Today on Rock Docs we discuss "Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone", a 2010 film about the alternative rock band Fishbone, co-produced and co-directed by Lev Anderson and Chris Metzler, and narrated by actor Laurence Fishburne. Our guest for this episode is Dallas McLaughlin, Fishbone superfan and the world's foremost satirist. Check out his stuff at dallasmclaughlin.com Everyday Sunshine goes into the backstory of Fishbone, how busing, desegregation, and the clash of various LA music scene...
Jan 16, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Welcome to Nick's Pick's Vol. 3, in which we invite our friend and returning champion Nick McCann on to discuss any documentary he chooses. Today's episode is about "Sound City", a 2013 doc about the LA recording studio Sound City. The movie was directed by Dave Grohl. The movie features a bunch of Dave Grohl's buds such as Stevie Nicks, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Trent Reznor, Stephen Pearcy from RATT (underrated!), Rick Rubin, and of course Rick Springfield. Also: if you directed a music docum...
Jan 02, 2024•1 hr 20 min
Today's episode is about "Don't Look Back", a 1967 doc about Bob Dylan directed by D. A. Pennebaker. Our guest for this episode is Ray Padgett, author of "Pledging My Time: Conversations With Bob Dylan Band Members", the Dylan Substack "Flagging Down the Double E's", and the "Every Tom Waits Song" Substack. Don't Look Back is one of the most well-known and well-regarded music documentaries of all time. What is there to say? It's Don't Look Back for chrissakes. Enjoy our conversation about the mo...
Dec 19, 2023•1 hr 22 min
Today's episode is about "X: The Unheard Music", a 1986 doc about the LA-based punk legends X. The movie was directed by W.T. Morgan. Our guest for this episode is another legend: Juliana Hatfield! Juliana is known for her many solo albums along with her work with the bands Blake Babies and the Lemonheads. Her new album, Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO, is out now. We can't get it out of our heads. X: The Unheard Music features the band performing many of their classic songs (along with their cover o...
Dec 05, 2023•1 hr 5 min
It's our 2nd annual Thanksgiving look at The Last Waltz. This time we're joined by Julia Swanson, noted superfan of the late Robbie Robertson. Plus: imagine all of the guests at the Last Waltz got sick and had to cancel at the last minute. Who among the constellation of rock stars circa 1976 would you draft for your very own Last Waltz team? Rock Docs is a Treble Media Podcast hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts Twitter: @RockDocsPod Instagram: @RockDocsPod Cover Art by N.C. Winters - ...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr
Today's episode is about "Anvil! The Story of Anvil", a 2008 doc about the then-obscure Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. The film was directed by Sacha Gervasi. Our guest for this episode is Fran Broderick, who records as Left-Handed 2nd Baseman. Check out his new album "The Dogs Race to the Door" and more at lh2b.com. The movie follows the band's two core members, childhood friends Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner, as they confront the challenges of being middle-aged rockers who never found ...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 15 min
This episode is a recording of the first-ever live Rock Docs podcast, recorded at the home of Michael and Kristy Rennie along with friends and fans of the podcast. Along with King Crimson superfan Roger Morrison, we watched the 2022 documentary "In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50", directed by Toby Amies. What you'll hear in this episode is the conversation following the screening. The movie is an exploration of the legendary prog rock band King Crimson, overseen by Robert Frip...
Oct 24, 2023•27 min
Today's episode is about "Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing", a 2006 doc about the (formerly Dixie) Chicks and the fallout from Natalie Maines' famous 2003 comment, "We do not want this war, this violence. We're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas". The film was directed by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck. Our guest for this episode is the music writer and podcast producer Dylan Tupper Rupert. We follow the band as they deal with the immediate repercussions of the statement and...
Oct 10, 2023•1 hr 39 min
Today's episode is about "The Devil and Daniel Johnston", a 2005 doc about the musician, outsider artist, and revered cult figure Daniel Johnston, directed by Jeff Feuerzeig. The movie was selected by our guest Noah Bond, who plays drums with many excellent bands including Cut Worms, Bonnie Doon, Sylvie, and Anna St. Louis. Daniel Johnston was an illustrator, filmmaker, and a musician who wrote and recorded countless beautiful songs, most of which were captured on a home cassette deck accompanie...
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Today's episode is about "Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliche", a 2021 doc about the British punk legend and X-Ray Spex leader, directed by Celeste Bell and Paul Sng. The movie was selected by our guests, Sweeping Promises. Check out their outstanding new album Good Living Is Coming for You. Poly Styrene, born Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, was the child of a Scottish-Irish mother and a Somali father. Celeste Bell, her daughter, narrates and appears in the film in addition to being its co-director. It's a ...
