Urgh! A Music War

Urgh! A Music War (1981)

Stand up & dance!

  • Genre: Music, Documentary
  • Release Date: 1981-11-07
  • User Rating: 7.2/10 from 16 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 1min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Lorimar Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Derek Burbidge
star 7.2/10
From 16 Ratings
7.9

Summary

Urgh! A Music War is a British film released in 1982 featuring performances by punk rock, new wave, and post-punk acts, filmed in 1980. Among the artists featured in the movie are Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Magazine, The Go-Go's, Toyah Willcox, The Fleshtones, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, X, XTC, Devo, The Cramps, Oingo Boingo, Dead Kennedys, Gary Numan, Klaus Nomi, Wall of Voodoo, Pere Ubu, Steel Pulse, Surf Punks, 999, UB40, Echo & the Bunnymen and The Police. These were many of the most popular groups on the New Wave scene; in keeping with the spirit of the scene, the film also features several less famous acts, and one completely obscure group, Invisible Sex, in what appears to be their only public performance.

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  • Sting

    as Self
  • Stewart Copeland

    as Self
  • Andy Summers

    as Self
  • Devo

    as Self
  • Danny Elfman

    as Self
  • Jello Biafra

    as Self
  • Toyah Willcox

    as Self
  • Stan Ridgway

    as Self
  • John Cooper Clarke

    as Self
  • Jools Holland

    as Self
  • Klaus Nomi

    as Self
  • Belinda Carlisle

    as Self
  • Joan Jett

    as Self
  • Poison Ivy

    as Self
  • Lux Interior

    as Self
  • Gary Numan

    as Self
Directing Derek Burbidge Director
Production Michael White Producer
Production Lyndall Hobbs Associate Producer
Editing Jim Elderton Editor

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