A Band Called Death (2013)
"This Band was Punk, before Punk was Punk"

Title: A Band Called Death
Original Title: A Band Called Death
Release Date: 2013-06-27
Status: Released
Rating: 7.163/10 (from 83 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Documentary, Music
Production Companies: Picture Machine, Haven Entertainment
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
Self

Bobby Hackney
Self

David Hackney
Self (archive footage)

Henry Rollins
Self

Elijah Wood
Self

Kid Rock
Self

Alice Cooper
Self

Mick Collins
Self

Mickey Leigh
Self

Robbie Duncan
Self