Thursday, April 25, 2013

Overdue documentary on Detroit proto-punks Death finally unleashed

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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