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A Band Called Death (2013) 

The Movie Database

7.2

The Internet Movie Database

7.5

Metacritic

7.7

Rotten Tomatoes

94%

A Band Called Death

(2013)

Runtime

1 hour 36 minutes

Guidance Rating

All Ages

documentary

music

Synopsis

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.

Featuring

Dannis Hackney

as Self

Bobby Hackney

as Self

David Hackney

as Self (archive footage)

Henry Rollins

as Self

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A Band Called Death