#rock 'n' roll high school

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1979 Rock 'n' Roll High School ad

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Rock ’n’ Roll High School

Director Allan Arkush (plus an uncredited Joe Dante) Stars PJ Soles, Dey Young, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Howard, Ramones USA 1979 Language English 1hr 33mins Colour

‘Oooh baby, fun fun, rock rock rock rock rock ’n’ high school’

This is a cheerfully daft exploitation comedy made under the wing of B-movie king Roger Corman. It’s fun, campy and quick – I don’t think the filmmakers expect you to care about the characters, but do want you to laugh and presumably bop your head along to some songs. It doesn’t have the forensic approach to parody that Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker brought to Airplane!, but more of the gags worked than I expected.

The plot (for what it’s worth) is this: Riff Rendell (PJ Soles) is obsessed with the Ramones, and has written a song she wants to them to play. Her best friend, science nerd Kate Rambeau (Dey Young), has a huge crush on the captain of the football team Tom Roberts (Vincent Van Patten). Tom, despite his notional position at the top of the school social hierarchy, has no luck with girls because of his terrible small talk. Both he and Kate seek the help of Eagleberger (Clint Howard), the school’s entrepreneurial solver of all problems, very much in the lineage of Catch-22’s Milo Minderbinder. And attempting to spoil all the fun is disciplinarian new principal Miss Togar (Mary Woronov). 

I’d always thought of this as ‘the Ramones movie’. You get their songs early on, but they themselves first appear about halfway through to play a gig. By the end (at the gig and elsewhere) they have played at least nine songs by my count, which is a lot (although of course, being the Ramones, the songs are short). They aren’t required to do much acting – I think only Joey has any dialogue. 

Apparently, the producers spent a while trying to get a band to agree to be in the movie, and the Ramones were a far way down the list. That tracks – there’s nothing about Riff’s fandom that feels specific to da brudders and the idea that they would be an easy consensus favourite in any high school seems fairly movie-like. But I’m a fan, so their presence definitely worked for me. 

As does the film as a whole – it was a lot better than I was expecting. Maybe the involvement of Joe Dante, the future director of Gremlins and Small Soldiers, helped. (Character actor Dick Miller, who was in everything Dante directed, pops up here.) For those who like a knowing meta-chuckle, you’ve got Mary Woronov as the anti-rock’n’roll authority figure – back in the 1960s she and Gerard Malanga were the (sometimes whip-wielding) dancers in Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable accompanying the Velvet Underground. 

Surprisingly enjoyable…

(So yes, a 1979 release, but nevertheless part of my Every girl should be given an electric guitar on her 16th birthday series of reviews)

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William Stout, Rock 'N' Roll High School poster art and album cover.

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Hey, ho, let’s go to Gutter Garbs for their Rock 'n' Roll High School collection. It includes three T-shirts ($28), an 18x24 poster featuring William Stout's classic art ($40), and a logo enamel pin ($13).

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Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)

My rating: 4/10

It's a 70s teen comedy, so of course it's rapey as fuck in parts, and if the script crawled any further up the Ramones' collective asses they'd be unable to perform due to all the paper stuck in their teeth, but I guess the soundtrack's pretty good.

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Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)

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Rock 'N' Roll High School by William Stout, 1979

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dee dee ramone in the rock n roll highschool music video

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hii, how are you? can i request nikki sixx x fem reader as highschool lovers? like, him being completely and madly in love with her? have a good day:))

I’m only me when I’m with you

I thought this song fit perfectly with the high school vibes.

Requested: By anon

Pairings: Nikki Sixx x Reader

A/n: Heavy AU. This is not accurate to Nikki’s actual high school experience.

Warnings: Just a little bit of making out

Summary: You and Nikki are 17 and madly in love.

To say you and Nikki Sixx were in love is an understatement. No, you two are madly in love. You really only spend time with each other, despite having other people to hang with.

You’re known as the couple whose always together at school, and outside of school as well. And you being the prettiest girl in school and him being one of the most handsome boys in school, people always cast envious glances your way. But you don’t care, because you have each other.

Nikki changed his name to Nikki Sixx not too long after he turned 18, said it was more rockstar like and would separate him from his abusive mother. Which makes total sense and honestly, you like the name Nikki a lot better. It suits him so well. He’s also grown out his hair and dyed it black, which makes him go from just cute and attractive to hot. The two of you have been friends since middle school and got together sophomore year of high school.

You opened your locker to get your books out for your next class when it was slammed shut. You jumped but looked to see your boyfriend leaning against the locker next to yours. You blushed and laughed, “Nikki!” You playfully squealed, “I need to get my books.”

The bassist leaned in to kiss you, and you of course kissed him back. Once the two of you pulled away, he said, “You won’t need them because we’re not going to class.”

“But baby! I skipped yesterday and the day before, my moms gonna kill me if she finds out.” You chuckled.

Nikki brushed a strand of hair behind your ear and caressed your cheek, gripping your chin to meet his eyes.

“Come on, just one more time?” And how could you say no to that face.

You sighed, your shoulders sagging in defeat, “Okay, one last time.”

~Time Skip~

You giggled as he pushed you against the wall of the empty locker room. This one was unused, so there’s no way you two could get caught.

He kissed you passionately on the lips and you moaned into his mouth as he kissed you back. Fisting and pulling at each others clothes, you cheeks became flushed and your knees were giving out. Noticing this, Nikki picked you up, allowing you to wrap your legs around his waist. He pushed you back further against the wall, kissing your jaw and neck. It was getting heated, however the two of you would never have sex in school, that was a no-go. Your mom would kill you if she found out her precious daughter was having sex with a rockstar at school. She didn’t know your relationship existed, and you’d like to keep it that way. All she knows is the two of you are friends. And she trusts you enough not to do anything more with him.

Oops…

The two of you pulled away, breathless, staring into each others lust blown eyes. Your boyfriend placed you back down. And just in time, the bell rang. “Saved by the bell, sweetheart.” He smirked and you laughed fixing the buttons on your shirt and smoothing out your skirt. You also fixed your lipstick real quick before letting Nikki walk you out of the locker room. You walked through the empty halls until you made your way to your classroom. You kissed him goodbye before walking in class with a stupid smile on your face.