Rockumentary

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The Documentary, only based around rock/pop music and those who perform it, officially known as a video album. These can be an analysis of the culture or industry surrounding music or can focus on a single band. This naturally overlaps with the concert film or live DVD.

The exact distinction of a Rockumentary can be difficult to draw. A full-blown live show wouldn't count unless it contains an actual documentary portion (observations, interviews, hand-held-camera sections, history etc.) A concert inter cut with backstage footage and documentary-like segments would be borderline.

Also see Wikipedia's article on it.

Examples of Rockumentary include:

Rockumentaries about bands

• ACDC, Family Jewels.
• Anvil! The Story of Anvil.
• The Band, The Last Waltz.
• Barenaked Ladies, Barenaked In America.
• The Beatles, Let It Be.
• Blur, No Distance Left to Run.
• Jeff Buckley Amazing Grace
• Disturbed, M.O.L., D.O.D..
• Duran Duran, Sing Blue Silver, Three to Get Ready, Extraordinary World
• Bob Dylan, Don't Look Back.
• Foo Fighters, Back and Forth.
• Genesis, Come Rain or Shine.
• Insane Clown Posse, Shockumentary
• Iron Maiden, 12 Wasted Years, The Early Days, Flight 666.
• KISS, Kiss Loves You.
• Korn, Who Then Now?.
• Led Zeppelin, The Song Remains the Same.
• Linkin Park, Frat Party at the Pankake Festival
• Madonna, Truth or Dare.
• Metallica, Some Kind of Monster.
• The Minutemen, We Jam Econo.
• Oasis, Lord Don't Slow Me Down.
• Ozzy Osbourne, God Bless Ozzy Osbourne.
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Runnin' Down A Dream.
• Pearl Jam, Pearl Jam 20.
• Pink Floyd, Live at Pompeii (not a live DVD despite the name).
• Queen, Days Of Our Lives.
• Radiohead, Meeting People Is Easy.
• The Rolling Stones, Gimme Shelter, Shine a Light
• Rush, Beyond the Lighted Stage
• Sex Gang Children, Bastard Art.
• Sigur Rós, Heima
• Slipknot, Welcome to our Neighborhood.
• Soulwax, Part of the Weekend Never Dies
• Sting, "Bring On The Night."
• The Swell Season, The Swell Season.
• Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense (which contains no Talking Heads, ironically enough. Actually a straight concert film that is only counted as a rockumentary because it is so acclaimed and influential).
• Tegan and Sara, It's Not Fun. Don't Do It!
• They Might Be Giants, Gigantic: A Tale Of Two Johns.
• The Who, The Kids Are Alright.
• Wilco, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart.

Rockumentaries about the music

• It Might Get Loud (a documentary on the electric guitar featuring Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge).
• Heavy Metal Parking Lot
• Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
  • Global Metal.
• Until the Light Takes Us
• Heavy: The Story of Metal
• Heavy Metal: Louder than Life
• The Decline of Western Civilization
• The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
• Kill Your Idols (name based on the song by Sonic Youth).
• Long Way to the Top: Stories of Australian Rock & Roll

Mockumentaries In the Style Of the Rockumentary

• This Is Spinal Tap.
• Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo, a Mockumentary by Primus.
• All You Need Is Cash (Mockumentary based on The Rutles).
• The Last Polka, Mockumentary of the Shmenge Brothers from SCTV.
• The affectionate comedy 24 Hour Party People.
• The Compleat Al, made by Weird Al Yankovic.
• Arguably, A Mighty Wind.
• Arguably, Walk Hard.
• Born Twiztid
• Hard Core Logo.