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Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The film combines a spectacular concert performance by the band created exclusively for the film and a suspenseful narrative to produce a bracing, raw and visceral cinematic experience. Emerging young star Dane DeHaan portrays Trip, a young roadie sent on an urgent mission that turns into a surreal adventure, while the rock group performs its most iconic songs during a roaring live set in front of a sold-out arena.
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
When his band votes him out due to his embarrasing musical antics, Dewey has to make the rent somehow. After intercepting a call for his substitute-teacher roomie Ned, Dewey finds himself in front of a class of elite elementary school students. Dewey decides to take on the music program and makes it his goal to teach them the gospel of rock and roll. His ulterior motive is to get them to compete against his former band for a cash prize.
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
A "rockumentary" parody about a heavy metal band, Spinal Tap, that had a big hit song. Now, nearly two decades later, Spinal Tap still clings to some glint of their lost glory as they embark on an accident-plagued tour across America. In Cleveland, the group gets lost underneath the stage. In Washington, they're accidently booked at an Air Force formal dance. And in a Chicago record store, no one shows up to get their autographs.
6) Jersey boys
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group The Four Seasons.
Language
English
Description
After Jake Blues is release from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church is no longer supporting the institution and will sell the place to the education authority. The only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within the next 11 days. The brothers want to help and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the the money by staging a...
Series
Criterion collection volume 711
Language
English
Formats
Description
Captures all the fun, excitement, and unforgettable music of John, Paul, George, and Ringo at the height of Beatlemania. The Beatles perform their songs and look for adventure, all while avoiding hordes of screaming fans. Packed with all-time Beatle favorites, including A Hard Day's Night; All My Loving; Can't Buy Me Love; I Should Have Known Better; She Loves You; Tell Me Why; and more.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Small-town girl Jerrica lives an unexceptional life; until she takes on a secret identity inspired by her music. She becomes Jem: the bold, stunning and absolutely fearless global superstar! But when it seems that she may lose touch with the things that really matter, Jerrica and her band of sisters begin a one-in-a-million journey, discovering that some talents are too special to keep hidden.
10) Frank
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
An offbeat comedy about a young wannabe musician, Jon, who finds himself out of his depth when he joins an avant-garde pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank, a musical genius who hides himself inside a large fake head, and his terrifying band mate Clara.
Series
Criterion collection volume 711
Language
English
Description
Captures all the fun, excitement, and unforgettable music of John, Paul, George, and Ringo at the height of Beatlemania. The Beatles perform their songs and look for adventure, all while avoiding hordes of screaming fans. Packed with all-time Beatle favorites, including A Hard Day's Night; All My Loving; Can't Buy Me Love; I Should Have Known Better; She Loves You; Tell Me Why; and more.
13) Green room
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A young punk band on the road looks to earn enough money to get back home and gets an invitation to play at an isolated backwoods Oregon club. The gig turns sinister when the band accidentally witness a crime and discover that the club is run by neo-Nazis. Now trapped backstage, they must figure a way out or die.
14) Almost famous
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Director Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical drama follows a teenage writer who lands a gig covering the up-and-coming rock band Stillwater for Rolling Stone magazine.
15) Roadie
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Jimmy, a longtime roadie for the legendary Blue Oyster Cult, has been fired by the band. With nowhere else to go, he returns home to see his aging mom in Forest Hills, Queens, where a wild encounter with two old high school friends shows him that some things never change.
16) High road
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Fitz, a lovable bone headed pot dealer, mistakenly decides to go on the lam. He visits his estranged crossdressing dad to seek advice. In Fitz's world, he has the worst possible case of a love triangle where he is forced to choose between the three things he loves most: selling weed, his really bad rock opera, or his newly pregnant girlfriend.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
In the early 1960's, after one hit album, the leader of the band, Eddie and the Cruisers, drove his car off a bridge. Years later, when the songs again become popular, a former band member, begins a search for the missing tapes of the unreleased second album.
18) Alright now
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A rock musician drunkenly enrolls in college after she breaks up with her boyfriend and her rock band falls apart. What could possibly go wrong?
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Featuring music and an appearance from legendary rockers Simple Plan, here's a high-energy blast of fun the whole family can jam out to. Dave and his pop-punk band Summertime Dropouts are clean-cut, straight-edge kids looking for their big break. At a battle of the bands, Dave runs into his old high school crush Amy, and her rockin' trio. Will Dave and Amy get to play in the must-see music tour hitting the town? Will they finally get together? It's...
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Assembled in Los Angeles in 1966, The Monkees Emmy Award-winning television show spotlighted the group as they tried to make it big in the music world. The show helped promote the band's albums and singles, helping bring songs such as: I'm A Believer; Last Train To Clarksville; (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone; and others to the upper reaches of the chart.
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