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“Heavy Metal Goes On Trial”
Dream Deceivers: The Story Behind James Vance vs. Judas Priest (1992)
August 6, 19921h 1mEN
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A chilling post mortem on the tragic case of two teenagers who decided to shoot themselves in the head with a shotgun, and the ensuing court case staged to place the blame on the heavy metal band Judas Priest.
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9.0***Scapegoating a metal band for the misguided suicide pact of 2 delinquents who abused alcohol & drugs*** “Dream Deceivers: The Story Behind James Vance vs. Judas Priest” (1992) is a one hour documentary of the infamous Reno, Nevada, trial that took 5.5 weeks in the middle of summer 1990. Just before Christmas in 1985 two youths in a suburb of Reno shoot themselves under the chin in a curious suicide pact. The 18 year-old dies immediately while the 20 year-old survives, albeit with a horribly disfigured face. Almost five years later the parents take Judas Priest to court, suggesting that t…
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