Tank full of Oil

Another State of Mind is a documentary film made in the summer of 1982 chronicling the adventure of two punk bands, Social Distortion and Youth Brigade, as they embark on their first international tour. Along the way they meet up with another progressive punk band, Minor Threat, whom they hang out with at the Dischord house for about a week near the end of their ill-fated tour.

NOFX - BACKSTAGE PASSPORT 2 (2015)
 In 2008 punk veterans NOFX released an 8-part TV docu- series called NOFX: Backstage Passport, which followed the band’s ill-fated attempts to take punk rock to the unconquered corners of the globe. The mayhem that ensued was a mix of hilarious moments and crazy snafus that resulted in some shows on the tour being cancelled. Over the following four years NOFX set out to make up several shows in Mexico, Peru and Colombia that got derailed on their first attempt. Not surprisingly there were just as many bumps in the road this time around: inner-band meltdowns, shady promoters, tear gas, fires, drugs, an 8.8 earthquake and, of course, riot cops. Once again the cameras were there to capture every inglorious moment and on August 21st, we’ll release Backstage Passport 2!
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CRASS: There Is No Authority But Yourself (2006)
There is No Authority But Yourself is a Dutch film directed by Alexander Oey documenting the history of anarchist punk band Crass. The film features archive footage of the band and interviews with former members Steve Ignorant, Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher. As well as reflecting on the band's past the film focusses on their current activities, and includes footage of Rimbaud performing with Last Amendment at the Vortex jazz club in Hackney, a compost toilet building workshop and a permaculture course held at Dial House in the spring of 2006. The title of the film is derived from the final lines of the Crass album Yes Sir, I Will; "You must learn to live with your own conscience, your own morality, your own decision, your own self. You alone can do it. There is no authority but yourself."
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She's a Punk Rocker UK (2010)
She's A Punk Rocker U.K is a documentary that tells the story directly from the punk women who created the Punk scene in UK. These are the punk women on the streets of the UK. Before the Sex Pistols appeared on TV and revealed an underground punk world, to the public. These are the women punks who shocked the world. This is their story of being punk told in an oral history format. The lives of these women is an insight into female punk rock a culture that has been greatly misunderstood and misrepresented in the media. Their stories explore the experiences of being a punk rocker, life stories, gigs, fashion, music, Politics, friends, relationships & events. The women to a varying extent agree that today they are still punk rockers at heart, if not in appearance. The present media interest in punk rock is a male dominated vision of the era. This documentary specifically reassesses womens roles in a dynamic movement that irreversibly changed the face of society, politics, art and music. Crass women Eve Libertine & Gee , Vi Subversa - Poison Girls, Michelle-Brigandage. Caroline Coon and many others reveal life as Anarchist punks. Featuring women punk rockers from bands of the era including Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex,Vi subversa of Poison Girls, Eve Libertine & Gee of Crass, Gaye Black of the Adverts, Michelle of Brigandage, Ruth & Janet of Hagar the Womb, Journalists Authors and photographers Julie Burchill and Caroline Coon and more. Caroline Coon - author of the book 1988 the New Wave, Punk Rock Explosion. Neil Spencer, when he was editor of NME gave the punk book a terrible review on the grounds that 'Caroline Coon was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and therefore she cannot write about punk'. He would not let her write for NME. Artist, journalist, founder of charity Release,- became a journalist for Melody Maker & hung out with The Sex Pistols, Slits, Clash and all the British Punk bands of 1976. Punk band X-Ray Spex fronted by vocalist Poly Styrene were causing a scene of their own in the Kings Road. Poly Styrene with her bodyguard Mad Mary hung out with the Sex Pistols, Billy Idol, Sid & Nancy. They were all just punks hanging out, some in bands, some in the audience soon to be in bands. Then came the fame, then the Anarchy. Crass women, Eve Libertine & Gee, Vi Subversa - Poison Girls, Michelle Brigandage, Zillah Minx- Rubella Ballet, Ruth Radish Hagar The Womb and many others reveal life as an Anarchist punk.
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Music For Misfits The Story Of Indie 1/3 The Diy movement
Music For Misfits The Story Of Indie 2/3 The Alternative 80s
Music For Misfits The Story Of Indie 3/3 Into The Mainstream 
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Mogwai - Burning (2010)

