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A Band Called Death

This Band was Punk, before Punk was Punk

  • Movie
  • 2013
  • NR
  • 1h 36m

Directed by Mark Christopher Covino and Jeff Howlett

7.2

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7.2 out of 10 from 90 votes

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Overview

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.

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Cast and crew

  • Dannis HackneySelf

  • Bobby HackneySelf

  • David HackneySelf (archive footage)

  • Henry Rollins

    Henry RollinsSelf

  • Elijah Wood

    Elijah WoodSelf

  • Kid Rock

    Kid RockSelf

  • Alice Cooper

    Alice CooperSelf

  • Mick CollinsSelf

  • Mickey LeighSelf

  • Robbie DuncanSelf

  • Questlove

    QuestloveSelf

  • Vernon Reid

    Vernon ReidSelf

  • Wayne Kramer

    Wayne KramerSelf

Director
Mark Christopher Covino and Jeff Howlett