HEAVY METAL the Magazine and the Movie

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

Heavy Metal! I have good memories of both the magazine and the movie. We had a theater in town that used to show movies at midnight back in the 80s and they showed HM all the time. I had a cassette tape of the soundtrack! I think I still have it, actually.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

But do you still have the cassette tape player?!?! Lol.

[@kdj3000]

I still have the LP of the soundtrack. Great film and great music! They don't make 'em like that anymore!

[@GrammaticusBooks]

@@kdj3000 No they don't..unfortunately!

[@johnwalsh4857]

yah I was looking for the cassette tape in the 80s and 90s , found the vinyl LP instead.

[@DDB168]

@@GrammaticusBooks I have one 📼

[@davidk6269]

Heavy Metal magazine was amazing, especially back in the day. Richard Corben's Den comics captured my imagination from the first time I saw it, and to this very day I have a soft spot in my heart for Den. Thanks for this walk down memory lane!

[@GrammaticusBooks]

You are most welcome David! Thanks for checking out the video.

[@xenephon7620]

Ahh, the memories! Now I have to go listen to the soundtrack again :)

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Oh yeah, takin a ride on Heavy Metal! kzbin.info/www/bejne/onaWiXqZl5iJmq8

[@parazatico9030]

I just want to mention that the film poster was by the late Chris Achilleos, who painted many sci-fi and fantasy book covers, including one for the UK edition of Karl Edward Wagner's 'Darkness Weaves'. Wagner subsequently bought the original artwork, apparently.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

One of the greatest movie posters ever! Thanks Para!

[@nunyabizness6595]

I remember buying those in the 70s along with Erie, Creepy and Vampirella. Great times. I wish I had kept all those but alas, lost to time. Boo!😮😮😮

[@johnwalsh4857]

yah in my book Eerie magazine was heavy metal before heavy metal. Lots of Euro artists coupled with adult story lines. Read those a lot in the late 70s

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Those were all great mags Nunya!

[@johnwalsh4857]

I also bought the topps Heavy metal magazine trading cards in the early 90s. had all the covers of the mags and info on their contents.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Never knew there were trading cards.

[@Bargle5]

@@GrammaticusBooks Me either. Something else to look for.

[@jamesonpace726]

As a guitar player, still, I remember the songs well, but not the film & didn't even know there was a sequel....

[@GrammaticusBooks]

You didn’t miss anything with the sequel James!

[@johnwalsh4857]

the early 80s was teh short golden age of Adult USA animations with my fave movies being American Pop, Heavy Metal the movie. Flight of Dragons , Lord of the Rings Bakshi, Fire and Ice.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Fire and Ice was great.

[@DoctorFriday81]

Thank you for this video I remember when my dad introduced me to the movie and magazine

[@GrammaticusBooks]

My pleasure Doc!

[@occultdetective]

Such amazing memories of both. I saw the movie at the drive-in shortly after it came out and I was smitten. Still listen to the soundtrack regularly. And naturally, the magazine has had a huge influence on me. Thanks for the video.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Thanks for checking it out Bob!

[@johnwalsh4857]

the magazine was so succesful that Marvel published Epic Magazine in 1980 also LOVE that magazine. bought my first Epic Illustrated magazine back in 84 with issue # 24 (Love the main Pepe Moreno story and cover Generation Zero). in a Tokyo Narita airport magazine stand. Epic illustrated magazine is a worthy rival to Heavy metal and I actually found it more accessible than Heavy Metal magazine.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

I have a few of those Epic magazines as well. Good stuff.

[@johnwalsh4857]

the Taarna story was very inspirational and the perfect ending to the movie GLORIOUS AND EPIC. Recently they released Taarna comics in the new heavy metal and it was mehhh.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Taarna comics, well at least it was a good idea!

[@lsgreger2645]

I remember reading some Heavy Metal magazines in the 90s with Moebius. I even thought of Barry Windsor Smith when I thought about american artist to compare him with. I rented Heavy Metal in the 90s too. I also rented the sequel and it wasn't nearly as good. Julie Strain was the lead in the movie and even her voice acting is pretty subpar which kinda drug the movie down for me.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

I did not watch the sequel but that was what I'd heard. That it really didn't meet the standard. Thanks for commenting Greger!

