Portsmouth towards the end of 1998 for my first show (my mum had come round to the idea by then...)

 

[cyanopsis]

With pleasure! This is from the Virtual XI fan club convention, around the Brixton show I wasn't allowed to attend! I had to wait till Portsmouth towards the end of 1998 for my first show (my mum had come round to the idea by then...)

Did Eddie consent to that second picture? It's quite... intimate.

 

[BludBrutha]

Nice cock.

 

[Helmuth Von Moltke]

You have taken me back... lots of fans were joking about X Factor Eddie's pubes!!!

 

[mtmccox]

Finally saw it today. Nothing too mindblowing in terms of never-heard-before information but it was solid almost 2 hours of pure pleasure. I enjoyed the things I saw already and the ones I saw for the first time. I think my favourite bit was the minutes they spent on playing in Poland behind the Iron Curtain. Euros well spent!

 

[GhostofCain]

Was nice seeing the band on the big screen, but we know the story. Definitely a vehicle to potentially get any casual fan more invested into the band.

Agreed!

The random Eddie segues were a bit clunky - I still don't know what purpose the Eddie vs. punks in Thatcher masks with machine guns really served.

I found that one particularly puzzling. I can imagine the conversation between Ben Smallwood and his dad during the production of the film:

Ben: "And we then have Eddie shooting Margaret Thatcher..."
Rod: "We cannot fookin' have that, we loved her policies!"
Ben: "But you had her murdered by Eddie and spent most of the 80s living as tax exiles!"
Rod: "What are you fookin's saying? Kids these days! You do not have a fookin' clue! We loved her and the cover was just a gimmick to get more publicity!"
Ben: "What shall we do then?"
Rod: "Let's have Eddie shooting some fookin' punks wearing masks. Steve hates them!"

And the rest, as they say, is history.

 

[Flaming Blimp Crash]

Agreed!



I found that one particularly puzzling. I can imagine the conversation between Ben Smallwood and his dad during the production of the film:

Ben: "And we then have Eddie shooting Margaret Thatcher..."
Rod: "We cannot fookin' have that, we loved her policies!"
Ben: "But you had her murdered by Eddie and spent most of the 80s living as tax exiles!"
Rod: "What are you fookin's saying? Kids these days! You do not have a fookin' clue! We loved her and the cover was just a gimmick to get more publicity!"
Ben: "What shall we do then?"
Rod: "Let's have Eddie shooting some fookin' punks wearing masks. Steve hates them!"

And the rest, as they say, is history.

It's funny when you imagine him going "Nooooo, that's too bloody violent" to the first suggestion then going "Bloody brilliant" to the second.