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Tag Archives: rockumentary

Zappa

December 13, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Alex “Bill S. Preston, Esq.” Winter directs this most excellent documentary on musician, composer, conductor, artist, director, businessman, ambassador and man who once sat on a toilet, Frank Zappa. Zappa’s […]

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Pick It Up! – Ska in the ’90s

June 28, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Pick It Up! – Ska in the ’90s is a 2019 documentary about the four-year window in which American ska music was popular in the 1990s. Taylor Morden’s love letter to […]

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WITCH: We Intend To Cause Havoc

November 16, 2019by Dan Meier Leave a comment

WITCH is a rockumentary which celebrates the rich history and present-day sitch of Zambian rock band WITCH. Rockumentaries have a tendency to conform to type, a consequence of there being […]

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The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir

July 20, 2019by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Named after the first song he wrote for the Grateful Dead, The Other One is a 2015 documentary about the rhythm guitarist and singer who has arguably played more gigs “than any […]

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Bros: After the Screaming Stops

February 8, 2019by Dan Meier Leave a comment

All I knew of ’80s band Bros was that drummer Luke Goss had been in Blade II and Hellboy II, and that this film was apparently the most Brentian documentary since […]

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Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone

October 26, 2017by Dan Meier Leave a comment

For reasons that are immediately obvious, it’s hard to name the greatest band that never made it, but this 2010 rockumentary makes a strong case that it’s Fishbone. Everyday Sunshine: […]

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The Last Waltz

May 10, 2017by Dan Meier Leave a comment

“This film should be played loud!” So begins Martin Scorsese’s The Last Waltz, and the careers of Michael Bay and Zack Snyder.  Not to be confused with Take This Waltz or Christoph […]

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Nothing Can Hurt Me

October 1, 2015by Dan Meier Leave a comment

As a fan of rockumentaries and That ’70s Show, I had to seek out this doc about Big Star – “the greatest band that never made it.” Big Star’s story is almost […]

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Anvil! The Story of Anvil

July 27, 2014by Dan Meier 4 Comments

In the early ’80s, Canadian metal band Anvil were headlining rock festivals, releasing acclaimed albums and influencing the likes of Slayer, Anthrax and Metallica. 25 years later, the band have faded […]

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