Pump up the Volume (1990)

Directors

Allan Moyle

Cast

Christian Slater, Andy Romano, Keith Stuart Thayer, Cheryl Pollak, Jeff Chamberlain, Samantha Mathis, Lala Sloatman, Holly Sampson, Annie Ross, Seth Green, Scott Paulin, Robert Schenkkan

The story

High school student Mark Hunter lives in a sleepy suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, and broadcasts an FM pirate radio station from his parents' basement, which functions as his sole outlet for his teenage angst and aggression. The station's theme song is "Everybody Knows" by Leonard Cohen and there are glimpses of cassettes by alternative musicians such as The Jesus and Mary Chain, Camper Van Beethoven, Primal Scream, Soundgarden, Ice-T, Bad Brains, Concrete Blonde, Henry Rollins, and Pixies. By day, Mark is a loner who has difficulty socializing.

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