- Andi Callen
Music Documentaries For Lockdown
Updated: May 9
Bored of watching box sets on Netflix and Amazon Prime yet? If you've got time on your hands and are missing all things musical, why not take some time to check out one or two of the superb musical documentaries available to you? Below is a list of 35 of the most interesting films on offer, ranging from The Fall to Sister Rosetta Tharpe and if you don't know who she is then you're in for a treat. A good number of these have links to Manchester too.
No Manifesto: A Film About Manic Street Preachers (2015) 1hr 35min
Looking For Johnny: The Legend Of Johnny Thunders (2014) 1hr 38min
Punk Revolution NYC: Velvet Underground, New York Dolls And CBGBs (2012) 3hr 15min
Don't Break Down: A Film About Jawbreaker (2019) 1hr 16min
A Band Called Death (2012) 1hr 35 min
Brian Eno - 1971-1977: The Man Who Fell To Earth (2011) 2 hr 36min
Captain Beefheart - Under Review (2006) 1hr 54min
The New York Hardcore Chronicles Film (2017) 1hr 46min
Stiv: No Compromise No Regrets (2019) 1hr 20min
A Fat Wreck (2016) 1hr 28min
Flawed is Beautiful (2016) 1hr 41min
Rammstein In Amerika (2015) 2hr 23min
Who Took The Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour (2011) 1hr 12min
Instrument – Fugazi (2011) 1hr 57min
American Hardcore (2018) 1hr39min
Lemmy (2010) 1hr 56min
Wendy O. Williams & The Plasmatics: 10 Years Of Revolutionary Rock & Roll (2009) 1hr 59min
Theory of Obscurity (2016) 1hr 27min
Conny Plank: The Potential of Noise (2018) 1hr 32min
So, which band is your boyfriend in? (2019) 1hr 37min
On YouTube (click Title to watch)
The Fall – The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E Smith (2010) 59min
We Jam Econo: The Story Of The Minutemen (2005) 1hr 31min
2 Tone Britain Documentary (2004) 48min
Brass Tacks Punk Documentary Manchester (1977) 49min
Buzzcocks Playback (1992) 40min
Ten Years In An Open Neck Shirt – Story Of John Cooper Clarke (1984) 1hr 1min
Music For Misfits: The Story Of Indie – The DIY Movement (2015) 59min
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Eyeballs - Dead Kennedys Documentary (2005) 55min
The Ramones (1980) – The True Story 1hr 9min
The Smiths – These Things Take Time (2002) 49min
Crass – There Is No Authority But Yourself (2006) 1hr 4min
The Godmother of Rock ’n’ Roll – Sister Rosetta Tharpe (2014) 59min
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