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- DirectorJohn LuceroStarsJay AdamsSteve AlbaTony AlvaDocumentary about Duane's life, his battle against drug addiction, his career as a skateboarder, singer and how he is trying to build a new life.
- DirectorLech KowalskiStarsDee Dee RamoneLech KowalskiJohnny ThundersThis program features Lech Kowalski's 2003 documentary feature about the life and times of Ramones bassist and all-star burn out, Dee Dee Ramone (1952-2002). Dee Dee's life is a fascinating character study of a punk rock legend who never grew up. Listen to Dee Dee's account with director Lech Kowalski, to discuss Johnny Thunders for the film 'Born to Lose.' Relive the battlefield history of rock and roll through the memories of this ordinary, yet extraordinary guy from Queens whose songs distilled frustration, humor, and pleasure, into the energetic melodies that made the Ramones a worldwide influence!
- DirectorLech KowalskiStarsJayne CountyWilly DeVilleWayne KramerAbout the insatiable and dissolute rock musician Johnny Thunders, member of legendary pre-punk band the New York Dolls. Born John Anthony Genzale in 1952. Finished at 38 in 1991.
- DirectorKenneth van SchootenStarsHannah AlvezWattie BuchanJohn BurnsThe 'King of Punk' documentary includes interviews with members of legendary Punk bands like the Ramones, Adicts, Exploited, Avengers, Dead Boys, UK Subs, Zeros, Wayne County & the Electric Chairs and many other artists who were involved in the Punk scene between 1976 and 1982. It also profiles OBGYN, an all-girl punk band based in Fayetteville, N.C., and Patrick Clement, owner of FNS Records. The film's title, which is based on one of OBGYN's song titles, doesn't refer to any one person. That's the whole idea of punk, is that there's no idolizing. Anybody can do it. . . everybody is the King of Punk.
- DirectorDiastèmeStarsAlban LenoirSamuel JouyPaul HamyA former Neo-Nazi and skinhead, Marco Lopez, tries to get his violent, racist and hateful past behind him. The man struggles to take distance with his Neo-Nazi friends and all their doings.
- DirectorGeorge HenckenStarsAnti-Nowhere LeagueAnimalBarnsy
- DirectorMark SloperStarsViv AlbertineCaroline CoonGlen MatlockAn intimate documentary on Sid Vicious (John Simon Ritchie) life (1957-1979), and death when he was just 21 years old from a heroin overdose.
- DirectorChristopher CollinsStarsBeki BondageGarry BushellCarol ClerkFeaturing interviews, live concert footage, and a feature on how punk was transformed from a trend to a way of life, UK/DK is a comprehensive look at the skinhead/punk movement. Some of the most notorious bands on the scene are featured, including The Exploited, The Vice Squad, The Adicts and many more.
- DirectorJohn RossStarsJohn Cooper ClarkeBill BaileyClint BoonA look at the life of John Cooper Clarke. From from his rise as a 'punk poet', through his heroin addiction, and finally to his comeback.
- DirectorRichard EnglandStarsTim ArmstrongGarry BushellCockney RejectsLondon's toughest and poorest part as told through the eyes of its most iconic band.
- StarsBillie Joe ArmstrongJello BiafraDavid ByrneLou Reed narrates this Television special that takes a look back at the beginnings of the punk rock movements in New York & England, the underground punk scenes in the 70's & 80's, and the punk resurgence in the 90's. A collaboration between VH1 and Spin magazine.
- DirectorDione NewtonStarsSue PerkinsPete 'Peanut' LangfordKathryn FlettDocumentary looking at Top Of the Pops' changing musical direction in 1978, when pop singles were slowly being replaced in the chart by disco, punk and New Wave. It looks the show's treatment of particularly punk and New Wave acts, and New Wave performers in general swallowing their pride and appearing on TotP, a show which was still seen mainly as Light Entertainment.
