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Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986)

17 min · documentary film

Popularity4/5
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2.9k02025-09: 1,173 views2025-10: 1,398 views2025-11: 1,116 views2025-12: 1,216 views2026-01: 1,226 views2026-02: 1,025 views2026-03: 1,181 views2026-04: 1,667 views2026-05: 2,880 views2026-06: 2,178 views2026-07: 1,575 views2026-08: 1,574 views
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The story

Heavy Metal Parking Lot documents heavy metal music fans tailgating in the parking lot outside the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, on May 31, 1986, before a Judas Priest concert .

Catalogue themes and tags

Short Film, Rockumentary, Culture & Society, Music, Documentary

Genres

documentary film
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