rock Documentaries

Elvis Presley: The Last 24 Hours

2004 Unrated

  An Elvis Presley documentary directed by Mike Parkinson. This Rockumentary examines the final 24 hours of the rock musicians life which over the years have been questioned time and time again. He died on August 16, 1977, in the bathroom of his mansion in Memphis, Tennessee f[...]

Prince: Last Year of a Legend

2018
3

Prince: Last Year of a Legend: A new Channel 4 documentary about American songwriter and performer Prince Rogers Nelson (1958 – 2016). The film analysis the last year of his life before he tragically died at just 57, from an overdose of a powerful opioid-based painkiller at his home in Pa[...]

The Beatles - The Long and Winding Road

2003 Unrated

A film that goes into extensive detail about the history of one of the most iconic Brtish Bands of all time. Directed by, Eduardo Eguia Dibildox and Brian Huckeba it goes into great detail about the history of the group from how each member got into music to filling out stadiums in the US.[...]

Queen: Rock the World

2017
3

A film following Queen band members, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon as they record their album “News of the World” and embark on their USA tour of 1977 to support its release. Their sixth studio album solidified the group from a popular act in the UK to a w[...]

Quadrophenia: Can You See the Real Me?

2013 Unrated

A documentary about the making of Quadrophenia, the sixth studio album by the rock band the Who in 1973. Peter Townsend opens up as he revisits his experiences during the production of “last great album the Who ever made” one which was almost never made.   In the fil[...]

The Last Waltz

1978 Unrated

The last Waltz is a 1976 documentary film about the last days of “The Band”, a rock group formed in Toronto Canada in 1964. The film is one of Martin Scorseses' earlier examples of direction which he made just two years after the landmark movie, Taxi driver starring Robert De Niro.&n[...]

20,000 Days on Earth

2014 Unrated

20,000 Days on Earth is a musical drama documentary produced by British directors Iain Forsyth (b 1972) and Jane Pollard (b 1973). The film follows a day in the life of Nick Cave who is an Australian musician most well known as the front man of the Alternative rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.[...]

20 Feet from Stardom

2013 Unrated

American director Morgan Neville presents, 20 Feet from Stardom, a documentary about backup singers. The backup singer lives just outside the limelight of the lead singer in the pop world and never really gets the attention he/she probably deserves, something which lends to the documentari[...]

Gimme Danger (preview)

2016 Unrated

Gimme Danger is a 2016 documentary film directed by Jim Jarmusch about the American punk rock band the Stooges. The Stooges, sometimes called “ Iggy and the Stooges” formed as a group in 1967 and went on to make some of the most widely recognisable songs in rock history, influe[...]

Oasis: Supersonic (preview)

2016 Unrated

“Oasis: Supersonic” is a documentary directed by Mat Whitecross (The Shock Doctrine 2009) about one of the most popular rock and roll bands in British history and most certainly of the 1990’s. Oasis formed in 1991 from an earlier group called the Rain and soon went on to produce&nb[...]

Tool: Vicarious

2007
1

A Tool documentary. Tool: Vicarious is a 2007 documentary film about the America rock band tool who formed in Los Angeles in 1990. The band consists of four members, drummer Danny Carey, Adam jones (guitarist), Maynard James Keenan (guitarist) and Justin Chancellor who is the front man and vocalist.[...]

Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall

2014
4

The story of the Marshall amplification company which was founded in London in 1962, more than 50 years ago today by “lord of the loud” Jim Marshall.    The original prototype for the Marshall amp was created in Jim’s drum shop and was revolutionary despite it being[...]

Some Kind of Monster

2004
2

Some Kind of Monster, a 2004 documentary about the heavy metal band Metallica. Metallica was formed in Los Angels in 1981 when the drummer Las Ulrich posted an advert in a local news paper looking for a front man and a guitarist to which James Heftield replied. More than 30 years later they are stil[...]

Foo Fighters Back And Forth

2011
1

Foo Fighters Back And Forth, a documentary about the swift rise to fame of Nirvana in the late 80’s, its demise and the rise of the Foo Fighters fronted by Nirvana’s drummer Dave Grohl. Nirvana was a band that formed in Washington, United States in 1987 by Kurt Cobain. After going throug[...]

The Stone Roses: Made of Stone (preview)

2013
6

The Stone Roses: Made of Stone documentary. The Stone Roses are one of the most iconic Manchester bands of all time. Formed in 1983 they were pioneers of the “Madchester” movement and were one of the most popular bands in the UK during the late 80’s and early nineties. Th[...]

Prince - The Glory Years

2007
2

Prince documentary. On the untimely death of Prince at the age of 57 on April 21st 2016 we look back on the glory days of his music career in this film. Prince was an extremely successful American Singer-songwriter, actor and record producer who was known as an innovator, and was[...]

The Most Dangerous Band In The World: The Story of Guns N roses

2016
3

Guns n Roses documentary. Since the world famous band has now reformed and started playing as their (almost) original line-up (vocalist Axl Rose, Slash, guitarists Tracii Guns and Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Steven Adler) after nearly twenty years it’s a good idea to look b[...]

The Story of AC/DC: Dirty Deeds

2013
1

If you were to think of a band that was synonymous with rock and roll it would probably be AC / DC, the no nonsense, straight to the point band that came out of a small fan base in Australia and took on the world. This success exploded during 1980’s and made AC/DC one of the most successful ac[...]

Behind the Music: Deep Purple

2013 Unrated

Looking behind the music of a band which rose to fame at the peek of psychedelic rock movement. This documentary focuses on the rock band Deep Purple who brought about a revolutionary harder and heavier sound to popular music along side Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath as the originators of heavy meta[...]

Amy

2015
3

A 2016 documentary about Amy Winehouse. This is the story about the life and death of one of the best singers of our generation explained in her own words and by the people most close to her. The film features unseen archival footage and tracks to tell her story.   Amy was one of the most[...]

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