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Urgh! A Music War

7.4 121 mins Music   Documentary   1981
Lorimar Motion Pictures  
Director(s): Derek Burbidge

Release Date: 07 Sat, Nov 1981

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.

Casts of Urgh! A Music War

Sting

as Self

Andy Summers

as Self

Danny Elfman

as Self

Jello Biafra

as Self

Toyah Willcox

as Self

Stan Ridgway

as Self

Jools Holland

as Self

Klaus Nomi

as Self

Joan Jett

as Self

Poison Ivy

as Self

Lux Interior

as Self

Gary Numan

as Self

Nigel Bennett

as Self

Steve Bartek

as Self

Phonso Martin

as Self

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