David Fricke

This episode focuses on Zappa's early 70s albums, Overnight Sensation (1973) and Apostrophy (') (1974). Together they encapsulate Zappa's extraordinary musical diversity and were also the 2 most commercially successful albums that he released in his prolific career. Included are interviews, musical demonstrations, rare archive & home movie footage, plus live performances to tell the story behind the conception and recording of these groundbreaking albums. Extras include additional interviews and demonstrations not included in the broadcast version, 2 full performances from the Roxy in 1973 and Saturday Night Live in 1976, and new full live performance done specially for these Classic Albums.

This programme tells the story behind the conception, recording and release of this groundbreaking album. By use of interviews, musical demonstration, performance, archive footage and returning to the multi tracks with Ahmet Zappa and Joe Travers we discover how Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention created the album with the help of legendary African- American producer Tom Wilson.

C’est à 27 ans, le 18 septembre 1970, que disparaissait Jimi Hendrix, fauché au sommet de sa gloire après une carrière fulgurante. Avec ses nombreux témoignages et ses archives inédites des concerts mythiques du « plus grand guitariste de l’histoire du rock », ce documentaire magistral brosse un portrait électrisant du musicien.

This addition of Disraeli Gears to the acclaimed Classic Albums series features brand new interviews with Clapton, Baker and Bruce, along with lyricist Pete Brown, Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, John Mayall and Manfred Mann. Also included on the DVDare acoustic performances, original studio tracks and archival live footage. Included are additional interviews and analysis of the tracks, Exclusive acoustic performances, exclusive solo piano performance and previously unreleased full live performances. Though they were only together for two brief years (1966-1968), the London-based power trio Cream changed the face of rock with their jazz-schooled psychedelic blues--and never more so than on their 1967 classic DISRAELI GEARS. This program offers a critical review of the landmark album through archival footage, rare live performance clips, and interviews with rock critics, musicologists, and band members.

On April 8th 1994, Kurt Cobain - the lead singer of post-punk band Nirvana - was found dead in his Seattle home of an apparent shotgun wound to the head and three times the lethal dose of heroin in his system. Today, the cause of his death is still debated. This film charts the tragic downward spiral and increasing isolation of this hero of a generation, which even his marriage to Courtney Love and the birth of his daughter Frances Bean could not stop.

In depth look at the life and death of INXS frontman Michael Hutchence (1960-1997), who took his own life at an Australian hotel room at the age of 37 on November 22, 1997. Featuring interviews with his family, bandmates and friends such as Bono.

Cet ajout à la série acclamée et primée Classic Albums raconte l'histoire derrière la réalisation de l'album "So" de Peter Gabriel en 1986. Ce fut le cinquième album solo de Gabriel et le premier à avoir un titre (les autres étant tous appelés "Peter Gabriel"). L'album a engendré un certain nombre de singles à succès des deux côtés de l'Atlantique, dont "Sledgehammer", "Big Time", "Don't Give Up" (un duo avec Kate Bush) et "In Your Eyes" qui a conduit "So" à la place de n ° 1 au Royaume-Uni et n ° 2 aux États-Unis. So est un album de la génération MTV et les vidéos de titres comme "Sledgehammer", "Red Rain", "Big Time" et "Don't Give Up" ont été des facteurs clés du succès de l'album.

Mr Mojo Risin'" est l'histoire de l'élaboration du dernier album des Doors avec Jim Morrison, "L'A Woman". 2011 marque le 40e anniversaire de la sortie de l'album et de la mort de Jim Morrison. Ce programme explique en détail la genèse de l'album, son enregistrement et de ce qui arrivait au groupe à l'époque. L'histoire est racontée à travers de nouvelles interviews des trois Doors survivants : Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger et John Densmore, ainsi que des contributions de Jac Holzman, fondateur de leur de leur label Elektra Records, Bill Siddons, leur manager, Bruce Botnick, ingénieur et coproducteur de l'album, et d'autres personnes associées aux Doors à cette époque. Le spectacle comprend des images d'archives des des Doors en concert et en studio, des photos classiques et de nouvelles démonstrations musicales des Doors.

This documentary tells the story of Mudhoney from their very beginnings, to following them on their recent world tour and everything in between. Complete with testimonials from friends, music industry veterans and musicians such as Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament, Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, Soundgarden's Kim Thayil and Mudhoney themselves. This is the true story of the founding fathers of Grunge.

Série documentaire sur les albums pop et rock qui sont considérés comme les meilleurs ou les plus caractéristiques d'un groupe ou d'un musicien connu ou qui illustrent une étape de l'histoire de la musique.

Série documentaire sur les albums pop et rock qui sont considérés comme les meilleurs ou les plus caractéristiques d'un groupe ou d'un musicien connu ou qui illustrent une étape de l'histoire de la musique.

A definitive landmark series charting the emergence and re-emergence of rock music as a global force, told through the musicians who have shaped this most enduring of genres.