'Get Thrashed' To Be Screened At Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

August 6, 2007

Following a packed house screening in San Francisco and a sold out screening in New York City, "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 — will screen at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio as part of the Backseat Film Festival. The free screening is on Wednesday, August 15 at 3:00 p.m.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is located at One Key Plaza, 751 Erieside Ave in Cleveland, OH 44114 (East Ninth Street at Lake Erie, phone: 216-781-ROCK).

In other news, "Get Thrashed" director Rick Ernst will be a guest on "Robb's Metalworks" on Sunday, August 19 at 10:00 p.m. CDT. The interview was taped in June 2007 at the San Antonio Underground Film Festival, where took home to SAUFF Grand Prize Award. Fans in the San Antonio area can tune in to the show on Time Warner Cable Channel 50.

"'Get Thrashed' was all that I hoped it would be," said Robb Chavez, creator and host of "Robb's MetalWorks". "It's a film that stares deep into the metal hearts of fans and reminds them that integrity, honesty and brutality is where the thrash movement came from. As a metal fan this film is about all of us."

"Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" traces the rise, fall and impact of thrash metal, an extreme style of heavy metal popularized in the early 1980s by bands like METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER, ANTHRAX, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES and others. It is the story of the heaviest, hardest music of the '80s and early '90s as told by the bands that lived it, the fans and bands that grew up on it and by the artists that carry the "thrash metal" flag today. The documentary throws new light on an overlooked, yet incredible music scene and how it went from a simple rumbling in the underground to a loud, obnoxious and constant roar in the (almost) mainstream. The trailer and more information can be found at www.getthrashed.com. The documentary is produced by Saigon1515 Productions in association with Kundrat Productions.

"Get Thrashed" was directed by Rick Ernst and the documentary's Associate Producer is Rat Skates, founder and former drummer of OVERKILL.

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