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| On VOD/iTunes May 24th and in theaters June 28th |
Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was a band
called
Death. Punk before punk existed, three teenage brothers
Bobby (bass),
Dannis (drums) and
David Hackney (guitar) formed a band in the spare bedroom of their Detroit home in 1971, began playing a few
local gigs and even pressed a single in the hopes of getting signed. But
this was the era of Motown and emerging disco. Record companies found
Death’s music— and band name—too intimidating, and the group were never
given a fair shot, disbanding before they even completed one album.
Equal parts electrifying rockumentary and epic family love story,
A Band
Called Death chronicles the incredible fairy-tale journey of what
happened almost three decades later, when a dusty 1974 demo tape made
its way out of the attic and found an audience several generations
younger. Playing music impossibly ahead of its time, Death is now being
credited as the first black punk band (hell...the first punk band!), and
are finally receiving their long overdue recognition as true rock
pioneers. Watch the trailer below...
LINKS
Death site
Drag City label
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