The Scottish band Mogwai performs an incandescent show in front of a stunned crowd. As if time stood still, the audience is transported along by musical waves, both poetic and violent. 'Burning' dives into this wild sensual flow. Directors Vincent Moon and Nathanaël Le Scouarnec guide us into a dream where there is no tomorrow. This is a black and white experience of the senses carved by the raw emotion of this pioneering band that doesn't need any words to touch the heart of its listeners. Layered and innovative, the movie has its finger firmly on their pulse, a sonic adventure between hope and rebellion. A lifetime of feelings in just one night.
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 Synth Britannia (2009)
Following a generation of post-punk musicians who went to form successful electronic bands in the 70s and 80s and had a profound impact on present day music. Director: Benjamin Whalley (as Ben Whalley)
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David Bowie: Sound and Vision (2016)
A documentary, which takes you on a journey of Bowie's revolutionary career, struggle with his personal life and his achievements and successes. Features interviews with Bowie, Iman his wife, his musical contemporaries including Iggy Pop, Moby and Trent Reznor. Exclusive footage of live performances of the showman's best and music and film to showcase 30 years of his career. Highlights Bowie's interests, passions and involvement with the arts. 
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Noisey: Under The Influence: 2 Tone Ska (2015)

In the second episode of our series Under the Influence, we examine the late-70s ska revival in the UK, a movement built upon the fusion of punk rock and traditional ska. Led by the Specials, we look at how the cultural climate of the time period in the UK inspired the founding of 2 Tone Records and how that led to the ska movement in the 80s and 90s. Under the Influence looks into some of the most important music scenes of our time, exploring the people, bands, and styles that changed the course of music forever. Narrated by modern day punk legend Tim Armstrong (Rancid, Operation Ivy, Transplants), Noisey delves deep into the worlds of New York Hardcore, British 2Tone Ska, and German Krautrock to find how these scenes were created, and how they continue to shape art, music, and culture today. Join us as we circle the globe to meet to everyone from x to y, to witness life under the influence.

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Music For Misfits: The Story Of Indie - The DIY movement /BBC TV Mini-Series (2015- )

The story of British indie over three musically diverse episodes. Much more than a genre of music, it is a spirit, an attitude and an ethos. In the 1970s, the music industry was controlled by the major record labels, and the notion of releasing a record independently seemed like an impossible dream. At a time when even the Sex Pistols were on a major label, the true act of rebellion was would be to do it yourself. It took an independent release from Buzzcocks in 1976 with the Spiral Scratch EP to begin a change in the game. The initial pressing of 1,000 copies was funded by family and friends and sold out immediately. The notion of independently releasing your own music was compelling, and it became a call to action. Independent record labels began to pop up all over the UK, each one with its own subculture and sound - from Factory in Manchester to Zoo in Liverpool, Postcard in Glasgow and London labels such as Mute, Beggars Banquet and Rough Trade. They were founded by people with no business experience, just a passion for music and a commitment to helping others achieve creative autonomy. These labels were cutting, releasing and distributing the music themselves. Bedsits became offices and basements became studios. This was DIY, and it felt like a countercultural movement set against all that the mainstream had to offer. These labels were pivotal in getting the new sounds to a generation hungry for change. Queues of hopeful bands waited to drop off demo tapes, and the first wave of indie bands emerged from the newly formed labels. It was a fantastically creative, if somewhat hand-to-mouth time, yet bands also had the freedom to make all the decisions about their image and musical direction themselves. Pioneering music from bands such as Joy Division, Throbbing Gristle, Echo and the Bunnymen, Orange Juice and Aztec Camera is featured in this episode. These new indie sounds offered a defiantly oppositional stance to prevailing trends in popular culture. With new music exploding out of cities everywhere, it was indie label founder Iain McNay, from Cherry Red, who had the idea for an indie chart - its music spoke to a generation of kids who did not identify with the mainstream sounds on the radio."
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The Sacred Triangle: Bowie, Iggy, and Lou (2010)
By 1971 David Bowie was branded a one-hit-wonder, Lou Reed was considered washed up following a disastrous debut and Iggy Pop was seen as merely a drug crazed ex-Stooge. But a meeting of minds in that year's closing months was the catalyst for an extraordinary turnaround for these three musical geniuses, resulting in the most dramatic shift of musical style since the dawn of the rock age. This fascinating film investigates the era in which these brilliant personalities worked most closely together. With the story told by those who were there at the time and via rare and classic film footage, plus recently discovered archive, this program reveals a time of incredible creativity and a sublime chain of events that changed music forever. Director: Alec Lindsell.
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OSTROV HUDBY Film (2019)
Ostrov hudby Film (“Island of music” in English) is an independent documentary about the alternative music scene in Slovakia. It features interviews with Slovak musicians and labels, captures the atmosphere of local summer festivals and zooms in on the flourishing club scene. Directed and produced by Martina Slováková and Cukru production.
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Trentemøller: The Science of Fixion (2017)
A music documentary by Thomas Jessen, Julie Runa and Kristian Pedersen. The film accompanies the Danish musician and producer from the first steps towards the new album "The Science of Fixion", when for example he acquires new studio equipment, gives intimate insights into his studiowork or live-rehearsals for the Fixion tour.
Trentemøller/ https://www.trentemoller.com/
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BBC Four: Girl in a Band (2015) 

