On the 19th of August, Placebo performed a unique one-off show for MTV Unplugged at the London Studios in the UK. Here we present the results of this incredible show.The band were encased in spectacular LED box during the performance, from where they belted out some of their most well-loved tracks such as 'The Bitter End' and 'Every You Every Me.' Some new gems were dropped in for good measure, alongside surprise guests Joan As Police Woman and Majke Voss Romme (Broken Twin). No Placebo show would be complete without some signature cover versions and this set did not disappoint, from the breath-taking opener to the show- Sinead O'Connors 'Jackie' to a melancholy version of Pixies 'Where Is My Mind'
In 1984, Midnight Oil released their iconic record Red Sails in the Sunset. They embarked on a relentless tour around the nation performing raw and electrifying music that reignited the imagination of young Australians. That same year, their lead singer Peter Garrett committed to run for a Senate seat for the Nuclear Disarmament Party. With the mounting pressure of balancing the demands of music and politics this is the year that would make, but nearly break, Australia's most important rock and roll band. Thirty years in the making and featuring never seen before seen footage of the band on and off the stage, Midnight Oil: 1984 is the untold story of the year Australia’s most iconic rock band inspired the nation to believe in the power of music to change the world.
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
This 53-minute film reviews the most influential album of one of rock musics true giants. The documentary includes rare musical performances never before available on DVD, and obscure footage of comments, criticisms and insights on every track from the album by; writer, journalist, and author of Radiohead: A Guide To Their Music, Mark Paytress; respected rock authority and ex-Mojo editor, Barney Hoskyns; Radiohead biographer Alex Ogg, and more. Through this DVD you can reassesses and get insight into one of rocks seminal works: OK Computer.
A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.
'The Final RIOT!' is a live CD and DVD that documents the band in their most intimate moments on tour. On top of the all access documentary footage, an entire 15 song live set was filmed at the Chicago stop of The Final RIOT! Tour, for what the band has called their 'best show ever.' Join millions of Paramore fans around the world as they experience 'The Final RIOT!'
The final show of the OK Computer tour from April 18, 1998. Setlist: Airbag Karma Police Talk Show Host Exit Music (for a Film) Planet Telex Climbing Up the Walls Just Bishop's Robes Subterranean Homesick Alien My Iron Lung The Trickster No Surprises The Bends Fake Plastic Trees Bones Paranoid Android Lucky Encore: Let Down Polyethylene (Part 2) Lurgee Street Spirit (Fade Out) Encore 2: How to Disappear Completely
Radiohead live in Poland from August 25, 2009. Setlist: 15 Step There There Weird Fishes/Arpeggi All I Need Optimistic 2 + 2 = 5 Street Spirit (Fade Out) The Gloaming Myxomatosis Paranoid Android Nude Videotape Karma Police Bangers + Mash Bodysnatchers Idioteque Everything in Its Right Place Encore: You and Whose Army? These Are My Twisted Words Jigsaw Falling Into Place I Might Be Wrong The National Anthem Encore 2: Reckoner Lucky Creep
A live set from Rock en Seine on August 26, 2006. Setlist: 1. Airbag 2. 2 + 2 = 5 3. The National Anthem 4. My Iron Lung 5. Morning Bell 6. Fake Plastic Trees 7. Videotape 8. Nude 9. The Gloaming 10. Paranoid Android 11. All I Need 12. Pyramid Song 13. Lucky 14. The Bends 15. I Might Be Wrong 16. Idioteque 17. Everything in Its Right Place // Encore: 1. You and Whose Army? 2 Body snatchers 3. There There 4. Karma Police
A feature-length documentary about The Smashing Pumpkins, which chronicles the band's residencies at The Orange Peel in Asheville and The Fillmore in San Francisco in summer 2007. The documentary covers Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan's attempts to write and debut new music at the residencies, as well as the revival of the band with new members.
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.
Promoting his 2001 jazz covers album 'Swing When You're Winning', English pop rock singer Robbie Williams fronts a 58-piece big band for a live show of crooner standards at the Royal Albert Hall in London on October 10, 2001.
Korn came out of California in the early nineties and went on to become one of the most globally successful metal acts of their generation. They continue to play live to vast crowds and have record sales in the millions. This concert from Montreux in 2004 is their only performance at the festival to date.
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
This time the brave children from Parchis music band are facing a crazy professor who invented the invisibility formula.
Led by the success of the B-52's and R.E.M., Athens, Georgia was the most happening music scene in the country by the mid 80's. Following several different bands from different genres, this film paints Athens as a magical artistic environment where bands are not in competition, but co-exist in harmony and share the ideals of the land. Live performances of R.E.M.'s "Swan Swan H" and "Dream (All I Have To Do)" at the Lucy Cobb Institute chapel are included. Also featured are performances and interviews frm the B-52's, Pylon, B-B-Que Killers, Time Toy, Jim Herbert, Flat Duo Jets, Love Tractor, Kilkenny Cats, Squalls and more
Santiano in Irland – eine musikalische Reise über die grüne Insel
Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Hitting the road to re-unite the band and win the big prize at the New Orleans Battle of the Bands, Elwood is pursued cross-country by the cops.
After bassist Jason Newsted quits the band in 2001, heavy metal superstars Metallica realize that they need an intervention. In this revealing documentary, filmmakers follow the three rock stars as they hire a group therapist and grapple with 20 years of repressed anger and aggression. Between searching for a replacement bass player, creating a new album and confronting their personal demons, the band learns to open up in ways they never thought possible.
Rude Boy is a semi-documentary, part character study, part 'rockumentary', featuring a British punk band, The Clash. The script includes the story of a fictional fan juxtposed with actual public events of the day, including political demonstrations and Clash concerts.