A Band Called Death
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.
Cast
Dannis Hackney
as Self
Bobby Hackney
as Self
David Hackney
as Self (archive footage)
Henry Rollins
as Self
Elijah Wood
as Self
Kid Rock
as Self
Alice Cooper
as Self
Mick Collins
as Self
Mickey Leigh
as Self
Robbie Duncan
as Self
Reviews
kineticandroid
There's an undercurrent of disappointment throughout the story of a band called Death. Misunderstood and marginalized in their time, they endured a lot of rejection and settled into lives that turned out differently than for what they had hoped. Then, after their music is rediscovered and shared, th...
