Comments on: Review: Punk Rock Doc ‘Rye Coalition: The Story Of The Hard Luck 5’

By: jenni matz

jenni matz — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:30:01 +0000

Hey– thanks for the honest and thorough write up, james! i just wanna say there is a commentary in the movie, brought up by Henry Owings, that addresses the musical shift in the band as one reason they may have "alienated" fans. There was about 2 hours of unused, edited material that couldn\’t possibly fit in this film without making it Boyhood: the opus. But point taken. I did interview everyone about that and the answer as to why they changed was NOT AT ALL a calculated move. The guys all loved classic rock, they just weren\’t good enough to shred when they started. As they got older and more experienced as musicians, they were able to play the music they had loved as kids. So that\’s partly why. As to how they write music– i challenge anyone to get the 5 of them to agree on how their "creative process" works. it\’s really not that easy to get them to emote. But that said, there is enough footage shot for a Part II. So I guess wait and see… thanks again!- JM (Director)

By: chris

chris — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:30:01 +0000

bottom of the barrel? what did you ever do, james? they were always a hell of a good time when most of the bands at that time weren\’t all that interesting live. had a lot of fun seeing them at brownies and always wondered why they didn\’t end up more successful. looking forward to seeing this to fill in the blanks.

By: james

james — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:30:01 +0000

I remember i had their first demo tape when they just called Rye. There were so many more interesting and better bands of this era: Man Is The Bastard, Universal Order of Armageddon, Antioch Arrow, etc.. These dudes were kind of the bottom of the barrel. Cae and point: the Dave Grohl connection.