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The Hear 'n Aid Sessions (1986)

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Music | Documentary | Short

Overview

Hear ‘n Aid was a one-time collaboration of various individual hard rock and heavy metal artists in 1985 to raise money for famine relief in Africa. According to Ronnie James Dio’s MySpace profile, the project raised $1 million within a year.

Length 30 minutes

Actors

Tommy Aldridge | Yngwie Malmsteen | Ted Nugent | Rudy Sarzo | Eric Bloom | Buck Dharma | Ronnie James Dio | Vivian Campbell | Jimmy Bain | Vinny Appice | Claude Schnell | Don Dokken | Mick Brown | George Lynch | Jeff Pilson | Craig Goldy | Dave Murray | Adrian Smith | Neal Schon | Rob Halford | Carmine Appice | Vince Neil | Mick Mars | Brad Gillis | Geoff Tate | Frankie Banali | Kevin DuBrow | David Alford | Chris Hager | Paul Shortino | Matt Thorr | Eddie 'Fingers' Ojeda | Mark Stein | Blackie Lawless | Chris Holmes | Dave Meniketti | Michael McKean | Harry Shearer

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
01/24/2024PhoneStreamingVideo on Demand8 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Read an article today about how this came to be so it prompted me to seek it out and view it again. Back in the day we had to record it off mtv bc we could only find the Betamax in stores. Watched it so many times I nearly had every line memorized.

Could easily write 5000 words about this but I won’t. Suffice it to say that this was a major piece of my teenage years and still gets me emotional especially seeing those we’ve lost. Certain things lock into place now after reading that article.

Would be so cool if Wendy Dio could get this released with all the outtakes, b-roll and interviews. This 30 minute feature only captures a fragment of that day.

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