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this is NOT Fubar!

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I dont know what they are thinking...

But they would get their asses kicked !

 

ROCK ON !

 

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and one for beardo...

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even more !!!

 

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from a Toronto Weekly newspaper... www.eye.net

 

 

 

 

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^ I think TT has that t-shirt ^

 

 

Bangers and smash

Calgary boys follow the lost tribe of headbangers

FUBAR

Starring David Lawrence, Paul J. Spence. Written by Michael Dowse, David Lawrence and Paul J. Spence. Directed by Michael Dowse. (PG) 77 min. Opens May 24.

 

 

BY JASON ANDERSON

They once strode the hallways of the nation's high schools like greasy colossi. With their long hair flying free, these denim-clad warriors rocked out to Maiden and GNR. They were the terrors of every 7-Eleven parking lot, the most feared guests at every house party. And while their numbers are fewer now than in the era when Skid Row could have a No. 1 record, they still inspire awe.

 

They are the headbangers... though some of us just called 'em bangers and tried to stay out of their way.

 

When the Calgary-based actor, writer and comedian David Lawrence went to high school in the early '90s, there were only four or five of this once-proud tribe around.

 

"They were down to the bare bones," says Lawrence in a recent phone interview with eye, "so they really stood out. And they were the raddest guys ever. Out of anybody else there, they were the ones who were the most true to themselves. They liked what they liked and they didn't give a fuck. They were a major influence. Even now, if I'm at a party and a wicked banger shows up, I notice the things he says, the way he acts. There's an awe and appreciation for them."

 

His reverence is obvious in the mockumentary FUBAR, the movie that Lawrence -- who honed his skills as a banger impersonator while with Calgary's Loose Moose Theatre Co. -- made with his best friend Paul J. Spence and first-time director Michael Dowse. Named for a condition to which all bangers aspire (Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition), FUBAR is the story of two wicked dudes. Dean (Spence) is the alpha dog, a bass-playing stud who exhibits a softer side in poems like "Woman Is a Danger Cat." His best friend, Terry (Lawrence), is a milder sort, though equally fond of shotgunning beers and wrecking bus shelters. Dean and Terry are the subject of a film by Farrel Mitchner (Gordon Skilling), an aspiring documentarian who wants to learn more about their subculture and what it means to "keep on givin' 'er." Farrel is initially condescending, but along with the audience, he will learn much of the bangers' ways and bear witness to a triumph of the human spirit. I am so not shitting you.

 

A recent favourite at Sundance, this white-trash satire will inspire the affection of even those unlucky people who never owned a cassette of Def Leppard's Pyromania. Tightly edited, FUBAR doesn't grow as slack or indulgent as many mockumentaries do. Moreover, its story is as strong as its gags, especially when the action takes a poignant turn after Dean is diagnosed with testicular cancer.

 

For Spence, FUBAR is really about looking into the lives of people who may not seem to invite speculation. "It asks what goes on in the life of that guy walking down the street with a six-pack," says Spence, who's currently travelling with Lawrence and Dowse across Canada on a promo trip. "Everybody has a human side. With headbangers, it doesn't come out that often, but we thought we'd throw these guys into a situation where they were forced to deal with the reality of being human as a headbanger in a world that is not headbanger-orientated."

 

Every rose has its thorn, and Dean, like every cowboy, has his own sad, sad song to sing. His disease "was an interesting thing for a banger to get, to try to crack his pride a little bit," says Dowse, who also shot and edited FUBAR. "It hits at his masculinity. We also liked the term 'nut cancer.'"

 

But there are good times as well as bad times for the two friends. Before Dean enters treatment, he and Terry head off for a camping trip in the mountains. While filming this trip, the FUBAR crew found themselves in the town of High River wondering what to do. The locals were happy to show Spence and Lawrence, who were still in character, how they like to party. This evening-long excursion into cinéma vérité culminated in a fistfight staged for the benefit of Dowse's camera.

 

"I had no idea what to expect when we got to town," says Dowse. "It was one of those weird, full-moon summer nights, so I said, 'Let's go see what comes out.' Things snowballed into each other. We met this guy Leonard, and then the kids in the truck took us bridge-diving and took us to the bar. We met people there and that led to the fight. After the fight, we stopped and said, 'OK, time to leave.' But it was definitely an interesting way to work."

