A Band Called Death

“This Band was Punk, before Punk was Punk”

2013·96 min·Released

Studio: Haven Entertainment, Picture Machine

7.2TMDb

Theatrical Jun 27, 2013

Nexus ms2693TMDb 137563IMDb tt2064713

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USA · English · USA

Documentary Music

Overview

Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was Death. Formed in the early '70s by three teenage brothers from Detroit, Death is credited as being the first black punk band, and the Hackney brothers, David, Bobby, and Dannis, are now considered pioneers in their field. But it wasn’t until recently — when a dusty 1974 demo tape made its way out of Bobby’s attic nearly 30 years after Death’s heyday — that anyone outside a small group of punk enthusiasts had even heard of them.