Jeff Krulik has been making documentaries and doing freelance video work in the DC area for almost 30 years now. In 1986, he and fellow AV dork John Heyn took some cameras to the parking lot at a Judas Priest concert and unintentionally made a cult classic mini-doc that Dave Grohl called "rock n' roll 101." Heavy Metal Parking Lot, along with a number of other fun projects he's embarked on, has made Krulik into a cult icon.

Playlist

1. judas priest - breaking the law
2. intro
3. judas priest - living after midnight / drunk guy who looks like Dee Dee Ramone in a DC101 T-shirt singing it and rambling about Priest
4. jeff krulik interview
5. the huntingtons - heavy metal's alive in baltimore

1:36 is the hardest I've laughed at anything in months.

[tws]

Opening night. One of the greatest days of the year. '09-'10 is history. Let's DO THIS shit, fellas.

The Black Heart Procession are a successful underground band on Touch & Go Records, formed in 1997 as a side project of Pall Jenkins, the singer/guitarist, and Toby Nathaniel, the pianist, etc. of influential San Diego unconventional rockers 3 Mile Pilot. 13 years, 6 full-lengths, and a handful of EPs later (all praised by critics and dorks alike), they are still touring internationally, including an appearance at the Matt Groening-curated All Tomorrow's Parties festivals.