Subtly brilliant film.
But you are right in that you need to know a fair amount of rock history to get alot of the gags.
For example the Nigal playing the guitar with the violin isn't funny unless you recall how Jimmy Page played the guitar with a violin bow.
Also, the "choked on someone elses vomit" isn't that funny unless you know about how Sid Vicious died by choking on his own.
Or how the WHO lost drummers, or how the ridiculous umlaut (sp?) over a consonent or....
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