 

However, such experiences didn't leave Spence and Lawrence with the desire to become full-time bangers. "I think the banger lifestyle in small doses is the way to go," says Lawrence.

 

"It's inevitable that people are gonna look at you differently when you have a moustache and long greasy hair," says Spence. "You walk into a convenience store and people think you're gonna steal something. It happens instantly: 'Can I help you?' I would say that it's a wonderful lifestyle and for certain people it works. It worked for me for the month that we were shooting, but I was certainly happy to shave my moustache off, especially after four months of not getting laid."

 

Spence adds that "a lot of the older ladies with the more frightening hairdos were coming on to me, which was nice."

 

The opportunity to commit wanton acts of vandalism was another aspect of the banger lifestyle enjoyed by the FUBAR stars, though Lawrence insists that they didn't have carte blanche to destroy public property. "We had to do a lot of work to set that stuff up," he says. "But it was very important to the film. Every Sunday morning, in most cities in Canada you'll find broken bus shelters. We had to answer that question: how did that happen and why?"

 

"Every broken bus shelter has a story," says Spence. "There's no doubt about it."

 

 

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ROCK YOU

"I really think that heavy metal makes you feel a certain way," says David Lawrence, one of the stars of FUBAR. He admits that the movie would be nowhere without a kick-ass soundtrack. Though the filmmakers knew that budget constraints meant they wouldn't get to use all the songs they wanted, they still "shot for the moon." Says Lawrence, "We cut the film to exactly the songs we wanted to use. Once we found out how much money we had to use, we started whittling away at the list."

 

While tracks by Led Zeppelin and Van Halen proved too expensive, essential songs by Iron Maiden and AC/DC made it into the movie (but not, alas, onto the soundtrack album). Released by Aquarius/EMI, the FUBAR soundtrack disc includes vintage rockers by Sweet and Girlschool and new songs by Creeper, a band fronted by the one and only Dean a.k.a. Paul Spence, a vet of real-life bands like Lyle Sheraton and the Daylight Lovers.

 

FUBAR director Michael Dowse's resumé includes music videos for some of the country's coolest rock acts, and several former clients appear on the soundtrack covering Can-rock classics of yesteryear. Among the many highlights are Chixdiggit's version of Loverboy's "The Kid Is Hot Tonite," the New Pornographers having a go at Toronto's "Your Daddy Don't Know" and Sloan doing "In the Mood," Rush's sleaziest hit. Just as FUBAR pays tribute to the unfairly despised banger subculture, the bands express much love for these odes to teenage mayhem. Or maybe they're just excited to share space on the same CD as the mighty Thor. The muscle-bound singer contributes an original gnarly ode to Dean and Terry called "FUBAR Is a Super Rocker." Could there be anything more awesome? JA

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i just talked to my buddy who had something to dowith the making of this movie, if your going to go see it, please do it this weekend, its needs the ratings/success at the select theaters to get picked up by all the major theaters. help a little film do big things.

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word has it that everything filmed in it is real, such as the fight scene at the party, i guess they went to the party and two guys actually started fighting and it made it into the movie, as well as the bus shelter deal.

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well I'm really hope that everyone remembers to keep an eye peeled

for this flick. It may come to a town near you!

And I'm sure the video will be along before too long as well.

 

thanks for the sticky fr8oholic,

but I think it's time for this to slide down the list.

 

ROCK ON !

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a little more fubar info

 

for those interested...the guys have now done two videos that accompany the album...one for thor, and one for the new pornographers and there is a video for creeper being filmed shortly...

 

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re: metalheads

 

i wouldn't exactly say that they're metalheads...they like to give'er for real..take frequent trips to super blatto, but not metalheads...rockers more than anything. but if liking ac/dc means you're defacto metal, then there's a lot of metal in them then.

 

you wouldn't recognize them if you met them i'm sure.

 

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Re: re: metalheads

 

Originally posted by dot.

but if liking ac/dc means you're defacto metal, then there's a lot of metal in them then.

 

you wouldn't recognize them if you met them i'm sure.

 

-dot.

 

yeah, i'm sure i wouldn't either, they showed the guys on a-channel w/out the long hair, and they look like ordinary citizens...

and no likign ac/dc doesn't make you defacto metal, liking merciful fate does :D

thx for the info though...

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