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Lineup: Mad Marc Rude"Mad Marc Rude" was an artist and a punk rock icon. This documentary about Marc is told by the people who knew him throughout his life. Ever since I first heard about Marc in 1979, people have always talked about him very passionately, they either said he was one of the greatest people alive or that he was the biggest asshole they ever met, there was never an in-between. This passion that people had about Marc is the main reason I'm doing this documentary. Depending on where and when they knew Marc their comments can range from "He's a self centered prick who just likes to bully people and fight!", "He's a junky who ruins the lives of whoever he's around!" to "He was the most loyal friend a person could ever have!", "When fights broke out at shows, he would always save the guy who was being out numbered", "He gave me food, a place to stay and expected nothing in return". Marc was primarily known throughout the early punk scene for the artwork he created - bands like; The Misfits, Battalion Of Saints, Tex and the Horseheads, The Offspring, L.A. Guns, Legal Weapon, The Little Kings and many more, but within the communities where he lived he was a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Before he became known as an artist, since 1978, Marc was putting out fanzines, putting on shows, managing bands, etc... whatever he could do to support a scene which he believed and at that time the community around him didn't.