[@johnwalsh4857]

the New York Cabbie story was also my fave , its based on a Moebius story the long tommorow, very different from that one. I like the Heavy metal segment better. all the stories in the movie I loved.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Harry Canyon was a fun feature.

[@johnwalsh4857]

@@GrammaticusBooks love it plus the three songs in the segment, Veteran of the Psychic wars by Blue Oyster(written by Michael Moorcock), Heartbeat by Riggs and True Companions by Journey

[@luiznogueira1579]

The first time I picked up a Métal Hurlant magazine, in 1977, it was love at first sight. It literally changed the world for me, as an aspiring graphic artist and comics enthusiast; it was like nothing I'd ever seen, all those fantastic artists! I went on to collect Heavy Metal, as well, especially as it was easier to obtain than the french mag(but not quite as 'revolutionary'...) Me and a buddy skipped some classes at the university to go watch the movie with a couple of girls at a nearby mall. The good old days... Still have them on a shelf, but avoid handling them; the paper's like a thin parchment now, not made to last 40/50 years. But I'll always treasure them. I was never into Manga, but frankly, I fail to see how it could compare...

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Fantastic alternative stories in those mags Luiz...but you got GIRLS to go with you to Heavy Metal?!?! Impressive!

[@Mentorman63]

Now, after your vid finishes, I'm watching "Heavy Metal". LOVED cranking that soundtrack back in my freshman college experience. Go ahead, reach out and take it.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Oh yeah Mentor "Head bangers in leather!"

[@DDB168]

Drive-ins !!! Hmmm, I think I have an idea for a Dudebro list 🤔 As for drive-ins and cassette tapes, did those run on steam? 🤭 I didn't realise you and MKV lived in like...like...like...the olden days 😆

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Yes, we are old!

[@Bargle5]

Great vid. Long time fan of the mag and the movie. Have the soundtrack album. Still need to fill in the later years in my collection. Got to see the movie in an indoor theater twice. In the opening sequence, you can't tell at first what the spaceman is piloting. When you could see it, I could feel the crowd silently go 'It's a Corvette.' in astonishment. As you say the soundtrack is excellent. "Don't let these dreams go on". That song deserved a high quality music video of its own. I've got the movie on VHS, which has the deleted segment. Met Berni Wrightson as a comic signing. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he wasn't having a good day, but his girlfriend was very cool.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Sorry to hear Bernie was off the day you met him. But that's still cool!

[@JosephReadsBooks]

I love that movie! This video was awesome!

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Thanks Joseph!

[@PeculiarNotions]

The movie was also my introduction to Heavy Metal but not until later in the 1980s.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

What did you think of the movie PN?

[@PeculiarNotions]

@@GrammaticusBooks I enjoyed it and was surprised by its anthology structure. It's been a while since I've rewatched it, but I remember it held up pretty well. I also have a soft spot for rotoscoping, which I think certainly adds that surreal quality.

[@johnwalsh4857]

I also still have the original vinyl album of the heavy metal the movie soundtrack whose songs I still listen to this day, love em. bought the Album back in 1992 in the same Manila used bookstore I bought my heavy metal magazines from .

[@GrammaticusBooks]

With the classic cover on the album I'm guessing!

[@johnwalsh4857]

@@GrammaticusBooks Yes the classic cover, TAARNA.

[@redwawst3258]

You mentioned Barry Windsor Smith. He’s almost unparalleled in my opinion. ⭐️

[@GrammaticusBooks]

BWS is one of the all time greats. I thought he came up with the perfect look/feel for the youthful Conan in his initial run on the comic.

[@johnwalsh4857]

yah Richard Corben Im a big fan since the late 70s from his Eerie Creepy days. classic

[@GrammaticusBooks]

DEN of Earth is a classic!

[@johnwalsh4857]

Notably the opening song for the Harry Canyon segment Veteran of the Psychic wars performed by Blue Oyster had lyrics written by Michael Moorcock.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Yup, I do mention that.

