
Film
Urgh! A Music War
1981 · 2h 1m · Music · Documentary
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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.
Cast

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
Self
Poison Ivy
Self
Lux Interior
Self

Gary Numan
Self

Nigel Bennett
Self
Crew
- Derek BurbidgeDirector
- Michael WhiteProducer
- Jim EldertonEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- November 7, 1981
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 2h 1m
- Rated
- R
- Genres
- Music, Documentary
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