Last Days Here

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[distorted guitar ringing]

[feedback whining]

[gentle orchestral music]

[metal jingling]

- [muttering indistinctly]

Everything I have in here

you see is one of a kind

This stuff's all chiffon stuff

This stuff's my fancy stuff

I bought these in 1 967

and they're still brand-new

They got great big==

they're low hip-huggers right?

They come down here

And they got great big bells

on 'em man

These are nice leather ones

They're real soft

Feel the leather on those

They're soft

They feel good don't they?

I like a lot of paisley sh*t

you know

I still got a lot

of paisley sh*t

and it's all in

perfect condition

These are all

my stage clothes

and I only wore these like

once in a while

because when I used to play

I was saving them

for when I got big

And that never happened

so I saved 'em forever

- So what are his prospects?

Because he keeps giving me

these rosy scenarios

and I don't know

what to believe you know?

- What does he tell you

specifically?

- Well like one thing

I know is a delusion

is that he's going in

the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

this year or next

[laughs]

I like him to have a dream

though you know?

If he didn't have a dream

he's liable to kill himself

- Are you really gonna do this

as a documentary?

I could go out and play

- I get nervous

You know what I mean?

- Hmm?

- I get nervous that

- Everybody does

He does

They're afraid I'm gonna die

That's okay

I won't

If you guys want me around

I'll stick around

- Please

- If you really do

I mean that in my heart

I mean if you want me around

I'll stick around

For just guys like you guys

[birds chirping]

- I was at a record show

with my girlfriend

and um I found like this==

all this rare stuff

that I totally wanted

And then I was just looking

through one last bin

and I saw the original

Pentagram record

It was just a purple logo

against black

It kind of looks like garbage

on the front

You turn it around

and there's this like

scary-ass picture of the band

I was with my girlfriend

at the time

and we were just like

crazy record collectors

and just go blow all our money

on records and beer

and then just have like

Friday and Saturday night

listening to records

[hard rock music]

Man as soon as we put that

on the turntable

that's like nothing

I'd heard before

Really I mean it was just

so f***ing heavy

This was the only Pentagram

that was released

and the only one I knew of

I thought this was the beginning

of Pentagram

I was working

at an indie record label

and I was telling everybody

about it that I knew

and someone said

"Oh yeah man

"I get stuff no one's even

heard about before

from the '70s

heavy hard rock"

[music slows to a stop]

I was like

"Come on how can this be?"

I was obsessed with this band

So he brings in this CD-R

Here it is man

a record that literally

changed my life

I couldn't wait you know

just to get out of work

and go home and listen to it

At that point

I was riding a bike to work

and I remember just riding home

as fast as I could you know?

Just like a little kid

from school

I rolled a joint==

it was a special occasion

I rolled a big joint

[lively drumbeat]

And that first song

Forever My Queen,

I mean

just f***ing phenomenal

[heavy metal music]

- I'm running away

with myself

I think I ran

a little too far

Your love is more than

a tease

- I couldn't believe it

Some of the best hard rock

I've ever heard

I mean lyrically

his vocal delivery

Just the guitar in it

was out of control

I mean for the early '70s

I couldn't believe it

And mostly

not only was it brilliant

but aside from that why doesn't

everyone talk about it?

What's the equivalent

of hearing something like this

for someone who's just obsessed

by music?

It's a profession and their

passion and their private life

It'sit's hard to explain

It's literally like being

a devout Christian

and walking down the street

one day and bumping into Jesus

and he knows your name

and shakes your hand

and asks you over for dinner

and drinks

[laughs]

You know?

And he calls you on the weekends

to go out

I mean

l==I can't explain it

My whole life I've just been

obsessed by music

It's all I wanted to do

with my life

And the only things

that made me truly happy

were finding

an awesome record

I was just completely driven

and obsessed

I mean I was completely

in love

and I just couldn't wait

to make other people

fall in love with this

- Willing and we both

know how

Baby you're gonna be

my queen

A king always knows

what he means

- It was the perfect time for

Bobby Liebling and Pentagram

to kind of==

to be rediscovered

I wouldn't even say

they were a cult band

They were kind of a secret

at that point

But then there was

all this interest

in early '70s hard rock

There was a big

stoner-rock thing

There were a lot of bands

that just wanted to get

that early '70s sound

and then get back to the basics

in metal

All of a sudden

there's this band

Oh you know

they have unlimited number

of unreleased recordings

from the 1 970s

and there hasn't been like

years and years

of over-merchandising

or marketing

or anything like that

It was just like

this caveman found you know

frozen in the Swiss Alps

somewhere

that you cut out the block

of ice and bring it out

and there's a specimen there

that still has active DNA

Bobby Liebling is still

that frozen guy

[song ends]

[birds chirping]

- If you see anything that says

Pentagram like

Liebling Pentagram

blah-blah-blah project

or any of that on the CDs

we will find find for you guys

'cause you must hear this

This is more important to me

than any other sh*t

That's why you must hear

the stuff

[heavy metal music]

# You are the highway star #

Hey world premiere!

VH1 in the trash heap

[scoffs]

# Oh, take me away #

# I want to do it, baby #

Oh man I know I'll play again

I can't help it

Look I'm addicted

You know it's like heroin

I can get up there

and rock with the best of 'em

Cool E right here

# Wrapping your soul out

on evil #

[guitar solo soars]

[music continues in background]

- I thought he was very good

when he was younger

I don't==you know I didn't go

to many of his shows

I didn't want to make him

uncomfortable

but he did have a==

Would you please get

[speaks indistinctly]

Thank you

Excuse me

No not just as a mother

I was very critical of him

But I thought he had a==

just a natural instinct

to perform

And you couldn't stop him

even if we wanted to you know?

It was sort of inborn

- Far superior than

some of these real big bands

that I've seen

Big guys

that are making millions

[heavy metal music]

- Have you ever done anything

else besides rock and roll?

- Nothin'

Yeah this==

drugs

Sex drugs

rock and roll

Well I mean look at me

You know I'm an old soldier

right?

I've been doing drugs

I've been addicted to heroin

for 39

I've been addicted to crack

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