Heavy Metal Parking Lot
★ 6.9 · 1986 · 17m · Documentary · Music
Heavy Metal Parking Lot documents heavy metal music fans tailgating in the parking lot outside the Capital Centre (since demolished) in Landover, Maryland, on May 31, 1986, before a Judas Priest concert (with opening act Dokken).
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