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The term rockumentary is a neologism denoting a documentary about rock music or its musicians. The term was used by Bill Drake in the 1969 History of Rock & Roll radio broadcast,[1][2] and by Rob Reiner in the 1984 mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap.

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, as its name implied, aimed to document the major artists of rock and roll to its date.[2] It was next used to describe concert films with multiple artists.[3][4]

List of "rockumentary" titles

Audio rockumentaries

Title Creators Year Narrators Info
The History of Rock and Roll Bill Drake, Gene Chenault 1969, 1978, 1981 Robert W. Morgan, Humble Harve Miller, Bill Drake ,[1][2]
The Pop Chronicles John Gilliland 1969 John Gilliland, Sie Holliday, Thom Beck ,[5][6]

Rockumentary films

Film Band Year Director IMDB
The Beatles Anthology The Beatles 1995 Geoff Wonfor tt0111893
Flight 666 Iron Maiden 2009 Sam Dunn & Scot McFadyen tt1361558
Shine a Light Rolling Stones 2008 Martin Scorsese tt0893382
Heavy Metal in Baghdad Acrassicauda 2007 Suroosh Alvi & Eddy Moretti tt1092007
Runnin' Down A Dream Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 2007 Peter Bogdanovich tt0965382
Rattle and Hum U2 1988 Phil Joanou tt0096328
Bring on the Night Sting 1985 Michael Apted tt0088855
Another State of Mind Social Distortion, Youth Brigade 1984 Adam Small & Peter Stuart tt0198307
Woodstock various at Woodstock festival 1970 Michael Wadleigh tt0066580
The Last Waltz The Band final concert 1978 Martin Scorsese tt0077838
Gimme Shelter The Rolling Stones at Altamont 1970 Albert and David Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin tt0065780
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey Various Artists 2005 Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen, Jessica Joy Wise tt0478209
Lord Don't Slow Me Down Oasis 2007 Baillie Walsh tt1167522
Come Rain or Shine Genesis 2008 Anthony Mathile tt1232771
Live at Pompeii Pink Floyd 1972 Adrian Maben tt0069090
Stop Making Sense Talking Heads 1984 Jonathan Demme tt0088178
Kiss Loves You KISS 2004 Jim Heneghan tt1102243
The Kids Are Alright The Who 1979 Jeff Stein tt0079400
The Song Remains the Same Led Zeppelin 1976 Peter Clifton, Joe Massot tt0075244
Dont Look Back Bob Dylan 1967 D.A. Pennebaker tt0061589
LoudQUIETloud Pixies 2006 Steven Cantor, Matthew Galkin tt0449121
Anvil! The Story of Anvil Anvil 2008 Sacha Gervasi tt1157605
Meeting People Is Easy Radiohead 1998 Grant Gee tt0195909
Part of the Weekend Never Dies Soulwax 2008 Saam Farahmand tt1224448
Lemmy Lemmy (Motörhead) 2010 Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski tt1236472
Beyond the Lighted Stage Rush 2010 Sam Dunn & Scot McFadyen tt1545103
Some Kind of Monster Metallica 2004 Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky tt0387412
A Cross the Universe Justice 2008 Romain Gavras tt1619014
Color's Notes Mestival: Music Ethnic & Culture Festival 2010 Xavi Tello [1]
Back and Forth Foo Fighters 2011 James Moll tt1853563
One-Eyed Doll: A Rockumentary One-Eyed Doll 2011 David Bruce Bates, Jr. tt1600812

Rock-mockumentary films

Film Director Year Writers Info
A Mighty Wind Christopher Guest 2003 Christopher Guest & Eugene Levy The Folksmen, The New Main Street Singers, Mitch & Mickey[7]
Get Ready to be Boyzvoiced Espen Eckbo, Henrik Elvestad, Mathis Fürst 2000 Espen Eckbo & Henrik Elvestad Boyzvoice[8]
All You Need Is Cash Eric Idle, Gary Weis 1978 Eric Idle The Rutles[9]
Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo Les Claypool 2006 Les Claypool [10]
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch Eric Idle 2002 Eric Idle The Rutles[11]
This Is Spinal Tap Rob Reiner 1984 Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, & Rob Reiner [12]
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie Polly Draper 2005 Polly Draper The Naked Brothers Band (band)[13]
Hard Core Logo Bruce McDonald 1996 Bruce McDonald Hard Core Logo (band)[14]

Television

MTV in the late 1980s and early 1990s had a series called Rockumentary. Some of the artists that were featured were: AC/DC (1991), Aerosmith (1990), Def Leppard (1988 and 1992), Don Henley (1990), 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.

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
The Naked Brothers Band (TV series) 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 [15]
HaPijamot (Israeli TV series) Arutz HaYeladim Robi Dwany 2003 Yoav Zaphir Episode 4, Season 1
Toyboize UKTV Jamie Deeks 2008–2009 Jack Brough, Jamie Deeks, Dan Johnston, Ewen Macintosh Originally a web series, later broadcast on Dave.[16]

See also

See also: Category:Documentary films about music
  • "The 18 Best Rockumentaries of ALL TIME". Screenjunkies.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

References

  1. ^ a b "The Reel Top 40 Radio Repository - The History of Rock and Roll Demo". Reelradio.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  2. ^ a b c Hopkins, Jerry (April 5, 1969). "'Rockumentary' Radio Milestone". Rolling Stone. No. 30. p. 9.
  3. ^ Aletti, Vince (August 31, 1972). "Our Latin Thing". Rolling Stone. No. 116. p. 42.
  4. ^ Landau, Jon (July 19. 1973). "'Let the Good Times Roll' indeed". Rolling Stone. No. 139. pp. 62–63. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ ""The Pop Chronicles" — University of North Texas Libraries" (audio). digital.library.unt.edu. 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
  6. ^ "Classic DJ and Radio Scrapbook: KRLA POP CHRONICLES Program, 1969 (1 of 2)". Classicdjradioscrapbook.blogspot.com. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  7. ^ "A Mighty Wind (2003)". Imdb.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  8. ^ "Get Ready to Be Boyzvoiced (2000)". Imdb.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  9. ^ "The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV)". Imdb.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  10. ^ "Electric Apricot (2006)". Imdb.com. 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  11. ^ "The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2002) (TV)". Imdb.com. 2004-01-28. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  12. ^ "This Is Spinal Tap (1984)". Imdb.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  13. ^ "The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie (2005) (TV)". Imdb.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  14. ^ "Hard Core Logo (1996)". Imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
  15. ^ ""The Naked Brothers Band" (2007)". Imdb.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  16. ^ "Toyboize - Dave Sitcom". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
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