Sep 12, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Today's episode is about "Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami", a doc about legendary Jamaican singer and style icon Grace Jones, directed by Sophie Fiennes. The movie was selected by our guest, Kyp Malone, who you probably know from the seminal 2000's Brooklyn indie-rock band TV on the Radio. Bloodlight and Bami and is a verite portrait of Grace Jones' life, over the course of a few years in the 2010s. If you're looking for a Wikipedia-style run through Grace Jones' career and the backstory of how...
Aug 29, 2023•57 min
Today's episode is about "The Elephant 6 Recording Co." (C.B. Stockfleth, 2023), about the titular record label's roster of wild outsider indie artists such as Neutral Milk Hotel, the Olivia Tremor Control, the Apples In Stereo, Elf Power, the Music Tapes, the Minders, the Gerbils, of Montreal, Beulah, Dressy Bessy, Great Lakes & more. Our Very Special Guest is the legendary Lance Bangs, whose credits are too long to list here, but he's worked with most of your favorite musical artists and a...
Aug 15, 2023•51 min
Today's episode is about "WHAM!" (Chris Smith, 2023), a hot new Netflix doc about the massively successful George Michael/Andrew Ridgeley collab. Our Very Special Guest is Candice Renee from Treble Media! Our podcast is brought to you by Treble Media. And Candice was our guest way back in 2021 for our episode about the documentary "Hype!"! She only talks about rock docs with exclamation points! WHAM! is actually a very sweet movie about two best friends who supported each other through an unbeli...
Aug 08, 2023•1 hr 17 min
Today's episode is about "Grateful Dawg" (Gillian Grisman, 2000), which chronicles the friendship and artistic collaboration between Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. Our Very Special Guest is Brian Weinsten of the podcast Attendance Bias. Brian was nice enough to have us on his show and we're returning the favor. Grateful Dawg is very much a family affair - the director's father is David Grisman, other family members appear in the show, and it features cinematography by Justin Kreutzmann, son of ...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Today's episode is about "Harvest Time" (Neil Young, 2022), which consists of footage shot by Neil and his crew between January and September 1971 during the creation of his acclaimed and beloved album "Harvest". Our Very Special Guest is Tyler Wilcox, who plays in the band Prairiewolf (check out their self-titled album out now!), curates the excellent Doom & Gloom From the Tomb site (a selection of rad bootlegs + other music), and writes for Aquarium Drunkard, among other accomplishments. T...
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Today's episode is about "Gimme Danger" (Jim Jarmusch, 2016), which is about Iggy & the Stooges. It's a rags-to-more rags story. We are all at least halfway to Jarmusch-heads. And of course we all love Iggy & the Stooges. If you care about punk rock, or any kind of rock, or music, or just watching Iggy, an extremly articulate and thoughtful person, discussing the fascinating events of his life while surrounded by his laundry, this is the movie for you. Plus: Iggy roasts "Marrakesh Expres...
Jul 04, 2023•1 hr 29 min
Today's episode is about "20,000 Days on Earth" (Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, 2014), which is about Nick Cave. Is this even a documentary at all? It's sort of a semi-fictionalized day in the life in which we follow Nick as he records some music, performs live, visits his therapist, hangs out with friends including Warren Ellis, Kylie Minogue, and Ray Winstone, among others, delivers some monologues, and generally looks and acts super cool, depending on your tolerance for Nick Cave doing those ...
Jun 20, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Today's special Father's Day episode is about "The Muppets Mayhem", a Disney TV series about Dr. Teeth and Electric Mayhem. Our Very Special Guests are our kids, Callum Keatts (age 5) and Miles Lizerbram (age 6). Please...enjoy?...this Father's Day treat. We'll be back to our regularly scheduled serious grownup stuff in a few days. Rock Docs is a Treble Media Podcast hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts Twitter: @RockDocsPod Instagram: @RockDocsPod Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him ...
Jun 18, 2023•9 min
Today's episode is about "Classic Albums: Steely Dan: Aja" (Alan Lewens, 1999). Part of the "Classic Albums" series, this film explores Steely Dan's best-known and best-selling album. Our Very Special Guests are Alex Pappademas and Joan LeMay, the author and illustrator of "Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan" - buy it! It's great! Topics discussed include The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, PTSD (Post-Traumatic Steely Dan),...
