The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)

Their message is brutally clear: Destroy the old and make way for the new. This is the punk’s violent revolution, their lawless world. This is The Decline of Western Civilazation: A Riveting, unflinching account of the punk rock phenomenon and its alienated, reactionary subculture. This fierce, bleak portrait documents L.A.’s infamous punk bands as they perform on stage and discuss their lives, music and philosophy off stage. Through interviews with punk fans, music critics and club owners, it is a crucial, compelling statement of the most significant and influential youth movementand musical transformation of the past 3 decades. It is perhaps a prophetic glimpse of the forces that will inherit our world…. Witness The Decline. Features performances by hardcore legends BLACK FLAG, CIRCLE JERKS, GERMS, FEAR, X, and more!

Screening with Penelope Spheeris’ fictionalized counterpart to Decline, SUBURBIA. Double Feature tickets just $13.