Punk music has always been about individuality. Although skinheads and fascists have periodically tried to co-opt and homogenize the genre over its 50-year history, they have always failed, because the true spirit of punk begins with an original thought, a unique life story, and the poetic philosophies that truth is beauty and that the pomp and artifice of pop music are a distraction from expressing something deeper.
At its core, punk is the people’s rock & roll. Perhaps that’s one reason why the genre appeals more broadly than some...
At its core, punk is the people’s rock & roll. Perhaps that’s one reason why the genre appeals more broadly than some...
- 2/26/2021
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Chicago – We’re kicking off a great November of content with another “New to Netflix” feature, in which we help you fill your Netflix queue for the next 30 days. There are some undeniable greats that recently hit the service (like “Say Anything…”) along with some well-known recent hits (like “Olympus Has Fallen”), but we use this feature to track down the films you may miss in the labyrinth of Netflix.
With more and more film and TV lovers using broadband providers more often than video stores, Netflix may be the future of entertainment but it’s still annoying to navigate. Let us guide the way. Complete with links so you can add all ten of these directly to your queue.
A Band Called Death
“A Band Called Death”
Netflix Description: Blending a larger-than-life family story and a rock documentary, this film follows David, Bobby and Dannis Hackney, three teenage brothers...
With more and more film and TV lovers using broadband providers more often than video stores, Netflix may be the future of entertainment but it’s still annoying to navigate. Let us guide the way. Complete with links so you can add all ten of these directly to your queue.
A Band Called Death
“A Band Called Death”
Netflix Description: Blending a larger-than-life family story and a rock documentary, this film follows David, Bobby and Dannis Hackney, three teenage brothers...
- 11/4/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
A Band Called Death - Drafthouse Films - Blu-ray and DVD Director: Mark Christopher Covino, Jeff Howlett Cast: Bobby Hackney, Dannis Hackney, David Hackney, Henry Rollins, Alice Cooper To quote my interview with the stars of this fine film: "A Band Called Death has one of the best stories you'll see in a movie this year. Or next year. Or any year. It's almost too good to be true, but it all really happened." It's pretty common for documentaries to knock you off your feet, though most of the time that happens when the subject matter is just plain depressing. That's not the case here. This is an incredibly uplifting, wondrous story about a trio of brothers who were well ahead of their time musically. But it's way, way more than that. The story of...
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- 8/13/2013
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
Drafthouse Films' A Band Called Death has several new clips up from the rockumentary directed by Jeff Howlett and Mark Covino. The film opened in theaters this past weekend, and includes Bobby Hackney, Sr., Dannis Hackney, David Hackney and Bobbie Duncan. Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was a band called Death. Punk before punk existed, three teenage brothers in the early '70s formed a band in their spare bedroom, began playing a few local gigs and even pressed a single in the hopes of getting signed. But this was the era of Motown and emerging disco. Record companies found Death's music - and band name - too intimidating, and the group were never given a fair shot, disbanding before they even completed one album. Equal parts...
- 6/30/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
In the early 1970s, three teenage African American brothers, David, Bobby, and Dannis Hackney, formed a band called Death and played "hard-drivin' rock & roll" -- really, a precursor to punk rock, pre-dating pioneering black punk band Bad Brains by about five years -- across their hometown of Detroit. They didn't get far; their only single rarely got airplay and the unreleased master tapes for their debut album sat unheard in a dusty attic in Detroit for nearly 35 years. A Band Called Death, directed by Mark Covino and Jeff Howlett, chronicles the Hackney brothers' story, from their early years playing instruments purchased with a family insurance settlement in a cramped room in their parents' house to the band's rediscovery and eventual revival several decades...
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- 6/27/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Title: A band called Death Director: Mark Covino & Jeff Howlett Starring: Bobby Hackney Sr., Dannis Hackney, David Hackney Bobbie Duncan. Mike Rubin, reporter of The New York Times, titled his article on Death band: “This Band Was Punk Before Punk Was Punk.” And indeed it was, since the trio – composed by Bobby Hackney Sr., Dannis Hackney, David Hackney – preceded the Sex Pistols and Bad Brains in the early 70s, when they were just teenagers in Detroit. Mark Covino and Jeff Howlett, through the rockumentary ‘A band called Death,’ reconstruct the spiritual voyage of a music (and band) that seemed destined to never emerge. Record companies found Death’s music [ Read More ]
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- 6/18/2013
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
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