Advanced search
- TITLES
- NAMES
- COLLABORATIONS
Search filters
Enter full date
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
to
to
Exclude
Only includes titles with the selected topics
to
In minutes
to
1-50 of 76
- This documentary film - the first ever about Eno - explores his life, career and music between the years 1971 & 1977, the period that some view as his golden age. Featuring numerous exclusive interviews, contributions from a range of musicians, writers, collaborators and friends - plus performance and studio film and an abundance of the most exceptional music ever created.
- In the mid-1990s reports emerged that Prince had fallen into dispute with his record company. Having signed what was ostensibly a new 100 million dollar contract just a couple of years before, Prince was now demanding - not unreasonably to most commentators - control of his masters and the freedom to release what he wanted when he wanted.
- This film traces the path Floyd took after the recording of the Animals album - an era when cracks in the band first started to show - and brings the strange story of the group and the intense relationship between Waters and Gilmour right up to date with the unexpected collaboration of these two maverick musicians at a 2010 charity event. Featuring numerous interviews.
- Brian Wilson Songwriter 1962 - 1969 is a documentary film in which the rich tapestry of music written and produced by this brilliant 20th century composer is investigated and reviewed. With the main feature running at over three hours in length across two discs, the songs Brian wrote for and recorded with The Beach Boys during the 1960s are here re-assessed.
- The most successful band to emerge from the Canadian rock explosion of the early 1970s, Rush would go on to become one of that nation's biggest entertainment exports. A trio of musical polymaths who cut a fiercely independent, sometimes controversial path through various musical styles to forge a distinctive, evolving sound that was incomparable to that of any of their contemporaries, this hugely influential group have flourished across a forty-plus year career. This film traces the history of Rush from the bar rooms of Toronto in the late 1960s to the world's largest arenas in the late 70s and early 1980s, by which time they were amongst the biggest bands on the planet. Through a stunning combination of rare and classic footage, the testimony of friends, colleagues and those who worked with the group across the years, plus exclusive and archive interviews and a host of other features, this programme makes the very unique history of Rush come alive in a manner previously undocumented.
- This film traces and reveals The Full, Previously Un-Told Story Of Stevie Ray Vaughan's Glory Years, the period between the release of his debut album and his tragic death in a helicopter crash in 1989.
- A biography of Axl Rose.
- An in-depth look at the history of the krautrock scene, including the most successful band Kraftwerk.
- Regarded as some of the strongest musicians of the post-punk and new wave scene, The Cure's astounding rise to fame is traced here. For the first time, a film goes behind-the-scenes and under the greasepaint to debunk all about this band.
- 20152h 1m7.1 (32)VideoThe story of the Greenwich Village Folk Revival, and the part Bob Dylan played in it. This film tells the story of Dylan's entry into and departure from the US Folk Revival, and features new interviews with many of the big players from the scene as it unfolded, as well as an abundance of timely footage, rare performances and numerous other features.
- As one of Germany's most popular musical exports, Rammstein have forged a bold and original new sound for European music. Fusing heavy metal guitar riffs with techno rhythms and machine-like fury of the industrial underground. This biography takes you the bands incarnation, through the controversy and on to what makes them one of the biggest bands in the world.
- A documentary film about the making and release of Led Zeppelin's 1975 album 'Physical Graffiti'.
- This documentary mixes rare historic footage with review and criticism from experts, friends, and fellow musicians who played with Bob.
- An unauthorized biography of Metallica, featuring interviews and exclusive film footage. Intelligent, thought-provoking and always pushing the boundaries of metal music, Metallica have remained at the top of their game whilst other groups have fallen by the wayside. Nevertheless, the band's dynamic has changed drastically since they first came together in 1982, with them working their way through numerous bassists and continuing after the tragic death of bassist Cliff Burton. Always keeping the fans guessing, Metallica have managed to appeal to the mainstream whilst never compromising their artistic integrity as countless new generations of fans discover their music.
- While few would argue that Eric Clapton is one of the finest guitarists of all time, it is sometimes forgotten just how pivotal, influential and downright startling this man was during the 1960s.