[@johnwalsh4857]

hahaah Soft landing is classic , when I first saw that WOW, along with the song Radar Rider . by Riggs BLOWN AWAY back in 84 when I first watched it.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

It was the perfect opening to the film

[@johnwalsh4857]

hahaah one of the most fave movies of all time, in my top 50. of all time best movies. first watched this one in 1984, on a bootleg betamax rental(Manila, Philippines) which interestingly was taped from a HBO broadcast in 83. instantly impressed loved it watched it about 50 times since 84, I have the DVD and Blu ray of the movie. Still watch it to this day. Still going strong. The best movie Ivan Reitman has done. Interestingly HOme media of the movie in most parts of the world was not available until 1996 due to copyright problems with the music and the only way to watch the movie was either lucky enough to watch it on a TV broadcast , a bootleg tape of the said broadcast or get that rare and at the time hard to get Japanese laserdisc which I saw being sold in Akihabara tokyo back in 82.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Too many different groups led to all those issues with the copyrights. I used to know who solved that issue and now I've forgotten!

[@johnwalsh4857]

@@GrammaticusBooks yep I was in Vancouver Canada when the home media came out bought my Heavy Metal DVD from a Virgin records store in Vancouver Canada.

[@johnwalsh4857]

as for the other stories, the Den one was also great with the only Richard Corben cartoon. I believe John Candy did the voice for Den. wicked. Captain Sterrnn with Bernie wrightson also good, loved the song reach out and take it by Cheap Trick. B-29, was very excellent gory EC like cartoon. with a excellent lead song Heavy metal by Don Felder. So Beautiful So Dangerous by Angus Mckie remember reading this strip in Heavy metal magazine in the 80s. Angus Mckie made simply wicked paintings for British Sci fi novels in the 70s and 80s. and of course Taarna. classic, music Mob Rules by Black Sabbath, and the Taarna theme done by the great Elmer Bernstein with the London Philharmonic wow and it shows. The Taarna music was EPIC still listen to it to this day.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

John Candy was indeed the voice of Den (the kid) and I believe he also was the voice of the robot in the Cheech and Chong video.

[@User_Un_Friendly]

Eh...I never really was into Heavy Metal. I encountered it in college, but back then I had a completely different obsession...AKIRA left me stunned, wide eyed and gasping in excitement. I'm still a devoted anime collector.🐶 Now, my first experience in a drive-in...well, my dad, me and my brother went to see a drive in movie. We had only moved to the US a few years ago, so despite wanting to see (I think) it was a family movie of some sort, but we ended up seeing Jaws. My little brother cried, and I sat in shocked horror. 😮🤯😵😂🤣

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Lol! Jaws would be a tough one on kids! And I'm guessing you probably saw Akira in the early 1990s? Great flick.

[@User_Un_Friendly]

@@GrammaticusBooks Yep. 90's. That was a great time...Anime was just starting to hit mainstream. 🤩😍

[@johnwalsh4857]

the Heavy metal magazine is very excellent love it. thought it can be strange for many, my first exposure to Moebius , Bilal etc. My first Heavy metals I bought were back in the early 1980s ex USA military serviceman's heavy metal magazine bought from a Manila second hand book store. Interestingly Heavy metal at the time had the same publishers as national lampoon magazine which I also read.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

I didn't realize National Lampoon was the publisher. Good tidbit.

[@BillThompson-vq2rk]

I appreciate your fine video article; always wanted to know more about Heavy Metal, magazine and movie. BTW, there was some great cartooning available to Americans before '77: National Lampoon magazine used many great illustrators (and writers) throughout the magazine and particularly in the back-of-book comics section. NL published monthly starting in 1970; after the greedy publishers took over, the new editors lost the plot after about 1985. And what about Fritz the Cat and its sequels? Would like to learn more about that cult film if you're in need of topics.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

There were some underground comics at that time (outside the CCA?). And speaking of National Lampoon...I just finished Bored of the Rings. But even with the underground comic movement, there were limited options for artists who wanted to push the bounds. With HM the magazine, you had opportunities each month for a half dozen creators to have their work published. And the quality of many of the stories/art was spectacular...along with some stinkers of course! Good comments Bill and thank you for checking out the video!

