Best Music Documentaries Music Chat

[Crabtree]

Following on from the must see documentaries thread, what are your favourite music documentaries?

My personal favourite is DIG! Purely as I'm a massive Dandy Warhols fan and to a lesser extent Brian Jonestown Massacre fan but watching the earlier days of the two bands and how they went in different directions is quite fascinating and Anton Newcombe is one of the most messed up yet interesting musicians to come out in the last few decades. Definitely worth a watch even if you've never heard of either of the bands.

 

[Tom]

My personal favourite is DIG!

Absolutely nobody comes out of that Dig! documentary looking good. They all seemed completely insufferable.

The Last Waltz (The Band) is great, and the music is just glorious.



Searching for Sugarman is great, although starts off with a slightly disingenuous premise.

 

[Gemma]

A couple I've watched on Sky Arts lately

The Bee Gees, How Do You Mend A Broken Heart
Kurt Cobain, Montage Of Heck

The Michael Hutchence / INXS one is decent too.

 

[Steve]

The Beach Boys "An American Band" from the mid 80's is a fantastic watch. Lots of footage of Brian from the 70's being interviewed in bed and barely able to function but still being legendary. Some memorable "Smile" clips too.

 

[Dylan]

I'd highly recommend watching, and bear with me here....the fairly recent Bros. documentary. Utterly surreal.

Obviously though "The Defiant Ones" is the correct answer to this thread. The revelation that Death Row Records/2pac/Dr. Dre/Snoop/West Coast Hip Hop only happened on the scale it did thanks to Nine Inch Nails is quite the plot twist.

 

[Cappuccino Kid]

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

Really enjoyable documentary on iPlayer, what a career!

BBC Two - Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

An in-depth profile of Hans Zimmer, one of the world's most sought-after film composers.

www.bbc.co.uk