 Kate Mossman looks beyond the cliches of grunge babes and rock chicks as she goes behind rock's untold stories to discover if it has always been different for the girl in a band. Compilation of guitar band performances featuring female musicians, with Elkie Brooks, Patti Smith, the Go-Go's, Tina Weymouth, Kim Gordon, Au Pairs, Lush, Elastica and Garbage.
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loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies (2006) 

loudQUIETloud is the story of this unforseen plot twist. A deeply compelling portrait of four band members and their difficult, tense, and ultimately triumphant return. 

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TAD: Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears (2008)
Sex, Drugs, and Rock N Roll with a side dish of lawsuits and in-band turmoil, Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears chronicles the band's rise and eventual disintegration. It contains archival footage spanning the band's entire career, from the club days to the arenas. The documentary also utilizes insightful interviews from some of Seattle's most respected musicians including Krist Novoselic (Nirvana), Chad Channing (Nirvana), Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), Mark Arm (Mudhoney), Mark Felchtone (Zeke), and many others.
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Hype! (1996)

 Doug Pray's entertaining and opinionated documentary on the Seattle music scene takes the (admittedly unusual) position that the Grunge Explosion of the mid-1990s was the worst thing to happen to rock music in the Pacific Northwest. Hype! depicts Seattle as a town where a fertile musical community with a distinctive sound and style grew largely because it was ignored by the rest of the world. Once the unexpected success of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden made Seattle the rock capital of the world, drugs took hold, opportunists scrambled for the spotlight, and cheap flannel shirts became "grunge fashion." The movie features revealing (and often hilarious) interviews with members of such groups as Mudhoney, the Mono Men, the Fastbacks, Seven Year Bitch, Tad, Girl Trouble, Gas Huffer, Dead Moon, and the Supersuckers, as well as performance footage of all these bands and informed perspectives from a number of behind-the-scenes figures. It also features a technically shaky but historically priceless clip of Nirvana's first public performance of "Smells Like Teen Spirit".

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The documentary film featuring in depth interview with Mick Harris as he re-visits the legendary Mermaid Venue & Rich Bitch Studios. He and others talk about the formative period of the band around the recording of the album that birthed the grindcore scene SCUM.
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Desert Age (2016)
DESERT AGE is the first in depth feature documentary about the history of the California desert rock and roll scene from the early 1980s and 1990s. We are the first to feature never before seen interviews, archival and personal histories that shaped the scene to this day. Exclusive interviews with Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, Mario Lalli, Sean Wheeler, Brant Bjork and additional members of Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Fatso Jetson, Yawning Man, Suntrash and many more. 
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In the Ocean - A film about classical avant-garde/contemporay music [2001]

A documentary directed by Franck Scheffer handling on the story of the famous New York band Bang on a Can, their festival and contribution in the movement of modern music. An immersive movie which also shows their influences including the biggest composers of this genre for the last thirty years, such as Philip Glass, Frank Zappa, John Cage, Steve Reich, Brian Eno and many others. A musical journey interrupted with interviews, which is absorbed without resistance and honors contemporary music.

