The term rockumentary is a neologism denoting a program on television or movie documentary about Rock music or its musicians. It is a portmanteau of the words "rock" and "documentary." The term was used by Bill Drake in the 1969 History of Rock & Roll radio broadcast,^[1] and by Rob Reiner in the 1984 mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap.

The concept of the Rockumentary Podcast was coined by Brinkley Warren in 2005 in conjunction with Athcast.com,^[2] a start-up non-profit that produces rockumentaries in multimedia podcast form. "ATHCAST" is a music preservation podcast started by Mike Ewing and Brinkley Warren that consists of video, audio, and interactive slideshows that preserve and disseminate the legendary music scene in Athens, GA.

List of "rockumentary" titles

Audio rockumentaries

• The History of Rock and Roll
• The Pop Chronicles

Rockumentary films

• OfflagaDiscoPax (rockumentary) (Offlaga Disco Pax)
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
• Bring on the Night (Sting)
• Yessongs (Yes)
• Madonna: Truth or Dare (Madonna)
• Another State of Mind ? Punk: Social Distortion, Youth Brigade
• Goodnight Cleveland (The Hellacopters)
• Sticky Carpet (Melbourne punk rock scene)
• Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (Dixie Chicks)
• Monterey Pop (Monterey Pop Festival)
• Cracked Actor (David Bowie)
• Bullet in a Bible (Green Day)
• Woodstock (Woodstock festival)
• Glastonbury (Glastonbury Festival)
• The Last Waltz (final concert by The Band)
• Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones at Altamont)
• Metal: A Headbanger's Journey Various Artists
• Live at Pompeii (Pink Floyd)
• Stop Making Sense (Talking Heads)
• Kiss Loves You (KISS)
• The Kids Are Alright (The Who)
• The Song Remains the Same (Led Zeppelin)
• Dont Look Back (Bob Dylan)
• Lord Don't Slow Me Down (Oasis)
• The Filth and the Fury (The Sex Pistols)
• Stalking Pete Doherty (The Libertines/Babyshambles)
• DiG! (The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre)
• End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (The Ramones)
• Meeting People Is Easy (Radiohead)
• Year of the Horse (Neil Young)
• Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) (They Might Be Giants)
• ResErection (Turbonegro)
• Some Kind of Monster (Metallica)
• Let's Rock Again! (Joe Strummer)
• Rattle and Hum (U2)
• The Decline of Western Civilization (Los Angeles punk rock)
• The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (Los Angeles heavy metal scene of 1988)
• Single Video Theory (Pearl Jam)
• American Hardcore (1980s hardcore punk)
• Fast Future Generation (Good Charlotte)
• LoudQUIETloud (Pixies)
• I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (Wilco)
• The Devil and Daniel Johnston (Daniel Johnston)
• Funky Monks (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• Songs of Faith and Devotion (Depeche Mode)
• Life on the Murder Scene (My Chemical Romance)
• Voliminal: Inside the Nine(Slipknot)
• Sretno dijete
• Bilo jednom... (Novi Sad punk rock).
• Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!Nirvana
• Glange Fever (Supergrass)
• Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream (Jonas Brothers)
• Patti Smith: Dream of Life (Patti Smith)
• The Blank Generation (early punk rock scene)
• 1991: The Year Punk Broke (various artists)
• Part of the Weekend Never Dies (Soulwax)

New Media examples include the podcast program "ATHCAST".

MTV in the late 1980s and early 1990s had a series called Rockumentary. Some of the artists that were featured were: AC/DC in 1991, Aerosmith in 1990, Eric Clapton in 1990, Def Leppard in 1988 and 1992, Don Henley in 1990, Rod Stewart in 1988, Pink Floyd in 1989, Mötley Crüe in 1989, Genesis in 1992, Metallica in 1992 and 1996, The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Van Halen and one on Heavy Metal music.

Rock-mockumentaries

• A Mighty Wind
• All You Need Is Cash
• The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
• This Is Spinal Tap

See also

• Concert film
• Category:Music documentary films

References

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