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…

★ 7.2/10 · 90 TMDB audience ratings

Starring

• Dannis HackneySelf
• Bobby HackneySelf
• David HackneySelf (archive footage)
• Henry RollinsSelf
• Elijah WoodSelf
• Kid RockSelf
• Alice CooperSelf
• Mick CollinsSelf

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Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers

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… Read full review

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