Heavy Metal Parking Lot
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| Heavy Metal Parking Lot | |
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| Directed by | John Heyn and Jeff Krulik |
| Release date(s) | 1986 |
| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Country | United States of America |
| Language | English |
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Heavy Metal Parking Lot is a video documentary produced by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn in 1986.
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[edit] Plot
Heavy Metal Parking Lot documents heavy metal music fans tailgating in the parking lot outside the Capital Centre (since demolished) in Landover, Maryland on May 31, 1986 before a Judas Priest concert (with opening act Dokken).
[edit] Reputation
By the early 1990s, Heavy Metal Parking Lot had become an underground cult-classic, usually traded on bootleg VHS videotapes. HMPL was reportedly a favorite on the Nirvana tour bus. It is available on DVD in a 20th-anniversary edition.
[edit] Cultural references
Less Than Jake and American Hi-Fi parodied Heavy Metal Parking Lot in their music videos for the songs All My Best Friends are Metalheads and Flavor of the Weak. The Backstreet Boys also lampooned it in their music video for "Just Want You To Know". Film distributor Cowboy Pictures gave it a limited 35mm theatrical release in 2003, paired with Chris Smith's documentary Home Movie.
[edit] Cultural influences
In 2004, Trio aired the TV series Parking Lot, which expanded on the 1986 documentary. Created & co-produced by the original filmmakers, John Heyn & Jeff Krulik (in association with Radical Media), eight episodes were broadcast before Trio TV went off the air in 2006. Parking Lot webisodes are available on Trio's website.
