Welcome to Your Funeral - The Story of Rigor Mortis (Part 1)

Rigor Mortis was the first as well as one of the only Thrash Metal bands to emerge out of Texas, in the 80's.  If you think about it, there are just a handful of bands, if that, that have able to break out of the lone star state, so if you make it, it is quite an accomplishment.  To be honest, I was never a fan, but thought it would be interesting to see what these guys were about, as well as how they broke out of Texas; that is why I decided to check out their new documentary Welcome to Your Funeral.

Welcome to Your Funeral, takes you all the way back to 1983, to the inception of the band.  There is some really good vintage footage of the band.  I think it is really cool that these guys had the foresight to record a lot of their rehearsals early on.  As you would guess, the documentary spans about 4 years, up until the band is signed in 1987.  The documentary is narrated by Phil Anselmo, who seems to be a huge fan of the band.  The documentary was informative and included some great archival footage, but tended to drag on a bit. 

As you might of guessed, since this is labeled as part 1, there will undoubtedly be a part 2.  I can't believe there is going to be a part 2, because they could have condensed their story to 2 hrs on one disk, in this reviewers opinion.  That said, I would be interested to check it out, to see why the band eventually broke up and got back together.  I just hope they make it a little shorter.

Bottom Line: A good documentary about a fairly unknown band.  It is a good watch, but got a little long in the tooth at times.  I believe this one would have come off better, had they condensed it to about an hour.

-Ragman forgot these dudes were in The Decline of Western Civilization 2.