- Rockumentary
The term "rockumentary" is a
neologism denoting a program ontelevision or movie documentary aboutRock music or its musicians. It is aportmanteau of the words "rock" and "documentary." The term was used byBill Drake in the 1969History of Rock & Roll radio broadcast, [http://www.reelradio.com/ricky/horr.html] and byRob Reiner in the 1984mockumentary film "This Is Spinal Tap ".The concept of the
Rockumentary Podcast was coined by Brinkley Warren in 2005 in conjunction with Athcast.com [http://www.athcast.com] , a start-up non-profit that produces rockumentaries in multimediapodcast form. "ATHCAST" is a music preservation podcast started by Mike Ewing and Brinkley Warren that consists of video, audio, and interactive slideshows that preserve and disseminate the legendary music scene inAthens, GA .List of "rockumentary" titles
Audio rockumentaries
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The History of Rock and Roll
* ThePop Chronicles Rockumentary films
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers )
*"Bring on the Night" (Sting)
*"Yessongs (Yes)
*" (Madonna)
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* "Goodnight Cleveland " (The Hellacopters )
* "Sticky Carpet " (Melbourne punk rock scene)
* "" (Dixie Chicks )
* "Monterey Pop " (Monterey Pop Festival )
* "Cracked Actor " (David Bowie )
* "Bullet in a Bible " (Green Day )
* "Woodstock" (Woodstock festival )
* "Glastonbury" (Glastonbury Festival )
* "The Last Waltz " (final concert byThe Band )
* "Gimme Shelter" (The Rolling Stones at Altamont)
* "" "Various Artists"
* "Live at Pompeii " (Pink Floyd )
* "Stop Making Sense " (Talking Heads )
* "Kiss Loves You " (KISS)
* "The Kids Are Alright" (The Who )
* "The Song Remains the Same" (Led Zeppelin )
* "Dont Look Back " (Bob Dylan )
* "Lord Don't Slow Me Down " (Oasis)
* "The Filth and the Fury " (TheSex Pistols )
* "Stalking Pete Doherty " (The Libertines /Babyshambles )
* "DiG! " (The Dandy Warhols andThe Brian Jonestown Massacre )
* "" (The Ramones )
* "Meeting People Is Easy " (Radiohead )
* "Year of the Horse " (Neil Young )
* "Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) " (They Might Be Giants )
* "ResErection " (Turbonegro )
* "Some Kind of Monster" (Metallica )
* "Let's Rock Again! " (Joe Strummer )
* "Rattle and Hum " (U2 )
* "The Decline of Western Civilization " (Los Angeles punk rock)
* "" (Los Angeles heavy metal scene of 1988)
* "Single Video Theory " (Pearl Jam)
* "American Hardcore" (1980shardcore punk )
* "Fast Future Generation " (Good Charlotte )
* "LoudQUIETloud " (Pixies )
* "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" (Wilco )
* "The Devil and Daniel Johnston " (Daniel Johnston )
* "Funky Monks " (Red Hot Chili Peppers )
* "Life on the Murder Scene " (My Chemical Romance )
* "Sretno dijete "
* "Bilo jednom... " (Novi Sad punk rock).
* "Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! "Nirvana
* "Glange Fever (Supergrass )
* " (Jonas Brothers )
* "" (Patti Smith )
* "The Blank Generation " (early punk rock scene)
*"" (various artists )
* "Part of the weekend never dies " (Soulwax )New Media examples include the podcast program "ATHCAST".MTV in the late 1980s and early 1990s had a series called Rockumentary. Some of the artists that were featured were:
AC/DC in 1991,Aerosmith in 1990,Eric Clapton in 1990,Def Leppard in 1988 and 1992,Don Henley in 1990,Rod Stewart in 1988,Pink Floyd in 1989,Mötley Crüe in 1989, Genesis in 1992,Metallica in 1992 and 1996,The Rolling Stones , Madonna,Led Zeppelin ,The Doors ,Van Halen and one onHeavy Metal music .Rock-mockumentaries
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A Mighty Wind "
*"All You Need Is Cash "
*"That Thing You Do "
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*"This Is Spinal Tap "ee also
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Concert film
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