I saw this first at the Trak cinema in Toorak. It was a memorable night not only because it was one of the funniest films I had ever seen but also because the entire audience seemed to be made up of people from bands. All the Murders and ex-Murders were there. Everyone was there. All the bands we played with around the Melbourne circuit.
It was a brilliant atmosphere whose memory I retain to this day. The film I've been back to many many times. First on VHS and then DVD and DVD box set. Something you look forward to putting on regularly. And so many classic quotes that have become part of our vocabulary. "It goes up to eleven" "Mime is Money""Kick My ass" it just goes on. I don't have a favourite scene. The whole film is just brilliant.
Nigel Tufnel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and...
Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten?
Nigel Tufnel: Exactly.
Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder?
Nigel Tufnel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?
Marty DiBergi: I don't know.
Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven.
Nigel Tufnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.
Marty DiBergi: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?
Nigel Tufnel: [pause] These go to eleven.
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