Get Crazy 1983

Hot on the heels of "Rock and Roll High School", "Get Crazy" was the followup film from Alan Arkush. Arkush: "when we made 'Crazy', 'Rock and Roll High School' was still an obscure midnight movie." "Get Crazy" is an homage to the legendary Fillmore East, Bill Grahm's rock venue on 2nd Avenue near East 6th St., now referred to as the "East Village" section of Manhattan, N.Y.C. It was open from March 8th, 1968, until June 27, 1971, and featured some of the biggest acts in rock music at the time.
The movie takes place a decade later, at the final show of the "Saturn Theater" on New Years Eve of 1982, and is peppered with all kinds of fictitious musical acts, some based off real artists. (Lou Reed's "Dylan-esque" character Auden, who is summoned to play the show as a 'deathbed request' of theater manager Max Wolfe (Alan Garfield as Alan Goorwitz).
The movie also stars Daniel Stern (Neil Allen), Malcolm McDowell (Reggie Wanker), Gail Edwards (Willy Loman), Ed Begley Jr. (Colin Beverly).
The premise: Mega promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Years 1983 concert of small time concert promoter Max Wolfe. And the crew of the venue basically saves the sex, drugs, and Rock and Roll from Beverly's schemes.
What makes the movie great, is the spoof bands, and, the cameos.
Nada, one of the main acts, features a character named "Piggy", a dangerous, psychotic, rock n' roll animal housed in the trunk of the bands car. The role of Piggy is played by Lee Ving of LA punk band FEAR.
Another member of FEAR, Philo Cramer, makes a cameo as well. When Bill Henderson's character "King Blues" (based off Muddy Waters) asks for a Blues band, there is a communication problem and he receives a "Jews Band."

Auden, Lou Reed's character is the metaphysical 70's songwriter, and antisocial recluse, who hasn't been heard from in six years. Auden answers the phone in a shot that mimic's perfectly the cover of Bob Dylan's Bringin' it All Back Home. Except that everything, even the woman lounging in the background, is full of cobwebs.
Reggie Wanker (Malcolm McDowell) "20 years of Rock n' Roll and still on top" is a Mick Jagger spoof with his own private jet, a countess for a girlfriend, and mountains of cocaine. Wanker has his own rock and roll animal in his entourage, a maniac called "Toad", and he's played by John Densmore of The Doors.

There's also a throw-back to the 60's with the arrival of "Captain Cloud" (played by Howard Kaylan a.k.a. "Eddie" of  Flo & Eddie & Turtles fame) and his busload of hippies. Who show up with a pass from Dec. 31, 1968.
The soundtrack contains some excellent moments as well (along with the typical spoof-band goofyness) The Ramones contribute a tune called "Chop Suey", FEAR contribute a song to the Nada set, with their version of "Hoochie Cootchie Man", a song that King Blues recognizes as his own, and comments: "who said a white boy can't sing the blues!", and Lou Reed closes the movie with a touching rendition of "Little Sister."
Best viewed on VHS, 'cause that's how we rolled back in the day.
Awesome flick for an 80's nostalgia night or for a double feature with Rock and Roll High School. I'll leave you in charge of your own "party favors."