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A documentary about the Italian provocateur industrial band Disciplinatha.
Quintessential alternative rockers, Sonic Youth, celebrate free-form experimentalism while reinforcing their performance-art driven tradition in this Soundstage performance, recorded on May 7, 2003 at WTTW Grainger Studio in Chicago. The band, which settles just outside the realm of definition, delivers a part rock, part free-form noise, part avant-garde punk performance which features a new song "Sympathy for the Strawberry."
A documentary about the life of the four members of punk rock band Dreads 'N' Drones. The footage allows a peek into the rise of the group, their creative interactions and the importance of 'cirandeiro'. This is the first of many grasshoppers to come.
A full-length concert film of the band "Riversleem" that captures their live debut at Amigos Cantina in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on September 25th, 2021.
New York street-punk band the Casualties deliver insane live performances and tons of behind-the-scenes chaos as they tour Japan and Mexico in this riveting documentary. From Tijuana to Mazatlan and Tokyo to Hiroshima, the boys can't stop their rowdy antics, and this close-up compilation captures riots in Mexico City, do-it-yourself stitches, multiple emergency room visits, as well as footage of the band performing their songs. Tracklist: 1. For The Punx 2. Nightmare 3. Punx Unite 4. Made In NYC 5. Casualties Army 6. Fight For Your Life 7. Get Off My Back 8. Unknown Soldier 9. Tomorrow Belongs To Us 10. Diehards 11. Police Brutality 12. Criminal Class 13. On The Front Line 14. Media Control 15. Ugly Bastards 16. Punx & Skins 17. Punk Rock Love 18. City Life
This fascinating and retrospective look at the music of the outspoken and multitalented Lydia Lunch represents every stage of her varied career, with featured songs such as "I Woke Up Screaming" from her Teenage Jesus and the Jerks days. Other songs spanning the decades in this collection include "Freud in Flop," "Sorry for Behaving So Badly," "Dead River," "Solo Mystico," "Summon," "Violence Is the Sport of God" and many more.
Often overshadowed by the stars of the New York scene, Chicago punk gets its day in the limelight in this raw documentary that captures the noisemakers and tastemakers who left their mark at venues like La Mere Vipere and Oz.
Canada's Hardcore legends, D.O.A., ply their political brand of Punk Rock in Newport, Kentucky in 1986.
This double DVD set is a must-own release for any SPARRER fan. DVD 1 (Approx 240 min) Morecambe 2003 Gig (w/scene selection & interviews) Extras: USA 2000 / England Belongs to Us / Sunday Strippers / Guitar Tutorial DVD 2 (Approx 240 min) "Memory Lane" Documentary (w/ scene selection) Extras: Music Videos for "We Love You" & "Because You’re Young"/ London Interview/ Live footage ‘94-‘96"
A retrospective look at the music scene of the 1990s in Houston, Texas
Formed in 1981, The Queers have played everywhere with everyone. And now, they are here. Live performances, interviews, and music videos spanning from 1993 to 2005 are all included.
Across a 45-year career ‘The Oils’ helped shape modern Australia with anthems like “US Forces”, “Beds Are Burning” and “Redneck Wonderland”. Featuring unseen footage and interviews with every band member, alongside signature moments including the outback tour with Warumpi Band, their Exxon protest gig in New York and those famous “Sorry” suits at the Sydney Olympics, Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line traces the journey of Australia’s quintessential rock band.
Our Pain, Your Gain is the first live DVD release by New York-based punk band Mindless Self Indulgence, released on September 11, 2007. The DVD is compiled from three shows the band played at New York, New York's Webster Hall in July 2005.
Documentary chronicling the rise and fall of the punk movement with rare interview footage of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. Also concert and news footage.
Filmed at The Earl in Atlanta, GA in 2015, this set by Built to Spill is jammed-packed with old favorites and cover songs galore. Featuring versions of songs by DEVO, Bob Dylan, The Clash, The Smiths, Blue Oyster Cult and more.
A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an FM rock radio station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.
Daft Punk Unchained is the first film about the pop culture phenomenon that is Daft Punk, the duo with 12 million albums sold worldwide and seven Grammy Awards. Throughout their career Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo have always resisted compromise and the established codes of show business. They have remained determined to maintain control of every link in the chain of their creative process. In the era of globalisation and social networks, they rarely speak in public and neither do they show their faces on TV. This documentary explores this unprecedented cultural revolution revealing a duo of artists on a permanent quest for creativity, independence and freedom.
When a punk band scores their first tour, life on the road proves tough when they are joined by a man-eating demon as a roadie.
In the town of Normal Valley, an eccentric magician named Maestro entertains the local children every day in his spooky mansion. One stormy night, the town's mayor leads a group of angry citizens to the mansion in an attempt to run Maestro out of town.
This visual album from Beyoncé reimagines the lessons of "The Lion King" (2019) for today's young kings and queens in search of their own crowns.
In this anime visual album, a mysterious driver heads deep into a postapocalyptic hellscape toward a ferocious showdown with two monstrous opponents.
A rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, whose (arguable) position is that the Sex Pistols in particular and punk rock in general were an elaborate scam perpetrated by him in order to make "a million pounds."
The Yowie Yahoo starts kidnapping musicians at a concert attended by Scooby and the gang in Vampire Rock, Australia.
A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.
A look at New York's dynamic punk rock scene through the lens of the ground-breaking Lower East Side club started by eccentric Hilly Kristal in 1973 which launched thousands of bands.
Trip, a young roadie for Metallica, is sent on an urgent mission during the band's show. But what seems like a simple assignment turns into a surreal adventure.
Young convict Vince Everett, serving time for manslaughter, discovers his musical talent in prison and becomes a rock and roll star after his release, navigating fame and relationships.
A Shrek parody of Michael Jackson's Thriller song and music video, with Donkey singing.
A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.
An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off). On top of that, a pair of mad scientists, members of Scotland Yard, and a beautiful but dead-eyed assassin all have their own plans for the Fab Four.
In the winter of 2011, after a controversial election, Vladimir Putin was reinstalled as president of Russia. In response, hundreds of thousands of citizens rose up all over the country to challenge the legitimacy of Putin’s rule. Among them were a group of young, radical-feminist punk rockers, better known as Pussy Riot. Wearing colored balaclavas, tights, and summer dresses, they entered Moscow’s most venerated cathedral and dared to sing “Mother Mary, Banish Putin!” Now they have become victims of a “show” trial.
In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at stardom arise when he is asked to perform with his teenage nephew's high school rock band.
A narcissistic runaway engages in a number of parasitic relationships amongst members of New York's waning punk scene.
Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. The "Coyotes" as they are affectionately called tantalize customers and the media alike with their outrageous antics, making Coyote Ugly the watering hole for guys on the prowl.
The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.
