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- DirectorGavin TaylorStarsBonoThe EdgeAdam ClaytonU2 perform a live concert at Red Rocks.This is the year that U2 arrived in America - Just a bunch of boys - with really killer songs...
- DirectorSteve BinderStarsThe Beach BoysThe BarbariansChuck BerrySurf pop duo Jan and Dean host this showcase of performances by popular rock and roll and R&B musicians of the era.a time in history - just before the California Sound took over.
- DirectorMichael Lindsay-HoggStarsJohn LennonPaul McCartneyGeorge HarrisonThe filmed account of The Beatles' attempt to recapture their old group spirit by making a back to basics album, which instead drove them further apart.
- DirectorD.A. PennebakerStarsOtis ReddingJimi HendrixRavi ShankarA film about the greatest pre-Woodstock rock music festival.A really great concert - but they only show one or two songs per performer.
- DirectorChris HegedusD.A. PennebakerStarsJimi HendrixNoel ReddingMitch MitchellJimi Hendrix's landmark concert in Monterey County Fairgrounds in California in which he plays signature songs like "Purple Haze," "Foxy Lady," and "Wild Thing."This was a great concert, but if you want to see Jimi's full performance, you'll need to purchase this disc. and it has Otis!!!!
- DirectorMark RaccoStarsKurt CobainDave GrohlNirvanaOn Halloween 1991, Nirvana played live at the Paramount Theater in Seattle. Songs from both albums, "Bleach" and "Nevermind", were performed.At their peak in 91 - playing to a home-town audience. It was all down hill after that.
- DirectorMurray LernerStarsJimi HendrixBilly CoxMitch MitchellBlue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live At The Isle Of Wight documents the guitarist's legendary performance before 600,000 people at this massive outdoor music and arts festival in August 1970. This unforgettable concert film experience draws heavily upon Academy Award winning Director Murray Lerner's vast archive of previously unseen performance footage and presents some of Hendrix's finest ever concert performances, including extended takes of "Machine Gun," "Red House," and other favorites such as "All Along The Watchtower," "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)," and a unique medley of "God Save The Queen" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." New interviews with Jimi Hendrix Experience band members Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, and others set the stage for the concert footage that follows.
- DirectorMurray LernerStarsRoger DaltreyJohn EntwistleKeith MoonThis is the film of The Who's appearance at the third (and final) Isle of Wight festival in 1970. This is regarded as the band's finest performance.
- DirectorModiStarsJimmy ChamberlinBilly CorganJames IhaVieuphoria is a long form music movie. It stars the smashing pumpkins as the main characters. It shows live shows, and skits including "meet the frogs".Great footage of the gang beiing themselves.
- DirectorEvan BernardAdam BernsteinTamra DavisStarsAdam HorovitzAdam YauchMike DA compilation of video clips by the Beastie Boys.
- DirectorNick WickhamStarsFleaJohn FruscianteAnthony KiedisLive at Slane Castle is a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert video released in 2003, two years after the release of their last concert DVD, Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map (2001).Don't let the crappy box fool you - this is the best view of RHCP out there!!
- DirectorPaul JustmanRay ManzarekJohn DensmoreStarsJim MorrisonRay ManzarekRobby KriegerGrace Slick and Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane introduce concert footage of The Doors' 1968 European tour.
- DirectorRay ManzarekStarsJim MorrisonRobby KriegerRay ManzarekA 1968 concert given by the rock group The Doors at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, California.
- 1985– 3h 28mNot Rated8.4 (12K)TV EpisodeDirectorMartin ScorseseStarsBob DylanB.J. RolfzenDick KangasA chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star.
- DirectorKen RussellStarsRoger DaltreyAnn-MargretOliver ReedA psychosomatically blind, deaf, and mute boy becomes a master pinball player and, subsequently, the figurehead of a cult.
- DirectorFranc RoddamStarsPhil DanielsLeslie AshPhil DavisJimmy Cooper loathes his dead-end job and his working-class parents. He seeks solace with his mod clique, scooter riding, and drugs, only to be disappointed.
- DirectorBob DylanStarsBob DylanSara DylanJoan BaezBob Dylan on tour with the Rolling Thunder Revue in 1975; concert footage, documentary interviews and bizarre improvised character scenes.
- DirectorAlbert MayslesDavid MayslesCharlotte ZwerinStarsMick JaggerKeith RichardsMick TaylorWhen three hundred thousand members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hells Angels at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway, the bloody slash that transformed a decade's dreams into disillusionment was immortalized on this film.
- DirectorHamish HamiltonStarsBonoThe EdgeAdam ClaytonA concert film which captures Bono and the U2 boys live in Boston June 6, 2001. The film is an interactive experience which lets the viewer dictate different perspectives and angles of viewing. The band performs 19 of their best tunes, including "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "Beautiful Day.'
- DirectorDavid MalletStarsBonoThe EdgeAdam ClaytonU2 perform live in Sydney, Australia in 1993 on the fifth leg of their iconic Zoo TV Tour.
- DirectorPerry HenzellStarsJimmy CliffJanet BartleyCarl BradshawWishing to become a successful reggae singer, a young Jamaican man finds himself tied to corrupt record producers and drug pushers.
- DirectorNathan 'Karma' CoxFred DurstTodd McFarlaneStarsReginald 'Fieldy' ArvizuJonathan DavisFred DurstThis Korn DVD includes the band's first home video Who Then Now? and features the music video collection from Korn to Issues.If you purchase the DVD, it comes with a special disc of their last free concert at CBGBs in New York - That's a lot of equipment (and volume) for such a small venue - priceless...
- DirectorRichard LesterStarsJohn LennonPaul McCartneyGeorge HarrisonOver two "typical" days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves and Sir Paul McCartney's mischievous grandfather in check while preparing for a live TV performance.
- DirectorRichard LesterStarsJohn LennonPaul McCartneyGeorge HarrisonSir Ringo Starr finds himself the human sacrifice target of a cult, and his fellow members of The Beatles must try to protect him from it.
- DirectorDuncan SharpStarsLayne StaleyMike McCreadyBarrett MartinThe band featuring members of Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and Screaming Trees performs live in concert at the Moore Theater in Seattle, Washington.Sadly this is only on VHS. Might have to go out and get one...
- DirectorVictor FlemingKing VidorStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.This is how it works = After the MGM Lion roars for the second time - start Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon (Side 1) - Then sit back and enjoy the show. You can lookup "Dark Side of the Rainbow" in Wikipedia for more details, but it is pretty obvious.