Music Documentaries II The Great Reckoning

Being sick sucks a lot. I can't do too much except sleep, read, cough, whine and write. So here is a list that was postponed for months. I hope all 3 readers would enjoy the few movies I recommend cause I had loads of fun with them.

Kill Yr Idols. 

The No Wave scene in New York was the end all and be all of pure 100% experimentation. Bands grew from the concrete sidewalks like grotesque flowers spreading their pollen through punk clubs like PCP. Swans, DNA, Sonic Youth and Lydia Lunch grew from this scene taking the expectation of punk and running it through a grinder making unique sounds all influenced by the grimy lives they lead in the city.  This documentary shows the scenes infancy and then shows its quick demise then shows the next incarnation of No Wave with bands like  The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Liars. Highly recommend this documentary not only because it shows great interviews with Lydia Lunch and Michael Gira ,but because it asks the question what is happening to independent music and what has happened to New York's connection to punk. 

American Hardcore

The main reason I ever even attempted to listen to Black Flag or Bad Brains was because of this documentary. Showing the six year long hardcore scenes in different cities from Los Angeles, the core of the scene, to Washington D.C , the hometown of Minor Threat. This documentary features interviews from band members from all scenes. It really feels like all these punk legends are just telling you about their lives in their bands. which is exactly as awesome as it sounds. Probably would not be the same if I never watched this documentary. Highly recommend this to anyone. 

The Decline of Western Civilization.

Decline covers the early hardcore punk scene of LA. There is interviews with X, Black Flag and the infamous Germs. The overall atmosphere is just so rugged for no reason it ,but it just some how works. The thing that sets this apart from other music documentaries is that it asked what really is punk. There was interviews with kids that went to concerts and they assumed it was about violence, club owners thought it was all about fast music and the performers seen it as a kind of blues like music for solace.