"The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years"

One location for shooting Penelope Spheeris' documentary "The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years" (New Line Cinema, 1988) was the Raymond Theatre in Pasadena, known at the time as Perkins Palace. The film is mentioned in Matt Hormann's 2010 Hometown Pasadena article "Remembering Pasadena's Palace of Rock and Roll." It's on Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.

 

The crowd at the Perkins Palace watches Lizzie Borden perform "Born To Be Wild."

Thanks to Jonathan Raines for sending this one our way. Information about the theatre, now condo-ized, is on our Raymond Theatre page.

On IMDb: "The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years"