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Article: Living: FILMS: HEAVY METAL HEAVEN; Fan's fantasy of life in the fast lane.(Features)
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- Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
- Article date:
- January 13, 2002
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Byline: RICHARD WILLIAMSON
ROCK bands used to be skull-crushingly loud, always chose provocative names like Black Sabbath or Judas Priest and invariably came from the Midlands.
If you like that kind of thing then Rock Star (15) is your passport to heavy metal heaven where the amplifiers are cranked up high and everyone wears tight leather trousers.
I understand that the plot is distantly related to real events that saw Tim 'Ripper' Owens replacing Rob Halford as frontman for Judas Priest.
However, I think it would be wise to regard this ...