Unleashed, Uncensored, Unknown

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Unleashed, Uncensored, Unknown
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Released2003
Genre Heavy Metal
Length150 minutes (DVD)
Label Megaforce Records [1]
Director Lawrence O'Flahaven, Chris Jericho
Producer Scott Ross, Eddie DiBergi

Unleashed, Uncensored, Unknown is a 2003 mockumentary about the beginnings of American metal band Fozzy. Telling their story about going to Japan and becoming huge rock stars and when they returned to the United States after 20 years, all the big bands, such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Twisted Sister had "stolen" their songs. The main video also contains appearances by Zakk Wylde, Dee Snider, Sebastian Bach, and Mike Portnoy. Within the DVD, you also get music videos for "With the Fire", "Crucify Yourself" live, band bios, guitar lessons from Rich Ward aka The Duke, and behind the scenes footage. [2]

A mockumentary or docucomedy is a type of movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock, and acid rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. The genre's lyrics and performance styles are sometimes associated with aggression and machismo.

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