'Get Thrashed' Documentary West Coast Premiere Scheduled For SILVER LAKE FILM FESTIVAL

Following successful screenings and rave reviews at film festivals in London, Austin, and Philadelphia, the makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" — the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — have announced that the documentary will screen in the MusicFest portion of the Silver Lake Film Festival in Los Angeles. The film will be shown on Saturday night, May 5 at 11:45 p.m. at the Los Feliz 3 Theatre, located at 1822 North Vermont Avenue, L.A., CA 90027. Tickets and schedule info can be found at www.silverlakefilmfestival.org.

"I am totally stoked to be able to bring 'Get Thrashed' to L.A.," said director Rick Ernst. "So many metal fans from the area have been asking to see the film and of course, so many great thrash bands came out of the L.A. scene — from SLAYER to SUICIDAL [TENDENCIES], HIRAX to DARK ANGEL — and so many more. I can't wait for L.A. to 'Get Thrashed'!"

"Thrash was the perfect fusion of our passion for the musical skills of European metal but with the attitude of punk and hardcore," said former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson, currently a member of TEMPLE OF BRUTALITY and F5. "This film is a like a family reunion of all the key players from the scene and documents the huge impact we had on today's music. We helped give metal its musical and lyrical credibility and respect for the generations to follow. With this, we finally created a credible style of metal that we could dub 'Made in the USA.' I'm glad to see thrash metal finally getting its due."

A new trailer for "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" has been posted online at this location (Windows Media).

"Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" had its world premiere at the 2006 Raindance Film Festival in London. The documentary screened on October 3 at the CineWorld, Trocadero Centre, Piccadilly, London. Director Rick Ernst, a longtime freelance producer for MTV, was on hand at the event.

"Get Thrashed" will include interviews with the following musicians/music industry personnel:

METALLICA
MEGADETH
SLAYER
ANTHRAX
EXODUS
TESTAMENT
OVERKILL
DEATH ANGEL
SHADOWS FALL
LAMB OF GOD
KILLSWITCH
HATEBREED
MESHUGGAH
GODSMACK
IN FLAMES
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD
DARK ANGEL
KREATOR
DESTRUCTION
SODOM
STONE SOUR
SLIPKNOT
Phil Anselmo (PANTERA)
VIO-LENCE
NUCLEAR ASSAULT
D.R.I.
CHIMAIRA
BIOHAZARD
Chris Jericho (FOZZY)
SEPULTURA
KITTIE
THE HAUNTED
SOILWORK
HEATHEN
HIRAX
Brian Slagel (Metal Blade Records)
Jon & Marsha Zazula (Megaforce Records)
Ian Christe ("Sound of the Beast")
Steven Blush ("American Hardcore")
Eddie Trunk (VH1 Classic)
Ron Quintana (Rampage Radio)

The film also features the music of METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER, EXODUS, ANTHRAX, KREATOR, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, PANTERA, ULYSSES SIREN, WARNING SF, OSMIUM, CONCRETE COFFIN, THE LAW, STEVE CONE, VISCID, NOCTURNAL FEAR, EXIT TO ETERNITY, KAOS, RESPONSE NEGATIVE, URTO and KRONIN.

Since it was established in 1999, the Silver Lake Film Festival, a nonprofit organization, has showcased the works of hundreds of independent next-generation as well established filmmakers. Among the filmmakers who have participated in and whose motion pictures have been showcased at the festival are Penelope Spheeris ("The Decline of Western Civilization"),Gregg Araki ("The Doom Generation"),Justin Lin ("The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift"),Stuart Gordon ("Masters of Horror") and many others. The 7th annual Silver Lake Film Festival, May 3-12, 2007 in venues throughout Los Angeles, will honor among its Spirit of Silver Lake recipients the filmmaking couple Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, co-directors of the critically acclaimed independent film "Little Miss Sunshine".