If you have never seen a music documentary... watch it.
If you have seen a music documentary, especially one that has Dave Grohl in it, or was produced, directed, or narrated by him... be careful.
This documentary feels like ramblings of old rock'n'roll millionaires who like to dwell on stories from the past, it feels sometimes really cheesy, especially at the end when they all turn into some guru-esque motivational speakers, with really cheap catchphrases. You could sell joghurt with these lines.
Coming back to my initial statement: I watched a lot of music documentaries, maybe all of them, and seeing this one, I must admit I learned nothing new. A big part of this documentary is Dave Grohl's life when he was with Scream, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, and I can not shake the feeling that this is another one of his shows, where he gathers some musicians to add content around his own story. Super boring.. and the fact that the narrative "Dead Kennedys toured in a van, Foo Fighters toured in a van" doesn't make Foo Fighters an underground punk rock band. I think this whole documentary is only there to add more "street credibility" and "punk ethos" to Dave Grohl's/Foo Fighters image.
I almost smashed my TV when someone ( I think it was Lars Ulrich) was saying something like that there are no new rock bands anymore today... Look at this documentary, there are 90% old rich men, like Ringo Starr (richest drummer in the world), The Edge, Lars Ulrich, Slash, Brian Johnson who make millions of $ and leave no room for new bands to emerge because people are spending their money on overpriced tickets for these dinosaur bands, rather than spending $15 on a new band in the pub around the corner.. so they are telling me there is no new rock bands? They should all resign and make room for new music! Can someone make a documentary about this? I would watch it.
If you have seen a music documentary, especially one that has Dave Grohl in it, or was produced, directed, or narrated by him... be careful.
This documentary feels like ramblings of old rock'n'roll millionaires who like to dwell on stories from the past, it feels sometimes really cheesy, especially at the end when they all turn into some guru-esque motivational speakers, with really cheap catchphrases. You could sell joghurt with these lines.
Coming back to my initial statement: I watched a lot of music documentaries, maybe all of them, and seeing this one, I must admit I learned nothing new. A big part of this documentary is Dave Grohl's life when he was with Scream, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, and I can not shake the feeling that this is another one of his shows, where he gathers some musicians to add content around his own story. Super boring.. and the fact that the narrative "Dead Kennedys toured in a van, Foo Fighters toured in a van" doesn't make Foo Fighters an underground punk rock band. I think this whole documentary is only there to add more "street credibility" and "punk ethos" to Dave Grohl's/Foo Fighters image.
I almost smashed my TV when someone ( I think it was Lars Ulrich) was saying something like that there are no new rock bands anymore today... Look at this documentary, there are 90% old rich men, like Ringo Starr (richest drummer in the world), The Edge, Lars Ulrich, Slash, Brian Johnson who make millions of $ and leave no room for new bands to emerge because people are spending their money on overpriced tickets for these dinosaur bands, rather than spending $15 on a new band in the pub around the corner.. so they are telling me there is no new rock bands? They should all resign and make room for new music! Can someone make a documentary about this? I would watch it.