- DirectorKate FixJason SummersStarsFred ColeToody ColeAndrew LoomisUndisputedly written into the annals of rock history and dedicated to the most sincere methods of the DIY ethos, Northwest musicians Dead Moon (Andrew Loomis and Fred & Toody Cole) have intentionally cut out the bullshit, and left the major labels and "commercial success" behind. Unknown Passage: The Dead Mood Story follows the band on the road and at home, chronicling lifestyle rock and rollers who happen to also be small business owners and grandparents. Beginning with footage of a 14 year-old Deep Soul Cole ("the white Stevie Wonder"), Unknown Passage tells the history of one of the most reclusive bands through their various garage, psych, folk, and punk rock incarnations. Today, pressing their records at home, in a house they built from the ground up, Dead Moon run their own "frontier mini-mall," record label and music store, while in their spare time "keep one gig ahead of a day job" by touring through the US and Europe-with the occasional 15-hour penny-slots casino pitstop. Here stands the triumph of a family of "old-west homesteaders" against corporate control and gracelessly growing old. Unknown Passage: The Dead Moon Story is Fred, Toody & Andrew's Dead Moon experience, a culmination of their 40-year life in music and love.
- DirectorDavid MarkeyStarsDez CadenaChuck DukowskiGreg HetsonA raw and unparalleled DIY documentary about the West Coast Punk scene made by a group of young fans/filmmakers about the bands they loved.
- DirectorDavid MarkeyStarsMitch BurySimeon CainDavo ClaassenRoad documentary of last Black Flag tour - "In My Head"
- DirectorNick AbsonStarsElvis CostelloIan DuryDave EdmundsLegendary documentary of the 1977 package tour arranged by David Robinson and Andrew Jakeman ("Kake Riviera") after they founded Stiff Records in London, England for five of their artists, and the bands that they concocted for the tour.
- DirectorBilly McGrathStarsStingBonoBob GeldofBob Geldof and the re-formed Boomtown Rats will talk about their legendary punk band.
- DirectorPawl BazileStarsMyke HideousPeter SteeleArturo VegaThis is the story of Myke Hideous and the punk rock music industry.
- DirectorFred BurnsStarsTony AndersonRoger ArmstrongSimon BatesA funny and often moving account of one of UK music's great lost treasures. Formed in 1974 by a group of school friends from Croydon, Johnny Moped were the band fronted by, and named after, the enigmatic Paul Halford aka Johnny Moped. By 1977 the group found themselves at the heart of the burgeoning punk scene in London and for a brief moment even looked like contenders. Despite being able to count both Chrissie Hynde and Captain Sensible as past members, success was not to come their way and Johnny Moped are now largely forgotten, punk rock's great lost band. Their story is however a fascinating one that, along with some of the era's most innovative music deserves to be heard.
- DirectorWolfgang BüldStarsGaye AdvertJack AirportArturo BassickA contemporary documentary covering the Great British punk rock explosion of 1977.
- DirectorNadya BeckBob GruenStarsDavid JohansenArthur KaneJerry NolanThis feature length documentary captures the band during early performances in New York at Kenny's Castaways and Max's Kansas City, then follows the Dolls on their tour of the west coast, including footage from the Whisky A Go Go, the Real Don Steele Show, Rodney Bingenheimer's E Club and much more. Intercut with revealing interviews, backstage banter and late night debauchery, this is THE definitive document of the New York Dolls.
- DirectorDanny GarciaStarsRachel AmodeoNina AntoniaNite BobDocumentary about legendary rock n roll guitarist Johnny Thunders. The film looks at his time with the New York Dolls and the Heartbreakers and also details his solo career and tragic life.
- DirectorGreg WhiteleyStarsArthur KaneDavid JohansenSylvain SylvainA recovering alcoholic and recently converted Mormon, Arthur "Killer" Kane, of the rock band The New York Dolls, is given a chance at reuniting with his band after 30 years.
- DirectorLech KowalskiStarsStiv BatorsTerry ChimesThe ClashDocumentary chronicaling the rise and fall of the punk movement with rare interview footage of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. Also concert and news footage.