Monday, October 14, 2013

For another look at the early days of CBGB



Marc Campbell, vocalist of the Nails, is none too pleased about the new CBGB biopic... and at Dangerous Minds today, he offers up an antidote.

For a grittier and more honest view of the early days at CBGB, check out Ivan Kral and Amos Poe’s 1976 cinéma vérité, low-budget (but beautifully shot) The Blank Generation. With its post-dubbed sound and chainsaw editing, the movie doesn’t work as a strait-on, conventional documentary but it does capture some important rock and roll history, a time when rock was starting to feel again.

You can head on over to Dangerous Minds to watch the film if you'd like...

[Image via Dangerous Minds]
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1 comment:

  1. nygrumpOctober 15, 2013 at 9:10 AM

    That movie was painful to watch, the sound dubbing just kind of ruined it for me.

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