Rock movies & documentaries

[Dave78]

"The Decline Of Western Civiization Pt. II" rockumentary does a very good job summerizing the world of 80's Metal from established stars like Ozzy, Lemmy and Alice Cooper to all the up and coming bands trying to leave their mark in the clubs of the Sunset Strip.

[Magic]

Bob Dylan- Don't Look Back
Bob Dylan - No Direction Home
The Beatles- Anthology
The Band- The Last Waltz
Wilco- I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Flaming Lips- The Fearless Freaks
Radiohead - Meeting People is Easy
The Pixies - Gouge
Dandy Warhol & Brian Jonestown Massacre - Dig!
Daniel Johnston - The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Metallica - Some Kind of Monster
Roky Erickson - You're Gonna Miss Me
Wu Tang Clan - Rock the Bells
Niel Young and Crazy Horse - The Year of the Horse
Gram Parson - Fallen Angel
Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years
Punk: Attitude
Lightning in a Bottle: Backstage at a Blues Concert
Chicago Blues
The Night James Brown Saved Boston
Copyright Ciminals - History of music sampling



^^enough Documentaires to keep you busy for a while

[METALPRIEST]

[FretBuzz]

Some of my favorites are:

Festival Express (just watched this Friday night, see my mini-review in the other music dvd thread)
The End of the Century - the story of the Ramones
Gimme Shelter
Gram Parsons - Fallen Angel
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Don't Look Back - Bob Dylan
Beatles Anthology
The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995 mini series, originally aired on PBS)

and all the 'Classic Album' dvds I've seen are excellent. I've got the ones on Who's Next (Who), Disraeli Gears (Cream), Electric Ladyland (Hendrix), & Ace of Spades (Motorhead).

[Gearjammer]

There was a Beatles documentary called The Complete Beatles. It's probably close to 25 years old. It was on video at the tiime, don't know if it has come to DVD, but it was really good, and is recomended viewing if you like the Beatles.

[Gearjammer]

A good one on right now......Hail Hail Rock and Roll. Follows the making of a Chuck Berry tribute show, headed by Keith Richards. Good music, but unfortunately, Berry come off as an enormous prick.

[Buff]

Of course, I have to mention The Kids Are Alright and Dazed and Confused, didn't one of your local all-nighter theaters always run one of these movies in the dead of night, as well as Rocky Horror Halloween week????

I also have a copy of an old Rolling Stone 25 years of Rock and Roll hosted by Dennis Hopper that I really enjoy.

[rtbuck]

I love this movie...it stars Gina Gershon as an aging Punk Rocker

[hawk11]

Rock Documentries

Badfinger
The Complete Beatles
The Making Of Sgt Pepper
Cream "Strange Brew"
Cream "Their First Authorized Story"
Freebird "The Movie"
Groupies w/ Ten Years After & Spooky Tooth
Jimi Hendrix
Humble Pie "The Life and Times Of Steve Marriot"
Iron Maiden "The New Wave Of British Metal"
Jethro Tull "Living With The Past"
Lennon-The Beatles And Beyond
Metal "A Headbangers Journey"
Metallica "Birth Of Thrash"
Mott The Hoople "Under Review"

Concert Movies

Cincinnati Pop Festival 1970
The Day The Music Died
Isle Of Wight Festival 1970
The Last Waltz
Supershow 1969
Superstars In Concert
Texas Pop Festival 1969

[Bryter Later]

Mine would have to be : 1)Woodstock, obviously for the awesome music,but also for showing how nearly 500,000 people can live in peace and unity,and with so much optimism. 2)It Was Twenty Years Ago Today, This documentary was shown on TV appx' 30 years ago and documents the making of Sgt Pepper and the spirit and times of 1967, simply a great time in music history. 3) A Skin Too Few, A very open and touching documentary about the great Nick Drake,still brightening up our Northern Sky.


Bryter.

[gguerra]

Originally Posted by Gearjammer There was a Beatles documentary called The Complete Beatles. It's probably close to 25 years old. It was on video at the tiime, don't know if it has come to DVD, but it was really good, and is recomended viewing if you like the Beatles.

Unfortunately it has not though it should. Still only on VHS Amazon.com: The Compleat Beatles [VHS]: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Malcolm McDowell, Gerry Marsden, Allan Williams, Bill Harry, Tony Sheridan, Horst Fascher, Billy J. Kramer, Bob Wooler, Patrick Montgomery, Pamela Page

[R. Evans]

Documentary- The Compleat Beatles

Movie- (or "mock"umentary) This Is Spinal Tap

Honorable mentions- Eddie And The Cruisers, The Buddy Holly Story,

[Riff Raff]

My favourite is the Classic album documentaries.
They do educate me plenty about music and how they produce their albums.

My favourites of those dvds.


Other documentaries I like.
Some Kind of Monster definitely.
Making of Metallicas Black album.
Watched on Youtube the making of Death Magnetic.

[Clockwork]

just watched a to zeppelin and voodoo child jimi hendrix and they were both pretty good

[snakes&ladders]

Some pretty spectacular ones up there....groooovy