Jun 06, 2023•1 hr 12 min
This is a rerun of our 2021 episode about the Tina Turner documentary. RIP Tina, we love you. Today's documentary is TINA, released on HBO Max in 2021, directed by Daniel Lindsay & T. J. Martin. An examination of Tina Turner's life story, including her troubled childhood, her more than troubled marriage to Ike Turner, and her 80's pop triumph. Plus: covers that are better than the originals, soul singers covering the Beatles, and more. Rock Docs is a Treble Media Podcast hosted by David Lize...
May 24, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Today's episode is about "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco" (Sam Jones, 2002). Widely considered one of the all-time greatest music documentaries, the film follows the band through the making of their breakthrough album "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot", the unstable relationship between lead singer/songwriter Jeff Tweedy and multi-instrumentalist Jay Bennett, and the legendary tale of the album being rejected by their record label only to be issued by another label under the same corpor...
May 23, 2023•1 hr 18 min
Today's episode is about "Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed" (Sam Jones, 2023). The documentary covers the recording and release of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit's album "Reunions", including Jason's marital discord with his wife and bandmate Amanda Pearl Shires and how Covid affected their family and the album's release. Also, it's the return of Rock Docs fave Music Box. Check out our interview with the director of this film, Sam Jones, eleswhere in the podcast feed. Great guy, great c...
May 09, 2023•1 hr 19 min
Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries A Treble Media Podcast Today's documentary is Little Richard: I Am Everything, released in 2023, directed by Lisa Cortes. The movie explores Little Richard's origins and the ups and downs of his career and his life, with a focus on his status as a groundbreaking queer icon and "the architect of rock and roll". Hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts Twitter: @RockDocsPod Rock Docs is a Treble Media podcast. Treble is a fully independent media ...
Apr 25, 2023•1 hr 18 min
Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries A Treble Media Podcast Today's episode is a bonus - an interview with our Very Special Guest, Sam Jones, the director of several films including "Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed", "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart", and "Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off". Sam was incredibly generous with his time, sharing his insights and stories about the making of classic rock docs (and one of our favorite "rock docs that's not a rock doc"). How did ...
Apr 20, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Today's episode is about "Crossfire Hurricane" (Brett Morgen, 2012). The documentary covers the career of the Rolling Stones from their beginnings until the late 70s. Our Very Special Guest is Dan Jasper of the fantastic Mad Men podcast They Coined It. Rock Docs is a Treble Media Podcast hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts Twitter: @RockDocsPod Instagram: @RockDocsPod Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt...
Apr 11, 2023•1 hr 16 min
Today's episode is about "Depeche Mode 101" (D.A. Pennebaker, David Dawkins, Chris Hegedus, 1989). It's about the band Depeche Mode as they play the final concert of the Music for the Masses tour in the Rose Bowl - and about a group of teenage fans on a bus across the country headed for the concert. Our Very Special Guest is David Rosen of the podcast Piecing It Together. Rock Docs is a Treble Media Podcast hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts Twitter: @RockDocsPod Instagram: @RockDocsP...
Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 12 min
Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries A Treble Media Podcast Today's documentary is Meet Me in the Bathroom, released in 2022, directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace. Meet Me in the Bathroom is about the early 2000s New York rock revival, featuring The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem, Interpol, Moldy Peaches, TV on the Radio, and The Rapture. We love those bands! Did we love the movie? Hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts Twitter: @RockDocsPod Rock Docs is a Tre...
Mar 14, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Welcome to Nick's Pick's Vol. 2, in which we invite our Very Special Guest and returning champion Nick McCann on to discuss any documentary he chooses. Today's documentary is Garth Brooks: The Road I’m On, released in 2019, directed by Al Szymanski. This doc is a two-parter from the A&E Biography series. We all went into this episode not knowing that much about Garth Brooks and boy did we learn some life lessons. Garth is maybe the most interesting character we've encountered in the Rock Doc...
Feb 28, 2023•1 hr 34 min
Today's episode is about "Without Getting Killed or Caught" (Tamara Saviano and Paul Whitfield, 2020). It's about the Texas singer-songwriter Guy Clark and his relationships with his wife, Susanna Clark, and his best friend, Townes Van Zandt. Our Very Special Guest is Tyler Jordan of the fantastic Texas rock band Good Looks. Check out their songs "Almost Automatic" and "Bummer Year", featured in this episode. Oh and there was an audio issue so Andy's sound wasn't recorded, oops. Good episode any...
Feb 14, 2023•48 min
Today's episode is about "Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run" (Thom Zimny, 2005). It's about, of course, the making of Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Our Very Special Guest is RJ Bee, co-founder of Osiris Media, which brings you many fine podcasts. Check them out! Rock Docs is hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts Twitter: @RockDocsPod Instagram: @RockDocsPod Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt...
Jan 31, 2023•1 hr 15 min