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Inside Out in the Open (2001)
 Inside Out In The Open is an hour-long documentary about a form of jazz, popularly known as free jazz. The film is an exploration of that music through the voices and performances of over twenty such musicians, from those who were its first generation to younger musicians joining the tradition. Unlike more encyclopedic documentaries, Inside Out In The Open unfolds in a more organic and musical form, revealing multiple aspects of this music and its makers. The editing structure is reflective and complimentary to the music. Free-form jazz, also known as the "the new thing," or "avant-garde jazz," burst on the scene in the early '60s, led by Ornette Coleman and Cecil Taylor. It vastly extended the boundaries in rhythm, sound, and harmonics, stressing collective improvisation, with an expansive openness and with deep personal emotion. Director:Alan Roth .... http://www.insideoutintheopen.net/
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1959: The Year That Changed Jazz (2009 TV Movie) 

1959 was the seismic year jazz broke away from complex bebop music to new forms, allowing soloists unprecedented freedom to explore and express. It was also a pivotal year for America: the nation was finding its groove, enjoying undreamt-of freedom and wealth social, racial and upheavals were just around the corner and jazz was ahead of the curve. Four major jazz albums were made, each a high watermark for the artists and a powerful reflection of the times. Each opened up dramatic new possibilities for jazz which continue to be felt Miles Davis Kind of Blue, Dave Brubeck, Time Out Charles Mingus, Mingus Ah Um; and Ornette Coleman, The Shape of Jazz to Come. Rarely seen archive performances help vibrantly bring the era to life and explore what made these albums vital both in 1959 and the 50 years since. The program contains interviews with Lou Reed, Dave Brubeck, Ornette Coleman, Charlie Haden, Herbie Hancock, Joe Morello (Brubecks drummer) and Jimmy Cobb (the only surviving member of Miles band) along with a host of jazz movers and shakers from the 50s and beyond. Director: Paul Bernays.
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Sounds Of The West - Straight Outa Bristol ( 1996)
TV documentary series originally aired in 1996, entitled "Sounds Of The West", which examined the music being produced in the West of England. This particular episode named "Straight Outa Bristol" focused on the eponymous "Bristol Sound" and features interviews with DJ Milo (formally of The Wild Bunch), Massive Attack, Tricky and Portishead. Music journailist, Phil Johnson, who would go on to write a book on this same subject, also weighs in on his feelings regarding the impact that Bristol had on the rest of dance music at the time. 
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Roni Size - The Works Documentary /BBC 2(1997)
Aired on BBC 2 in the autumn of 1997 after winning the Mercury Music Prize this documentary follows Roni Size and the Reprazent collective on tour
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Talkin' Headz - Metalheadz Documentary (1998)

The Metalheadz Documentary (directed by – John Klein) is an intimate and immediate account of a Drum & Bass label poised for world domination. DJs and producers talk openly of the artistic freedom they enjoy, how the label has evolved to represent such a diverse musical scene and why moving forward and pushing the boundaries is so vital. These names have created a global phenomenon and here talk for the first time of how it was achieved, where it's at and what the future holds. 60 minutes (approx) of music and interviews from the Metalheadz crew.

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20 YEARS OF JUNGLE MANIA (1993-2013)
The UK greats Kenny Ken, Fabio, LTJ Bukem, MC Conrad, General Levy, Ragga Twins, Dextrous, and more talking old-school jungle at the King of the Jungle show in April 2013. Film by CREATIVE WRKZ.   
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Bassweight: A Dubstep Documentary (2008)
BASSWEIGHT is a documentary that offers an unparalleled insight into the subterranean world of Dubstep. Charting the genre's growth from its obscure origins in south London to global recognition today, the film features in-depth interview with many DJs, producers and promoters ( Skream, Mary Anne Hobbs, Digital Mystikz, Benga, Hatcha, NType, Benny Ill, Pokes, Deapoh, Plastician, Heny G + loads more) who have been instrumental in Dubstep's ongoing evolution. Director. S.S. Hassan (Suridh Hassan).
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Dub FX - a short Music Documentary (2012)
Underestimated is an entertaining and informative documentary that showcases some of the people involved in the vibrant Drum and Bass subculture in Dublin where all its members are unified by their love of music. Featuring insightful, revealing and often funny interviews, Underestimated charts the history of the Drum and Bass scene in Ireland and shows the lives of its participants and the struggles they face celebrating the music they love: Drum and Bass. An extremely rhythmic and futuristic style of electronic dance music that can seem highly abrasive, yet is also deceptively sophisticated, intelligent and varied. Directed by Paul Harney & Dermot Heaney.
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Portishead - Welcome to Portishead ! (1998) 
This is the first portrait devoted to the group that revolutionised music in the 1990s. By teaching spleen to the machines, Geoff Barrow and Beth Gibbons invented a new sound. Melancolic, obsessional, Portishead’s music has become the ideal sound track for urban spleen. But, while the group goes from success to success, filling the Zénith, its craftsmen rarely expose themselves. Until this documentary, endowed with a true musical sensitivity. With a really dazzling virtuosity, Pascal Signolet’s camera clings to the group’s incredible wealth of sound. Intense concerts, intimate rehearsals and interviews reveal little by little their universe in which mystery goes hand in hand with down-to-earth. For the first time, Beth Gibbons agrees to express herself in front of a camera! 
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 1.) That UK Sound - Acid House Documentary
2.) That UK Sound - Roots Of UK Jungle Documentary
3.)That UK Sound - Pirates, Mcs' and D'n'B Documentary
4.) That UK Sound - UK Garage & Bassline Documentary

