Urgh! A Music War

Nov 7, 1981

2h 1m

★ 7.2

Stand up & dance!

Overview

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.

Genres

Music

Documentary

Production Companies

Lorimar Motion Pictures

Urgh! A Music War Trailers

Cast

Self

Sting

Self

Stewart Copeland

Self

Andy Summers

Self

Danny Elfman

Self

Jello Biafra

Self

Toyah Willcox

Self

Stan Ridgway

Self

John Cooper Clarke

Self

Jools Holland

Self

Klaus Nomi

Self

Belinda Carlisle

Self

Joan Jett

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