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A rockumentary is a documentary about rock music or its musicians. The term was first used by Bill Drake in the 1969 History of Rock & Roll radio broadcast and is a portmanteau of "rock" and "documentary".[1] [2]
Usage
Rolling Stone magazine's first use of the term "rockumentary" was in 1969 to describe the radio show The History of Rock and Roll which aimed to document the major artists of rock and roll to that date.[2] The term was subsequently used to describe concert films containing appearances by multiple artists.[3] [4] In 1976, the term was used by the promoters of the live musical production Beatlemania which documented the evolving career of The Beatles .[5] The tongue-in-cheek film This Is Spinal Tap from 1984 is both a rockumentary and a mockumentary because of its intended humor.
List of "rockumentary" titles
Audio rockumentaries
Rockumentary films
Film
Artist(s)
Year
Director
IMDB
Dont Look Back
Bob Dylan
1967
D. A. Pennebaker
tt0061589
Monterey Pop
Various – Monterey Pop Festival
1968
D. A. Pennebaker
tt0064689
Gimme Shelter
The Rolling Stones
1970
Albert and David Maysles , Charlotte Zwerin
tt0065780
Woodstock
Various – Woodstock
1970
Michael Wadleigh
tt0066580
Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Joe Cocker
1971
Pierre Adidge
tt0067275
Cocksucker Blues
The Rolling Stones
1972
Robert Frank
tt0068389
The Concert for Bangladesh
Various - The Concert for Bangladesh
1972
Saul Swimmer
tt0158560
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
Pink Floyd
1972
Adrian Maben
tt0069090
Yessongs
Yes
1973
Peter Neal
tt0070940
Let the Good Times Roll
Various – 1950s pop and rock scene
1973
Robert Abel, Sidney Levin
tt0143367
Cracked Actor
David Bowie
1974
Alan Yentob
tt0377047
The Blank Generation
Various – New York punk rock scene
1976
Ivan Kral
tt0074216
The Song Remains the Same
Led Zeppelin
1976
Peter Clifton , Joe Massot
tt0075244
The Last Waltz
The Band final concert
1978
Martin Scorsese
tt0077838
The Kids Are Alright
The Who
1979
Jeff Stein
tt0079400
AC/DC: Let There Be Rock
AC/DC
1979
Eric Dionysius
tt0080321
The Decline of Western Civilization
Various – Los Angeles punk rock scene
1981
Penelope Spheeris
tt0082252
Another State of Mind
Social Distortion , Youth Brigade
1984
Adam Small , Peter Stuart
tt0198307
Stop Making Sense
Talking Heads
1984
Jonathan Demme
tt0088178
Bring on the Night
Sting
1985
Michael Apted
tt0088855
Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
Chuck Berry
1987
Taylor Hackford
tt0092758
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
Various – Los Angeles heavy metal scene
1988
Penelope Spheeris
tt0094980
Rattle and Hum
U2
1988
Phil Joanou
tt0096328
101
Depeche Mode
1989
D. A. Pennebaker
tt0094590
Truth or Dare (aka In Bed with Madonna )
Madonna
1991
Alek Keshishian
tt0102370
1991: The Year Punk Broke
Sonic Youth
1992
Dave Markey
tt0103595
Funky Monks
Red Hot Chili Peppers
1992
Gavin Bowden
tt0275623
The Band That Would Be King
Half Japanese
1993
Jeff Feuerzeig
tt0107071
Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
Nirvana
1994
Kevin Kerslake
tt0239723
The Beatles Anthology
The Beatles
1995
Geoff Wonfor
tt0111893
Year of the Horse
Neil Young
1997
Jim Jarmusch
tt0120539
Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival 1970
Isle of Wight Festival 1970
1997
Murray Lerner
tt0117028
Meeting People Is Easy
Radiohead
1998
Grant Gee
tt0195909
Single Video Theory
Pearl Jam
1998
Mark Pellington
tt0216214
Man in the Sand
Billy Bragg and Wilco
1999
Kim Hopkins
tt0345620
The Filth and the Fury
Sex Pistols
2000
Julien Temple
tt0236216
Biggie & Tupac
Biggie Smalls , Tupac Shakur
2002
Nick Broomfield
tt0303356
Goodnight Cleveland
The Hellacopters
2002
Jim Heneghan
tt0388997
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Wilco
2002
Sam Jones
tt0327920
End of the Century
The Ramones
2003
Jim Fields , Michael Gramaglia
tt0368711
Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
They Might Be Giants
2003
A. J. Schnack
tt0304081
Sretno dijete
Various – Former-Yugoslavia punk rock scene
2003
Igor Mirkovic
tt0410657
Betty Blowtorch And Her Amazing True Life Adventures
Betty Blowtorch
2003
Antonia Scarpa
tt0366227
Festival Express
Various – 1970 Festival Express tour
2003
Bob Smeaton
tt0372279
Dig!
The Dandy Warhols , The Brian Jonestown Massacre
2004
Ondi Timoner
tt0388888
Kill Your Idols
Various – NYC art punk scene
2004
Scott Crary
tt0407926
Kiss Loves You
KISS
2004
Jim Heneghan
tt1102243
Let's Rock Again!
