Movies: Rock music

Filmed before a small studio audience in the bare style of some of the previous BBC music shows on which Thompson has appeared, this concert celebrates Thompson and a tradition of popular music performance from TV Centre....

Live, documented at Chicago's Vic Theatre in April of 1996. 1 Thumbscrews 2 Fly On The Wall 3 Mailman 4 Destroy Before Reading 5 Thumper 6 Bloody Mary 7 Wheelchair Epidemic...

In 1973, Sweet were the subject of a documentary All That Glitters for BBC Schools series Scene. Being intended for “educational purposes,” the program had to pose a relevant topic for debate among its teenage audience—in this case, “Is the music bus...

The first long-form video documenting the long and winding history of Envy's sound and vision. Presented here are seventeen of the band's most notable live performances, spanning a dozen years....

Follow Busking For Misfits as they work on their debut album, Modern Problems. Filmed over four days in April 2023, this documentary takes a look at how Oliver, Luke and Josh operate in the studio and delves into the bands origins as well as what mad...

A recording of the rock band’s live performance at Knebworth in 2003....

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Joe Jackson Live at Hatfield Polytechnic, UK. 29 November 1979. Introduction 1) SUNDAY PAPERS (00:26) 2) ONE MORE TIME (05:22) 3) FRIDAY (08:12) 4) IT’S DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS (12:25) 5) DON’T WANNA BE LIKE THAT (16:06) 6) HAPPY LOVING COUPLES (19:45) 7...

The Pixies, live and loud....

Through the second half of the 1960's the Beat movement and the first National Rock were the flagship of the youth, leaders as never before of a society in transformation. The formation of the first bands, the venues for concerts, the difficulties to...

in november 2022, home is where recorded 'the whaler' with jack shirley at the atomic garden studio in oakland, california. together, they collaborated closely to form it all together. this serves as a documentation of that process. it's a little scr...

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At the twenty-year apex of their career, the Japanese quartet add another captivating live release to their extensive catalog. Shot ‘in the round’ at le Poisson Rouge in NYC, DOKU-EN-KAI delivers the band completely absorbed by their element in a kin...

To stay in touch with their fans, Blackout Problems have now come up with another alternative solution to capture the atmosphere of club shows. Blackout Problems are making the most of the pandemic and have recorded their live album "Live & Lonely" ...

In November 1999, after a two-night extravaganza in New York City celebrating their thirtieth anniversary, NRBQ played to a packed house of loyal fans in Connecticut Public Television's Hartford studio....

Choosing the fate of a rock musician was similar to being a dissident. From the 60s, the Soviet Union tried to discourage and restrict the expansion of rock music by any means. They called it the “rotten fruit of degraded capitalism, demoralizing the...

Alejandro Escovedo’s music ranges over an emotional depth that embraces all forms of genre and presentation in search of the healing truth of honesty. His earlier days in the punk band, The Nuns has inspired an ongoing rootsy edge, making his songwri...

One of the greatest and most under appreciated American bands of all time weild their quirky poppiness at The Bottom Line in New York City, 1990....

Big Day Out had never seen the likes of Marilyn Manson until the controversial US rocker brought his unique stage show to Australia in 1999. The Reflecting God Great Big White World Cake and Sodomy Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (Eurythmics cov...