Band Called Death

It was fans' ardor that began the Death revival and propels the movie's exhilarating second half.
-- Mark Jenkins, Washington Post

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A Band Called Death

Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was a band called Death. Punk before punk existed, three teenage brothers in the early '70s formed a band in their spare bedroom, began playing a few local gigs and even pressed a single in the hopes of getting signed. But this was the era of Motown and emerging disco. Record companies found Death’s music— and band name—too intimidating, and the group was never given a fair shot, disbanding before they even completed one album. Equal parts electrifying rockumentary and epic family love story, A Band Called Death chronicles the incredible fairytale journey of what happened almost three decades later, when a dusty 1974 demo tape made its way out of the
attic and found an audience several generations younger. Playing music impossibly ahead of its time, Death is now being credited as the first black punk band (hell...the first punk band!), and are finally receiving their long overdue recognition as true rock pioneers.
Not Rated
Genre
Documentary, Music, Rock and Roll
Runtime
96
Language
English
Director
Mark Christopher Covino, Jeff Howlett
Cast
Dannis Hackney, Bobbie Duncan
FEATURED REVIEW
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times

If ever a movie about punk deserved to be called legitimately sweet and life-affirming, it's the documentary "A Band Called Death." It's the unlikely story of a Detroit-bred brotherhood of three — David, Dannis and Bobby Hackney, oddball African American rockers in a Motown world — who toiled in ...

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