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A Band Called Death
(2013)
1 hour 36 minutes
All Ages
documentary
music
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.
Dannis Hackney
as Self
Bobby Hackney
as Self
David Hackney
as Self (archive footage)
Henry Rollins
as Self
Cinemas showing
A Band Called Death