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Hard Core Logo is the top draw Canadian punk rock band, that is, if it was a real group. Director Bruce McDonald is only too familiar with mixing truth and outrageous fiction in order to craft his usually hilarious, often irreverent, always brilliant films. What his Roadkill did to serial killers and Highway 61 to the rambling road movie, Hard Core Logo does to the music concert/tour film.
After a hugely successful reunion/benefit gig for their mentor, double-amputee Bucky Haight, Hard Core Logo decide to take their show on the road: one band, one van, five cities, 4000 kilometres and 1500 cigarettes in five days! Every aspect of band relationships is scrutinised, teased apart or exploded in this side-splitting film: rivalry, drug and alcohol consumption, money, groupies, the music, the fans, accommodation, career... Hard Core Logo succeeds because it is presented poker-faced and is so close to the bone it's painful. Fans of the music; former, current and hopeful members of bands beware, Hard Core Logo will shatter any showbiz illusions you may have.