- This DVD contains the ultimate review and critical analysis of U2's most pivotal album. It offers a previously unobtainable level of insight into the band during the recording of their most dynamic and well respected album. Via the use of live footage, long forgotten videos and the review, criticism and insight of a panel of highly opinionated experts, this package delivers the finest documentary film yet to emerge on Dublins favorite sons. Achtung Baby was the album that fired U2 into the 90s when the four-piece dramatically overhauled their traditional approach to songwriting.
- HIM: Poison Arrow reveals for the first time the full story of Finlands finest, with rare footage, exclusive band interviews and footage, location shoots, previously unpublished photographs and a host of other features. It features rare HIM footage featured throughout the film as well as exclusive interviews with the band and those who know them best, including: singer Villes father, Kari Valo - close friend and professional colleague of the band, Silke Yli-Sirnioe - HIM's PR and Tour Organiser, Tomi Saarinen - Top Finnish DJ from YLEX, the country's premier rock station, Steve Price - founder of Goth Metal Meltdown magazine, Natasha Scharf - and many, many more.
- This is a documentary which looks at this extraordinary musician and performer's music during that period. After Waits' marriage to Katherine Brennan in 1980, his music became more experimental, challenging and left field, but without any compromise of his craft, the songs were better than ever. Through album after album during the 1980's, the 90's and the 2000's, Waits stunned his audience time and time again. We now look at these records and the man who made them, and in doing so present the most enlightening, revealing and downright entertaining Tom Waits documentary yet to emerge.
- Provides an in-depth analysis of the rise of the San Francisco underground music scene, the emergence of the psychedelic scene and the definitive band surrounding the movement, the Grateful Dead.
- This is the story of Bob Dylan and The Band, the legendary amateur recordings that they made together in Woodstock, their re-invention of American music and their continued relationship during the late 1960s and 1970s. Featuring rare footage, archive interviews and the music that changed the world. This is the finest program on Dylan and The Band's respective and communal careers yet to emerge.
- The facts are familiar. Memphis, Tennessee, July 18th 1953. A 19 year old kid wanders into The Memphis Recording Service 706 Union Ave.
- Commemorating the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's In Utero, this documentary features interviews and video footage of when Curt Cobain was still alive and performing.
- Avril's debut album has sold in excess of 5 million copies in the US alone, with over 13 million records sold worldwide. Now, for the first time, "Avril Lavigne: Skater Girl" looks at what it took for her to reach such stunning heights at such a young age.
- Their mixture of Punk-Pop riffs, Hip-Hop poses, and toilet-bowl humor has paved the way for such bands as Good Charlotte and Lost Prophets. This documentary tells the story of their life, their music and what is in store for their future. This complete and unauthorized film biography of Sum 41 includes exclusive and previously unseen film footage of the band and in-depth interviews with those that worked closely with Sum 41.
- Following Sexy Intellectual's previous film about Brian Wilson's magnificent craft; Songwriter 1962 - 1969, comes this companion piece covering the composer's life and work throughout the 1970s. With historical performances and classic recordings re-assed by a panel of esteemed experts, this documentary film provides a fantastic insight into this often overlooked part of Brian's career.
- This 70-minute documentary charts the entire short lifespan of the group.
- This film reviews the years from late-1978 to the release of 1989's Oh Mercy - an album that was seen by many as a huge return to form. This period of Dylan's life and career is one of the most controversial, fascinating and misunderstood of all. With the aid of rare Dylan footage, live and studio versions of the most pivotal songs, exclusive interviews with his closest allies from that time, contributions from Dylan experts, biographers and other commentators and many other features, this film provides the most detailed document of the 1980s according to Bob Dylan, ever made. Featured interviewees include: Shot of Love producer Chuck Plotkin; the same album's first engineer Toby Scott; chief engineer on Infidels and Empire Burlesque, Josh Abbey; Daniel Lanois' assistant producer for Oh Mercy, Malcolm Burn; first engineer on Oh Mercy, Mark Howard; music collaborator and lead guitarist on Empire Burlesque, Ted Perlman; legendary Jamaican rhythm partners who featured on Infidels, Sly and Robbie; Guitarist and band leader for Empire Burlesque and Knocked Out Loaded, Ira Ingber - and many others...