Joe Strummer
2004
Dick Rude
tt0415935
Some Kind of Monster
Metallica
2004
Joe Berlinger , Bruce Sinofsky
tt0387412
Bullet in a Bible
Green Day
2005
Samuel Bayer
tt0485773
I'm Going to Tell You a Secret
Madonna
2005
Jonas Åkerlund
tt0451180
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Various – International heavy metal scene
2005
Sam Dunn , Scot McFadyen , Jessica Joy Wise
tt0478209
Stalking Pete Doherty
Pete Doherty (The Libertines , Babyshambles )
2005
Max Carlish
tt0805336
Divided States of America: Laibach 2004 Tour
Laibach
2005
Sašo Podgoršek
tt0395291
About a Son
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana )
2006
A. J. Schnack
tt0790769
American Hardcore
Various – 1980s hardcore punk scene
2006
Paul Rachman
tt0419434
Bilo jednom...
Various – Novi Sad punk rock scene
2006
Jovan Đerić
tt1990178
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston
2006
Jeff Feuerzeig
tt0436231
Dream of Life
Patti Smith
2006
Steven Sebring
tt0940620
Everyone Stares
The Police
2006
Stewart Copeland
tt0492968
Fast Future Generation
Good Charlotte
2006
Marvin Scott Jarrett
tt1127864
Glastonbury
Various – Glastonbury Festival
2006
Julien Temple
tt0464022
LoudQUIETloud
Pixies
2006
Steven Cantor , Matthew Galkin
tt0449121
Screamers
System of a Down
2006
Carla Garapedian
tt0823668
Shut Up & Sing
Dixie Chicks
2006
Barbara Kopple , Cecilia Peck
tt0811136
Voliminal: Inside the Nine
Slipknot
2006
Shawn Crahan
tt0976221
Better Than Therapy
The Police Reunion Tour
2007
Jordan Copeland
tt1330008
The Future is Unwritten
Joe Strummer
2007
Julien Temple
tt0800099
Global Metal
Various – International heavy metal scene
2007
Sam Dunn , Scot McFadyen
tt1249171
Heavy Metal in Baghdad
Acrassicauda
2007
Suroosh Alvi , Eddy Moretti
tt1092007
Lord Don't Slow Me Down
Oasis
2007
Baillie Walsh
tt1167522
Runnin' Down A Dream
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2007
Peter Bogdanovich
tt0965382
A Cross the Universe
Justice
2008
Romain Gavras
tt1619014
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Anvil
2008
Sacha Gervasi
tt1157605
Come Rain or Shine
Genesis
2008
Anthony Mathile
tt1232771
It Might Get Loud
Jimmy Page , The Edge , Jack White
2008
Davis Guggenheim
tt1229360
Part of the Weekend Never Dies
Soulwax
2008
Saam Farahmand
tt1224448
Rock n Roll Nerd
Tim Minchin
2008
Rhian Skirving
tt1297297
Shine a Light
The Rolling Stones
2008
Martin Scorsese
tt0893382
Get Thrashed
Various thrash metal bands from the 1980s and 1990s
2008
Rick Ernst
tt0780524
Flight 666
Iron Maiden
2009
Sam Dunn , Scot McFadyen
tt1361558
When You're Strange
The Doors
2009
Tom DiCillo
tt1333667
When We Were Beautiful
Bon Jovi
2009
Phil Griffin
tt1411663
Until the Light Takes Us
Various - Norwegian black metal
2009
Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell
tt1014809
Beyond the Lighted Stage
Rush
2010
Sam Dunn , Scot McFadyen
tt1545103
Color's Notes
Various – Mestival music festival
2010
Xavi Tello
tt1854256
Lemmy
Lemmy (Motörhead )
2010
Greg Olliver , Wes Orshoski
tt1236472
Foo Fighters: Back and Forth
Foo Fighters
2011
James Moll
tt1853563
Talihina Sky
Kings of Leon
2011
Stephen C. Mitchell
tt1884431
From the Sky Down
U2
2011
Davis Guggenheim
tt2007385
Pearl Jam Twenty
Pearl Jam
2011
Cameron Crowe
tt1417592
One-Eyed Doll: A Rockumentary
One-Eyed Doll
2011
David Bruce Bates, Jr.