[@Testbug-dy6tj]

The magazine had the Galactic Geographic. I miss that.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

That's one I'm not familiar with. I'm guessing it was a good one!

[@SleepyBookReader-666]

I'm assuming they couldn't get Moebius to give over film rights? So they made variants of his characters.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

That's a good guess Sleepy, but honestly I don't really know.

[@lulukomadori9651]

What was your fav parts in the animated movie

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Hands down Harry Canyon, DEN, and Taarna. There was a lot of good in that flick! The only story, I didn't like was the B17 tale. Which if memory serves me, it was the only short not based on a piece from the magazine. Oh, and the opening scene, Soft Landing, was fantastic!

[@lulukomadori9651]

@@GrammaticusBooks ikr, specially the hotel scene in harry canyon, the gals in DEN and of course taarna armor

[@johnwalsh4857]

haha yah the first time I watched this movie was a manila , Philippines over night rental(for 5 pesos which was equivalent to 0.75 USD at the time) I heard of the movie since I first saw the advert in a Hong Kong Magazine back 81 and I have been rarin to watch it ever since , and I was BLOWN AWAY. and yes at the time we also got hong kong fuey bugs bunny etc. in Manila, Philippines tv stations, they were shown on 3 Manila channels at the time which was (7, 9 and 13)(Manila had about 5 tv channels and 1 cable tv channels which showed bootleged movies from the US). and if you are rich enough and had a UHF antenna you can get the Clark and Subic bay USA military channel the AFRTS. Anyways we also had a glut to dubbed Japanese anime tv shows shown in Manila channels but they were banned by the Marcos dictatorship for being too violent. Anyways as for US cartoons I was most partial to Thundarr the Barbarian Blackstar, the flash gordon cartoon of the 80s.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

I missed out on the Flash Gordon cartoon.

[@johnwalsh4857]

@@GrammaticusBooks Yah I believe they made the cartoon to cash in on the Flash Gordon movie of the early 80s

[@johnwalsh4857]

the so called sequel to Heavy metal the movie, ....Heavy metal 2000 is a travesty mehhh blehhh. I did not even finish the film. horrible , however what I do consider a spiritual sequel to the Heavy metal the movie is the Netflix series, Love Death and Robots, and Ive heard the producers of the movie are super big heavy metal the movie fans.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

I couldn’t finish the sequel either. I think I rented it once.

[@johnwalsh4857]

@@GrammaticusBooks same here, rented it when it first came out had high expectations and was I really Disasspointed.

[@sleeperyjeemtoybox]

Had a few of these, sold most to a collector from Glasgow a few years ago. Lovely cover art at times, took pics an YT them : kzbin.info/www/bejne/nH7bnpRmnreMkJo Kept my fav 6 issues for a broad selection of story's and art.... July 1994 Love the Tom & Jerry cover, and inside we have the tragic tale of "The Man Who Laughs" adaptation by F.DE.Feupe. Also great short storys with "Partners & Company","A Killer like You and Me" and exellent detective noier "Privado : Below Zero" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 1989 No Imagination is the headliner in this one, a grubby look at TV's dive to the bottom for ratings. And ends with a nice little wordless tale of a phychokinetic child "dealing" with his parents, sure there was a Twighlight Zone episode along the same lines. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summer 1987 Though i like the artwork in Daniel Torres's Roco Varges i'm mostly keeping this one for the purple reader eater paper model inside. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 1993 Three great erotic shorts in this one: A Present from Upstairs, A Pleasent Walk, and the best For Private Eyes a morally duboius tale of adultery. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Edition :15th Anivversiary. Amusing little Manuel Monto story and a geat Dieter Lumpen story makes this one worth keeping. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Venus Interface. 7 different artsist contribute to this odd tale from Lou Stathis, its weird, squidgy and disturbing at times. Love it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[@GrammaticusBooks]

Those were good ones to hang with onto Sleepy!