- If The Smiths had called it a day after Meat Is Murder, and never released The Queen Is Dead, they would surely still be seen as one of the finest British bands ever - a perpetual legacy was assured soon after their second album. But on June 16th 1986, when the band released their third record proper, they entered an exclusive league that grants new membership once a decade at best. This DVD is a visual review of this groundbreaking record, it's writing, recording, production, release and legacy. Showing for the first time how it all came together and what made it so great, the film is all at once hugely enlightening, downright entertaining, and remains the only visual document of this momentous happening ever released. Features Include rare footage of The Smiths, studio and live recordings of every track on the album, revealing interviews with band members and many others who worked with them on the record, footage of and comment on the pivotal influences on the music and lyrics, and comment, criticism and review from; Engineer and co-producer of Q.I.D, .Stephen Street; Manchester legend, the sorely missed Tony Wilson [RIP], 'The 'fifth smith' guitarist Craig Gannon; Author of Morrissey and Marr: The Severed Alliance, Johnny Rogan; 1980s NME Editor and Smiths champion, Len Browne; Head Of English at Clare College, Cambridge, Professor Steven Logan; From Suede, the Smiths inspired, Brett Anderson; Author of Morrissey : The Pagent Of His Bleeding Heart; Gavin Hopps; Guitar instructor, musician and journalist (Guitar Magazine), Douglas Noble and legendary Smiths' road manager and all-round raconteur, Grant Showbiz.
- As one of the most original hard-edged metal bands to emerge in the nineties, the Deftones rose above the crowd, taking their inventive and sophisticated sound into the 21st Century. Never compromising artistically and consistently pushing the boundaries of modern rock, their music has gained Chino and his bandmates millions of fans worldwide. On 'Deftones: Death By Decibels' we go behind the music to discover what it took for this unlikely group of friends from America's west coast to simultaneously create a new musical movement and conquer an entire generation of youths. Packed with interviews, this documentary film takes you where the cameras never previously preyed to achieve an uncensored look at a truly legendary band. The complete and unauthorised biography of The Deftones. Over 40 minutes of in-depth interviews. Exclusive and previously unseen film footage.
- The man's an enigma wrapped in a mystery, his music, an acquired taste that appeals universally, and his life one of great art, astonishing experience, and myriad circumstance. Leonard Cohen was never going to be the man on the street. Leonard Cohen - Under Review 1934-1977 is a 90-minute documentary film which reviews the poetry, music, performances and career of one of contemporary America's greatest artists. Features include: Musical performances of Leonard Cohen reviewed by our team of esteemed experts. Obscure footage, rare interviews and rarely seen photographs of and with Leonard. Review, comment, criticism and insight from; official Cohen biographer, Ira Nadel; Leonard's regular guitarist and band leader, Ron Cornelius; producer on the New Skin For The Old Ceremony and New Positions albums, John Lissauer; studio owner and engineer on Death of A Ladies' Man, David Gold, Cohen's backing vocalist, Ronee Blakley; producer of Songs of Leonard Cohen, John Simon; Music Editor from Village Voice, Robert Christgau; Rolling Stone magazine's Anthony De Curtis and many others.
- System Of A Down exploded onto the music scene in 1998 with an irrepressible sound, confounding all preconceptions and redefining expectations of hard rock. But where did the band come from, what did it take to make them famous and what are the real inspirations behind the music? 'Psycho Messiahs' takes you on a journey into the unknown, revealing the amazing story behind these unique and elusive prophets of sound.
- Slipknot: Up To Our Necks tells the complete and unauthorized story of this strange collective who exploded out of small town America and stormed the world. It includes exclusive and previously unseen film footage of Slipknot and in-depth interviews with those that worked closely with them, including other musicians who collaborated with them on individual solo projects, journalists, producers and old friends. Now for the first time this film reveals the story behind the madness and antics, which led this bunch of misfits to the top of the pack in the nu-metal era.
