Editing Hard Core Logo (section)

==Production==
McDonald grew up in the [[Vancouver]] [[punk rock]] scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s and was drawn to Michael Turner's book about aging musicians. McDonald commented in an interview, "what I thought was really interesting is where it is 15 years later, and what are these guys doing now".<ref name="Poppy">{{cite news | last = Poppy | first = Nick | title = All Rock, No Mounties: Canadian Bruce McDonald's ''Hard Core Logo'' | work=INDIEwire | date = November 13, 1998}}</ref> He had just come off the critically acclaimed ''[[Dance Me Outside]]'' and friends warned him not to repeat himself by making another road movie.<ref name="Craig">{{cite news | last = Craig | first = Jeff | title = Canuck Punk | work=[[Edmonton Sun]] | date = October 17, 1996}}</ref> However, McDonald did not see ''Logo'' as a repeat of previous films: "On the other films, they (the anti-heroes of ''[[Roadkill (1989 film)|Roadkill]]'' and ''[[Highway 61 (film)|Highway 61]]'') go down the road and meet a nutty person and things happened. Here you're with the same people throughout – and they are the nutty people!"<ref name="Kirkland2">{{cite news | last = Kirkland | first = Bruce | title = McDonald Stays on the Rock Road |newspaper=Toronto Sun | date = October 17, 1996}}</ref>

McDonald had to persuade Dillon to do the film: "He was going 'Wow, what if the movie is shit, then I'd lose all my fans from the band, I'd lose all my credibility!'"<ref name="CanPress">{{cite news | title = Punk Rockumentary More than ''Spinal Tap'' Clone | work=Canadian Press | date = October 14, 1996}}</ref> The director auditioned 200 actors for the role but kept coming back to the musician. Dillon remembers, "as soon as he gave me freedom to make the screenplay more believable, I became interested. Bruce allowed me creative input and that's what made it a special piece for me". Dillon drew a lot on his own real life experiences of being in a band.<ref name="McLeod">{{cite news | last = McLeod | first = Tyler | title = Anarchy in Motion | work=[[Calgary Sun]] | date = October 12, 1996}}</ref>

The music of the fictional band was all written by [[Michael Turner (musician)|Michael Turner]], arranged and produced by [[Peter J. Moore]], and performed by Hugh Dillon and the band [[Swamp Baby]].