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After 15 years of hauling ass from town to town, the Vans Warped Tour has finally figured out how to air condition their event: film a special doc highlighting the history of the punk rock tour, add in performances from an all-star show, and screen it at more than 400 movie theaters across the country. It's a one-night-only deal, Thursday, September 17. Get tickets and the full list of locations here.
Here's a sneak peek from the film. Ice-T definitely wins the prize for most direct pitch: "Bring your punk ass to the theater and see the ****ing movie!"
More from the official Warped Tour YouTube here.
BYO Records has got 10 years on Warped, and included in their 25th anniversary CD/DVD pack is a 90-minute feature documentary called Let Them Know, about the early LA punk scene. It's out September 22, and we are very sorry to have missed the LA screening with performances by a bunch of the bands featured.
But what the fuck do we know? Probably not much, and probably you'd tell us that if we bothered to ask. So we went to our friends on Twitter for their recommendations for the best punk rock docs of all time.
American Hardcore (Sony Pictures Classics) is probably the most well-known—it has a sort of PBS vibe, with infographics and shit. (I swear I saw it at 3 a.m. on the in-house channel at the Hard Rock Hotel in Vegas, of all places.) Here's a tease, but you can watch the entire 100-minute film at Google Video. Thanks to @philouza, who also said: Hated (GG doc), Rock and Roll Won't Wait is remarkably boring, MC5 a True Test. (proto, sure).
Sick of being the only black kid at punk shows? You are so very much not alone. Check out Afro-Punk: The Documentary and then head over to Afropunk.com for less of a history lesson and more of what's happening right now. (Thanks @hennepinhaiku, who called the film "ripe/for much punk rock discussion.")
Here's a performance clip from Fugazi's documentary Instrument (thanks @vsamra3):
There's the Minutemen's We Jam Econo, a favorite of our VP of Music, Davis Powers:
@alec_cohen wants you to watch Beijing Bubbles, about punk rock in China:
And there's always the Sex Pistols' The Filth and the Fury (thanks @fake_empire, who also recs Punk Attitude and Westway to the World):
By the way, our resident punk band—the singer and bassist from Roll the Tanks both have day jobs at Current—would like to see some new faces among the same old talking heads. Preferably Jesse Michaels from Operation Ivy. Anyone want to track him down and get him on camera?After 15 years of hauling ass from town to town, the Vans Warped Tour has finally... more
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After 15 years of hauling ass from town to town, the Vans Warped Tour has finally figured out how to air condition their event: film a special doc highlighting the history of the punk rock tour, add in performances from an all-star show, and screen it at more than 400 movie theaters across the country.
BYO Records has got 10 years on Warped, and included in their 25th anniversary CD/DVD pack is a 90-minute feature documentary called Let Them Know, about the early LA punk scene. It’s out September 22, and we are very sorry to have missed the LA screening with performances by a bunch of the bands featured.
Watch clips from both of those plus another half-dozen of your picks via Twitter for the best punk rock docs of all time, now up at the Current Music Blog:
http://blogs.current.com/music/2009/09/16/punk-rock-docs/After 15 years of hauling ass from town to town, the Vans Warped Tour has finally... more
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