A Band Called Death
United States of America
- NR
- 2013-06-27
- ▪Documentary,Music
- ▪ 1h-36m
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This Band was Punk, before Punk was Punk
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Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was Death. Formed in the early '70s by three teenage brothers from Detroit, Death is credited as being the first black punk band, and the Hackney brothers, David, Bobby, and Dannis, are now considered pioneers in their field. But it wasn’t until recently — when a dusty 1974 demo tape made its way out of Bobby’s attic nearly 30 years after Death’s heyday — that anyone outside a small group of punk enthusiasts had even heard of them.
Top Billed Cast
Dannis Hackney
SelfBobby Hackney
SelfDavid Hackney
Self (archive footage)
Henry Rollins
Self
Elijah Wood
Self
Kid Rock
Self
Alice Cooper
SelfMick Collins
SelfMickey Leigh
Self
There's an undercurrent of disappointment throughout the story of a band called Death. Misunderstood and marginalized in their time, they endured a lot of rejection and settled into lives that turned out differently than for what they had hoped. Then, after their music is rediscovered and shared, they reunite, but with...
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