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A Band Called Death

This Band was Punk, before Punk was Punk

7.2(90)20131h 36m2

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$125
Language
English
  • punk rock
  • rock band
  • rockumentary
  • punk band

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereLos Angeles Film Festival16 Jun 2012
    • TheatricalNR27 Jun 2013
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical31 Oct 2013

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A Band Called Death was released on 27 June 2013.

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    kineticandroid

    6/21/2014

    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 out differently than for what they had hoped. Then, after their music is rediscovered and shared, they reunite, but with a heavy heart knowing their visionary leader did not live to see the rebirth. And yet, through that…

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