Within this series, we will discuss the genres from the UK underground music scene. The series will be highlighting the beginning from Acid House to Grime scene and every genre in between the journey.. Each episode will be distinguished with its own genre, discussing the origin of the sounds, how its developed and its impact on and from society, It is going to be a hit of nostalgia & history. This documentary is for education purposes only, NO Monetisation will come from this series. -------------------------------------------------
King Midas Sound Documentary Part 1 of 2 (Hyperdub 2011)
King Midas Sound Documentary Part 1 of 2 (Hyperdub 2011)
A short documentary film featuring dub and electronica artist/collective King Midas Sound.
... a remix project featuring the likes of Mala, Kuedo, Flying Lotus and Kode9 the documentary shows short excerpts of interviews with production mastermind Kevin Martin and vocalist Hiki Kitomi put to the soundtrack of their notoriously loud live shows.
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Sky Arts1: Gary Numan Reinvention (2011)
Examining the rise, fall and reinvention of the ‘Godfather of Electro’, this documentary tackles the question that badgers many Numan fans: was his success despite his undiagnosed condition of Aspergers or because of it? It also reveals how he accidentally discovered his unique musical style and his love of display flying, as well as and how he deals with his loyal, but often hypercritical, fans. Director: Jim Parsons
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Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack (2016)

A BBC documentary, first broadcast on the 6th September 2016, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Massive Attack's seminal debut album Blue Lines. The story of how Bristol found its musical identity and tracing the creation of the city's most famous band. The documentary looks at the emergence of the 'Bristol Sound' in the 1980s culminating in the release of Massive Attack's first album. Narrated by actor Paul McGann - who was a part of Bristol's creative scene throughout this period - it traces the history of the scene. From the sound system culture that arrived in the city with the immigrants from the Caribbean, and how that mixed with the existing punk and new wave scene in Bristol, to hip-hop which arrived in Bristol from New York before any other city in Britain was aware of it. It explores how this clash of cultures and musical styles gave the city a musical identity which to that point it lacked, unlike other industrial cities in Britain such as Liverpool and Manchester. Featuring contributions from key influencers of the creative scene including Milo Johnson of The Wild Bunch, Mark Stewart of The Pop Group, DJ and Producer Roni Size, and Neil Davidge - producer of Massive Attack's later work.
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Making music from noise - Soundhunters | DW Documentary (2015)
SOUNDHUNTERS – a musical expedition – traces the adventure of KIZ, two new coming musicians, into the world of Soundhunters. From Paris to Malmö, from London to Baltimore, the film follows their encounters with exceptional musicians from very different backgrounds and genres. Integrating the sounds from their journey into exciting musical scenes, KIZ playfully show us how the world can be turned into a limitless music instrument.
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A-Z of Amphetamine Reptile – Dope, Guns & F*cking up Your Videodeck, Vol.1 1990-94 (2003) From the mid 80-s through the mid 90's, Amphetamine Reptile Records defined the term "Underground." For blistering genre-creating sounds, graphics and attitude, AmRep had no equal. Being far too raw for MTV, the label began what was then a first - the cheap self-published Video Compilation. Enlisting the insane "Dr. Sphincter", the "Dope, Guns..." video series documents a seminal movement in music history. Featured bands include Boss Hog, Chokebore, Cosmic Psychos, Cows, The Crows, Feedtime, God Bullies, Guzzard, Halo Of Flies, Hammerhead, Helios Creed, Helmet, Janitor Joe, King Snake Roost, Lubricated Goat, Melvins, Surgery, Tar, Today Is The Day, Unsane, and Vertigo.
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