Documentaries On Music

Zer0 · 07-18-2011, 08:00 AM

1991: The Year Punk Broke. Follows Sonic Youth on tour around Europe with Nirvana and also features appearances from Dinosaur Jr., Babes In Toyland, Gumball, Ramones and a few others. Brilliantly shot.

The Decline Of Western Civilization. A documentary on the L.A. hardcore-punk scene in around 1979-80. Features Black Flag, The Germs, F.E.A.R., X and more.

Howard the Duck · 07-18-2011, 08:21 AM

oh yeah there's this one I quite like:-

The Punk Rock Movie - shot on Super 8, the quality's atrocious, but mostly captures the British 1st Wave pretty well - includes a young Shane McGowan (later of The Pogues) and punks doing dubious things - has some gratuitous nudity as well, good if you're into that sort of thing. shot by Don Letts, later of B.A.D. fame

Saddest-Of-All-Keys · 07-18-2011, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

that's a parody/comedy, not a documentary

I know but it is very accurate with it's portrayal of rock star excess.

**Janszoon** · 07-18-2011, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Zero1986

The Decline Of Western Civilization. A documentary on the L.A. hardcore-punk scene in around 1979-80. Features Black Flag, The Germs, F.E.A.R., X and more.

I've wanted to see that and part II forever but for some reason they're both incredibly hard to track down.

Automaticchaos · 07-18-2011, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I've wanted to see that and part II forever but for some reason they're both incredibly hard to track down.

All the DOWC movies are on youtube. If you don't mind watching them in 10 minute intervals.

ThePhanastasio · 07-18-2011, 09:34 AM

Ken Burns' Jazz is one which I recommend very highly; it's a multi-part PBS documentary, but the amount of information presented and the information itself makes the whole thing well worth watching.

**Janszoon** · 07-18-2011, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Automaticchaos

All the DOWC movies are on youtube. If you don't mind watching them in 10 minute intervals.

Heh. Good to know! I may have to resort to that.

Zer0 · 07-18-2011, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I've wanted to see that and part II forever but for some reason they're both incredibly hard to track down.

I downloaded a torrent of the first one a while back but it ended up being only the first 38 minutes of it. It's all up on youtube though if you want to watch it there.

Part 2 is alright, I saw it on some music channel a few years ago but nowhere as good as the first one. Part 3 is terrible.

**Janszoon** · 07-18-2011, 09:54 AM

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Ken Burns' Jazz is one which I recommend very highly; it's a multi-part PBS documentary, but the amount of information presented and the information itself makes the whole thing well worth watching.

That's a great series. My only complaint about it is how heavily skewed toward early jazz it is. The music of the 60s and beyond kind of gets short shrift.

Violent & Funky · 07-18-2011, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero1986

1991: The Year Punk Broke. Follows Sonic Youth on tour around Europe with Nirvana and also features appearances from Dinosaur Jr., Babes In Toyland, Gumball, Ramones and a few others. Brilliantly shot.

Anybody know the best way to see this?

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