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Among the host of revelatory punk documentaries to emerge in recent years,
Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement stands out as a truly extraordinary deep dive into the community dynamics and material conditions that spawned the first waves of Washington, D.C., hardcore.
Using rare footage and candid interviews with prominent and lesser-known figures from the region,
Punk the Capital will likely resonate with anyone in a small market who has attempted, or is currently attempting, to galvanize and nurture a subversive arts community whose members might not always see eye-to-eye about everything, but still make something magical together.
7 Seconds will reissue their 1984 album
The Crew. The new version features remastered audio as well as extensive liner notes including an oral history of the band and reflections by Ian MacKaye, Jello Biafra, Keith Morris, Damian Abraham, Brian Baker, Fat Mike, Roger Miret, BYO founders Mark and Sean Stern, and others. The digital version is out June 25 and the physical version is out this summer via Trust records. You can hear Young til I die below.
Published May 6, 2021, 4:22 PM
Chalk up another rock music-themed film for Dave Grohl.
The former drummer of Nirvana, who is now Foo Fighter’s singer-guitarist, has a new film out dubbed “What Drives Us.”
It adds to Grohl’s growing list of films including “Back And Forth,” “Sound City”, and “Sonic Highway.”
“All of the biggest bands in the world, they had to start somewhere,” Dave Grohl said at the start of the documentary. “Everybody I know started out like this: in a van.”
“What Drives Us” is a documentary about several influential bands and how their careers were launched touring in cramped vans.
Dave Grohlâs What Drives Us probes what makes bands want to tour and perform
The directorial debut of the Foo Fighters frontman shines a spotlight of some of his peers and why they do what they do.
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By John Curley
What Drives Us, the excellent directorial debut of Dave Grohl, premiered on Friday, April 30th, on The Coda Collection via Prime Video in the USA and on Prime Video in other markets around the world. The film delves into what makes touring musicians want to do what they do and the sacrifices that they have to make. To get to the heart of it, Grohl interviewed an array of musicians including Ringo Starr, St. Vincent, Ben Harper, U2’s The Edge, Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Exene Cervenka of X, L7’s Jennifer Finch, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, Slayer’s Dave Lombardo, No Doubt’s Tony Kanal, Slash and Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses, AC/DC’s Brian Johnson, Fugazi’s Ian Mackaye, Black Flag’s Kira Roessler, D. H. Peli
Dave Grohl s Van-Touring Doc What Drives Us : 11 Things We Learned
Dave Grohl s Van-Touring Doc What Drives Us : 11 Things We Learned
From hardcore bands revolutionizing DIY touring to the Beatles farting, here s what we learned from Grohl s new ode to the road
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“All of the biggest bands in the world, they had to start somewhere. Everybody I know started out like this: in a van,” Dave Grohl says at the onset of his new documentary
What Drives Us, a film that chronicles the early touring days of some of rock’s most enduring groups, including U2, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and, of course, the Foo Fighters.