A Band Called Death

Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was a band called Death. Punk before punk existed, three teenage brothers in the early '70s formed a band in their spare bedroom, began playing a few local gigs and even pressed a single in the hoped of getting signed. But this was the era of Motown and emerging disco. Record companies found Death's music - and band name - too intimidating, and the group were never given a fair shot, disbanding before they even completed one album. Equal parts electrifying rockumentary and epic family love story, A Band Called Death chronicles the incredible fairy-tale journey of what happened almost three decades later, when a dusty 1974 demo tape made it way out of the attic and found an audience several generations younger. Playing music impossible ahead of its time, Death is now being credited as the first black pun band (hell…the first punk band!), and are finally receiving their long overdue recognition as true rock pioneers.

- Synopsis provided by CinemaSource

Directors:

  • Mark Covino
  • Jeff Howlett

Cast:

  • Bobby Hackney, Sr.
  • Dannis Hackney
  • David Hackney
  • Bobbie Duncan

Producers:

  • Mark Covino
  • Jeff Howlett
  • Scott Mosier
  • Matthew Perniciaro
  • Kevin Mann
  • Jerry Ferrara

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