- In the mid '60s rock and roll was being revolutionized. But the dominant scenes of this change were British and Californian - New York was slow in developing its own distinctive movement. Yet when one did emerge it was conceptual, urbane and controversial - and it all started with The Velvet Underground and the high-priest of the New York art world, Andy Warhol. This film traces the roots and evolution of this punk scene, from Andy Warhol's Factory and Lou Reed's seminal group in the late 1960s, through the proto-punk movement at NY clubs Mercers and Max's Kansas City which featured emerging acts the New York Dolls and Suicide, through to the underground scene that eventually developed at CBGBs. It is the authoritative story of a blending of art, music, style and attitude that shook the world at the time and continues to influence the world to this day.
- The roots of each band member of Led Zeppelin.
- A look at the history of the rock band Guns N' Roses.
- This film explains the complicated and misunderstood connections between the Mod movement - which had guaranteed The Who's early success - and the Pete Townsend composed musical depiction of that movement, Quadrophenia. Using recently unearthed archive footage from the early movement, rarely seen performance and interview footage of The Who, plus expert contributions and comment from a panel headed by friend of Pete Townsend and the band's 'Mr Fixit' throughout their career, Richard Barnes, and featuring; mod experts Paolo Hewitt and Terry Rawlins; the ever delightful owner of Acid Jazz records, DJ and broadcaster, Eddie Pillar; members of Mod revivalists The Chords ad The Purple Hearts; Who biographer and 1960s expert, Alan Clayson and a host of others. The film also includes a wealth of news reports, film and video clips, location shoots and much more, all set to a backbeat of music from the finest British band of the Mod era - The Who.
- Marilyn Manson: Fear of a Satanic Planet tells the full story of a legend, revealing how a boy named Brian from small town Ohio broke the mold for Alternative Metal and managed to gain worldwide critical acclaim in the process.
- By 1978 Leonard Cohen had already produced a staggering body of work that had firmly set the standard for the singer-songwriter genre and contained numerous classic songs within its cannon, but the 6 studio albums released between then and 2006 contained some of the finest work of Cohen's entire career. This film examines that period. It mixes rare performance footage, studio recordings, interviews, rarely seen photographs, location shoots and many other features with contributions from some of Cohen's closest colleagues and from experts on his life and music. Featuring his official biographer Ira Nadel; Cohen producers John Lissauer, David Gold and John Simon, journalists Robert Christgau [Village Voice], Anthony De Curtis [Rolling Stone] and Nigel Williamson [Uncut], authors Johnny Rogan and Jim Devlin and many others.
- This is a film reviewing the music and career of one of the world's most influential performers, singers and songwriters; arguable the most unique female artist ever.
- Hailing from NYC, the Beastie Boys have somehow managed to stay at the top for almost 20 years.
- Fiercely melodic, rhythimaclly inventive and ruthlessly uncompromising, Linkin Park has created a unique collision of Pop, Metal and Hip Hop that becomes much more than the sum of its parts.
- The Berlin Trilogy features live and studio performances by David Bowie, rare interviews and a host of other features all interspersed with the independent review and criticism from a panel of esteemed experts. By the mid 1970s Bowie was the biggest pop star in the UK, but his personal life was in turmoil. In a bid to escape the chaos of his drug problems and to flee from the media spotlight, the singer eventually found his way to Berlin, where he started to work on what would become some of the most memorable and critically lauded recordings of his career. Bowie stopped moving from persona to persona as he had previously done, settling instead on being simply himself, and began to blend the music he was hearing in his adopted homeland (Kraftwerk and the like) with the avant-garde methodologies used by his friend and colleague Brian Eno.
- This documentary film follows the career and music of Bob Dylan from the aftermath of his stunning 1989 comeback album Oh Mercy and follows his story up to 2006s masterpiece, Modern Times.