A Band Called Death

Release Date: 2013-06-27

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.

Rating: 7.159 / 10

Cast

Dannis Hackney

as Self

Bobby Hackney

as Self

David Hackney

as Self (archive footage)

Henry Rollins

as Self

Elijah Wood

as Self

Crew

Mark Christopher Covino - Director
Jeff Howlett - Director
Mark Christopher Covino - Producer
Jeff Howlett - Producer
Jerry Ferrara - Producer

Reviews

kineticandroid:

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 ...