The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
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Sep 29, 2026
CraigHOST
We've spoken about it in the past.
CraigHOST
Decline of Western Civilization Part Two, The Metal Years.
CraigHOST
They were a big part of that one.
CraigHOST
That's a documentary.
Ricky RackmanHOST
With my promoting skills and his popularity in the Hollywood rock scene, which was really just beginning at the time, we decided to open up a rock and roll dance club.
Ricky RackmanHOST
In the movie The Metal Years, Tamey says, we opened up the club to get free drinks and to meet strippers.
Ricky RackmanHOST
To be honest, that was the motivation.
Ricky RackmanHOST
From 1986 to 1992, Ricky Rackman's world-famous Cat House became the most notorious rock club in Hollywood.
DujiHOST
I feel like this was in a movie soundtrack.
SnitzerPANELIST
What's that documentary, The Decline of the Western Civilization? The Metal Years, that one? Wow,
DujiHOST
this
RoverHOST
is...
Adam KempenaarHOST
I love this genre, so indulge me here for a second with a few titles.
Adam KempenaarHOST
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years came out in 1988, and I'm happy to see, in looking at a lot of lists, ranks quite highly, and people look back on it quite fondly.
Adam KempenaarHOST
I think appropriately so, as someone who at the time it was released, was very much trying to emulate the hair metal artists that were depicted in this film, despite the fact that it's really a cautionary tale, or on some level is a cautionary tale, about their excess and self-destructiveness.
Adam KempenaarHOST
Of course, I didn't get any of that when I was a kid who wanted to grow my hair out and wear makeup like them, but I do recommend that film.
Michael MoynihanHOST
Welcome to The Moynahan Report.
Michael MoynihanHOST
I'm your host, Michael Moynahan, and today, we have a special one with one of my favorite filmmakers, uh, Penelope Spheeris, who you might know from Decline of Western Civilization Part One, Two, and Three, Black Sheep, Wayne's World, and a bunch of other stuff.
Michael MoynihanHOST
But she kind of fell out of love with Hollywood, and that's what made this interview, uh, so fun for me, was that, man, she wanted to spill the beans on people like Jennifer Aniston, Lorne Michaels, she was there at the creation of SNL, and, um, Richard Pryor.
Michael MoynihanHOST
And nobody can tell a story like Penelope Spheeris.
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Penelope SpheerisGUEST
Yeah.
Michael MoynihanHOST
And the SNL stuff.
Michael MoynihanHOST
But Decline Part I, Darby Crash-
Penelope SpheerisGUEST
Yeah
Dayton JohnsonGUEST
And initially Penelope Spheeris was supposed to direct the film, but she opted out because she thought the, the movie was making fun of the genre.
Dayton JohnsonGUEST
And of course later she would go on to do, um, The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, which personally I kind of feel is more making fun of the genre than this film does.
Dayton JohnsonGUEST
Um, but so I wanna say it was probably those three and then Reiner was brought in, um, as a director and, uh, which considering it was his feature film directorial debut, that's, that's pretty solid.
Dayton JohnsonGUEST
He, he delivered a masterpiece for sure.