What are your favorite Rockumentaries?

Hubaxe · Post by **Hubaxe** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 5:38 am

No one mentioned Dave Grohl's "Sound City" documentaries.

Moon · Post by **Moon** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 7:59 am

Hubaxe wrote:No one mentioned Dave Grohl's "Sound City" documentaries.

That was awesome! The Stevie Nicks song stuck in my head so much that I bought the accompanying album...and then I liked the album so much that I asked for the DVD of the documentary for my birthday.

Hubaxe · Post by **Hubaxe** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 11:51 am

I agree, these documentary are really enjoyable.

I loved another "almost" rockumentary: 20 feet from stardom
A great documentary about ladies in the the background. Awesome ladies, awesome singer.

Please have a look at this one if you still haven't !!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2jglzn

DiabloS · Post by **DiabloS** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 5:46 pm

Figured I'd give this thread a bump! Even though the documentary is a few years old now, I just watched "Turn it up!: A celebration of the electric guitar" this weekend and it was really good! Also features Johnny A. (I know Billy knows him on a personal level).

markjazzbassist · Post by **markjazzbassist** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 7:20 pm

the wrecking crew
standing in the shadows of motown
muscle shoals
the last waltz

Post by **bclaire** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 11:05 pm

DiabloS wrote:Figured I'd give this thread a bump! Even though the documentary is a few years old now, I just watched "Turn it up!: A celebration of the electric guitar" this weekend and it was really good! Also features Johnny A. (I know Billy knows him on a personal level).

Saw it in the theatre for a special showing when it first came out with JA and his wife! (We played in a band together a looog time ago)

Hubaxe · Post by **Hubaxe** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 5:45 am

Is there a chance one day we can see "MC5 true testimonial" ?

shupe13 · Post by **shupe13** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 6:49 am

I'm too lazy to go through every page so forgive me if this has been suggested.

I love all things metal and rock. I find life on the road very interesting as I do finding out what makes a band tick. Obviously any music doc junky does too. I bounce around between YouTube and Netflix mostly. But the documentary I found the most interesting and touching is Glen Campbell's I'll Be Me. I'm not going into it, just watch it and let me know what you think.

DiabloS · Post by **DiabloS** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 3:54 pm

bclaire wrote:
DiabloS wrote:Figured I'd give this thread a bump! Even though the documentary is a few years old now, I just watched "Turn it up!: A celebration of the electric guitar" this weekend and it was really good! Also features Johnny A. (I know Billy knows him on a personal level).
Saw it in the theatre for a special showing when it first came out with JA and his wife! (We played in a band together a looog time ago)

Very cool! I thought of you as soon as he popped up on the screen. I really enjoyed how they not only covered the history of the electric guitar... but also the player's emotional attachment to it. I've watched it 3 times in the last few days.

Incubus · Post by **Incubus** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 10:37 am

Had a week with the flu not so long ago and watched every rockumentary I could find on netflix and places like that.
And there was a few I quite liked.

Austin to Boston - Follows 4 bands, in 5 VW vans on a 3 week tour across the US. Ben Howard, The Staves, Nathaniel Rateliff and Bears Den

Big Star: Nothing can hurt me - A documentary about the 70's band big Star, whom I had never heard of before this, but I've really gotten into their music now. Incredible songs...

Now I need to find somewhere I can stream the movie Big Easy Express... Do you know that film?

DiabloS · Post by **DiabloS** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 5:50 pm

I've seen the 2 others you mentioned, but not Big Easy Express... I might have to check that one out!

Incubus · Post by **Incubus** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 8:28 am

Yeah I read somewhere that Austin to boston resembles the Big Easy Express movie, so I suppose I should watch it...

Last night I watched Don't Stop Believing: Everymans Journey... I don't know... I suppose it's somewhat of a fairytale and a bit fun.

onetracker · Post by **onetracker** » Fri Mar 11, 2016 6:12 pm

Tizzer wrote:Throw Down Your Heart is an awesome documentary. Not rock, but it follows Bela Fleck bringing the banjo back to its roots in Africa. Amazing music and well put together film. Definitely worth watching.

agreed. fabulous documentary. I'm gonna watch it again. saw bela's banjo summit just a few weeks before I saw the movie.

ironlung40 · Post by **ironlung40** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:24 am

Hubaxe wrote:No one mentioned Dave Grohl's "Sound City" documentaries.

I loved that one but I did not like the final mix of the music how it got really loud then quiet again when they would start talking, I think the up and down of the volume was way too much and it was a bit annoying....anyone else feel this way? The content was excellent though

BeyondTheSunn · Post by **BeyondTheSunn** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:15 pm

I recently watched a music documentary on Youtube called 'People Who Do Noise'... And, it's exactly that, people who do noise. Quite bizarre. It left my mind more emptier than it usually is.

I do really like to watch 'Earth - Within The Drone' and I absolutely love 'Such Hawks Such Hounds' which is about the beginnings, and the meaning, of Drone, Sludge, Stoner, Doom genre of music, of which I personally play. It's a bit "out there" so to speak, but I'm really fascinated by those genres. Plus, there's a load of Oranges and Matamps featured in that particular documentary.