tt1600812
Better Than Something
Jay Reatard
2011
Alex Hammond , Ian Markiewicz
tt1800669
Living in the Material World
George Harrison
2011
Martin Scorsese
tt1113829
A Band Called Death
Death
2012
Mark Christopher Covino , Jeff Howlett
tt2064713
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
Big Star
2012
Drew DeNicola , Olivia Mori
tt2290151
Filmage
Descendents , All
2012
Matt Riggle , Deedle LaCour
tt2417154
Marley
Bob Marley
2012
Kevin MacDonald
tt1183919
Shut Up and Play the Hits
LCD Soundsystem
2012
Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace
tt2124908
Sound City
Various – Sound City Studios
2013
Dave Grohl
tt2306745
History of the Eagles
Eagles
2013
Alison Ellwood
tt2194326
Fading West
Switchfoot
2013
Matt Katsolis
tt3300954
Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways
Foo Fighters
2014
Dave Grohl
tt3893538
Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock & Roll
Various - Pre-Khmer Rouge music of Cambodia
2015
John Pirozzi
tt2634200
We Are X
X Japan
2016
Stephen Kijak
tt4835086
Rock-mockumentary films
Film
Director
Year
Writers
Info
All You Need Is Cash
Eric Idle , Gary Weis
1978
Eric Idle
The Rutles [9]
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
Julien Temple
1980
Julien Temple
[10]
This Is Spinal Tap
Rob Reiner
1984
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean , Harry Shearer , Rob Reiner
[11]
Hard Core Logo
Bruce McDonald
1996
Bruce McDonald
Hard Core Logo (band) [12]
Get Ready to Be Boyzvoiced
Espen Eckbo, Henrik Elvestad, Mathis Fürst
2000
Espen Eckbo, Henrik Elvestad
Boyzvoice [13]
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
Eric Idle
2002
Eric Idle
The Rutles[14]
A Mighty Wind
Christopher Guest
2003
Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy
The Folksmen , The New Main Street Singers, Mitch & Mickey[15]
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
Polly Draper
2005
Polly Draper
The Naked Brothers Band (band) [16]
Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo
Les Claypool
2006
Les Claypool
[17]
Television
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, MTV aired a series called Rockumentary . Some of the artists that were featured were:
AC/DC (1991),
Madonna (1990),
Aerosmith (1990),
Def Leppard (1988 and 1992),
Don Henley (1990),
Michael Jackson ,
The Doors ,
Eric Clapton (1990),
Genesis (1992),
Heavy metal music ,
Led Zeppelin ,
Madonna ,
Metallica (1992 and 1996),
Mötley Crüe (1989),
Pink Floyd (1989),
Rod Stewart (1988),
The Rolling Stones ,
The Smashing Pumpkins (1995),
and Van Halen .
In 2011, Radio Television of Serbia aired 40 episode documentary about former Yugoslav rock scene entitled Rockovnik .
Other music documentary series include VH1 's Classic Albums , Behind the Music , and Legends , and BBC Four 's Britannia series . While their episodes are often about rock music, the inclusion of other genres means that they are not exclusively rockumentary series.
Rock-mockumentaries on TV
TV Series
Network
Director
Year
Writers
Info
HaPijamot
Arutz HaYeladim
Robi Dwany
2003
Yoav Zaphir
Episode 4, Season 1
The Naked Brothers Band
Nickelodeon
Polly Draper, Melanie Mayron , Rosario Roveto, Jr., Jonathan Judge, Mark Salisbury
2007–2009
Polly Draper, Magda Liolis, Michael Rubiner & Bob Mittenthal, Will McRob, Chris Viscardi
[18]
Toyboize
UKTV
Jamie Deeks
2008–2009
Jack Brough, Jamie Deeks, Dan Johnston, Ewen Macintosh
Originally a web series, later broadcast on Dave .[19]
See also
References
^ a b "The Reel Top 40 Radio Repository - The History of Rock and Roll Demo" . Reelradio.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15 .
^ a b c Hopkins, Jerry (April 5, 1969). " 'Rockumentary' Radio Milestone". Rolling Stone . No. 30. p. 9.
^ Aletti, Vince (August 31, 1972). "Our Latin Thing". Rolling Stone . No. 116. p. 42.
^ Landau, Jon (July 19, 1973). " 'Let the Good Times Roll' indeed". Rolling Stone . No. 139. pp. 62–63.
^ Spires, Shari (December 26, 1980). "A 'Rockumentary' About the Beatles Comes to Sunrise" . The Palm Beach Post .
^ "Drake Chenault" . Drake Chenault. Retrieved 2014-05-20 .
^ Gilliland, John (1969). " "The Pop Chronicles" — University of North Texas Libraries" (audio) . Pop Chronicles . University of North Texas Libraries .
^ "Classic DJ and Radio Scrapbook: KRLA POP CHRONICLES Program, 1969 (1 of 2)" . Classicdjradioscrapbook.blogspot.com. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2009-06-15 .
^ "The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV)" . Imdb.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15 .
^ "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)" . Imdb.com. Retrieved 6 October 2013 .
^ "This Is Spinal Tap (1984)" . Imdb.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15 .
^ "Hard Core Logo (1996)" . Imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-25 .
^ "Get Ready to Be Boyzvoiced (2000)" . Imdb.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15 .
^ "The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2002) (TV)" . Imdb.com. 2004-01-28. Retrieved 2009-06-15 .
^ "A Mighty Wind (2003)" . Imdb.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15 .
^ "The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie (2005) (TV)" . Imdb.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15 .
^ "Electric Apricot (2006)" . Imdb.com. 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2009-06-15 .
^ " "The Naked Brothers Band" (2007)" . Imdb.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15 .
^ "Toyboize - Dave Sitcom" . British Comedy Guide . Retrieved 2011-03-10 .
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