| Hard Rock Treasures | |
| Director: | Martin Melhuish |
| Starring: | Don Bernstine Jeff Beck Dimebag Darrell James Hetfield and Tony Iommi |
| Music: | Alan Silvestri |
| Distributor: | 20th Century Fox |
| Runtime: | 86 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Hard Rock Treasures is a documentary film about Don "The Indiana Jones of Rock 'n' Roll" Bernstine from Hard Rock Cafe, when he visits musicians to try to get memorabilia from them.
Some of the memorabilia he gets includes Freddie Mercury's stage pants, the Gibson guitar Tony Iommi used on the first four Black Sabbath albums, the car James Hetfield drives in the video for Metallica's song "I Disappear", Slipknot's stage masks, the bass guitar Michael Anthony used on the recording of Van Halen's 1984 album and a drum Ian Paice used on the recording for Deep Purple's Perfect Strangers album.
The scenes with Dimebag Darrell at his home was shot just months before he was murdered on stage, playing with Damageplan.
P. Hall of Video Librarian praised the film, giving it 3.5 stars out of four and writing, "While music lovers will enjoy the surplus of star power, the most fascinating aspect of this film is the rare glimpse afforded viewers into the guts of the Hard Rock operations, from the storage center for all of the memorabilia to the planning of which items are displayed in the company's various cafes, hotels, and casinos. Highly recommended."[1] In a positive review, Andy Cooper gave the film 4.5 stars out of five and wrote in Regina Leader-Post, "I don't care if this is 90 minutes of free advertising for the Hard Rock Cafe -- it's still a great little documentary about rock- and-roll royalty. From Elvis and the Beatles to Slayer and Madonna, this is the inside scoop on how Hard Rock gets the treasures that adorn the walls of its 138 restaurants."[2]
In News From Indian Country, Sandra Hale Schulman called the documentary "an entertaining and informative account about the music artifacts acquisition process" and said it was "an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at rock 'n' roll royalty and their most prized possessions".[3] [4] Giving the film three stars out of four, Winston-Salem Journals Ed Bumgardner, praised the film, stating, "the disc is an extended, undeniable advertisement for the international Hard Rock chain – but it's also a good one that wields appeal for casual fans and panting rock gearheads and geeks interested in rock's ephemera".[5]