Good band documentaries

[Maggot Colony]

 

[Mooncat]

I've read Nothin' But a Good Time. It's a good read, but it depends what you're looking for. It came out in the middle of the #MeToo era so if you're looking for stories of wild debauchery they just aren't in there. Like, at all. Everybody is very clearly self-aware and on their best behaviour on that front. Given that's what you associate that era with, that was a disappointment.

What it does have is tons of really interesting stories about what it was like being in a band in those days, what the scene was like, how hard they worked to promote themselves, how they worked with MTV and labels, how they made music videos, coped with celebrity, how important it was to be a great musician etc. 

EDIT: Should prob be in the books thread, but if it's debauchery you're after then check out Please Kill Me, plus of course, The Dirt.

[Maggot Colony]

I remember my mother trying to impress a posh guest by arranging a selection of books on the coffee table. One of the books on top was my copy of The Dirt.  

[Jward]

I remember my mother trying to impress a posh guest by arranging a selection of books on the coffee table. One of the books on top was my copy of The Dirt.  

[Eoin McLove]

Completely unrelated, but I worked with a guy many years ago who told me his mum considered herself a cut above the riff raff and insisted on pronouncing 'baguette' the proper French way... bagoo!   

[StoutAndAle]

Completely unrelated, but I worked with a guy many years ago who told me his mum considered herself a cut above the riff raff and insisted on pronouncing 'baguette' the proper French way... bagoo!   

 

Reminds me of an old joke.

Lad walks into a corner shop, up to the counter.

"Howyeh? Do yis have a Black Forest Gatt-ox?"

"Sorry, a what?" asks the shopkeeper.

"A Black Forest Gatt-ox" repeats the customer.

"Oh a Black Forest Gateaux! Yes. We do. It's pronounced gatt-oh by the way. Should I put it in a bag?"

"Nah. Don't bother your boll-oh"

[Eoin McLove]

 

[Jward]

Reminds me of an old joke.

Lad walks into a corner shop, up to the counter.

"Howyeh? Do yis have a Black Forest Gatt-ox?"

"Sorry, a what?" asks the shopkeeper.

"A Black Forest Gatt-ox" repeats the customer.

"Oh a Black Forest Gateaux! Yes. We do. It's pronounced gatt-oh by the way. Should I put it in a bag?"

"Nah. Don't bother your boll-oh"

[Sworntothecans]

Nothin' But A Good Time is up. Good watch, but kinda disjointed with the timelines. Definitely lifted a few ideas from Mike Judge's "Tales From The Tour Bus"

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Went to see Becoming Led Zeppelin tonight. I'd give the content 5 stars but the actual film-making of the documentary maybe 3. In particular there's lengthy previously unreleased audio interviews with Bonham which are great, plus plenty of unseen footage, including performances allowed run for longer than you'd expect in a documentary. But the doc in and of itself is a very linear traditional affair, and also completely and utterly sanitized. Although, as the title indicates, it does only cover the beginnings (up to 1970 Royal Albert Hall gig) rather than the utter mayhem years of the band.

[Sworntothecans]

https://www.ironmaiden.com/maiden-feature-documentary-announced-for-2025/

Maiden getting a big budget doc.

[Blankety Blank]

A fan made documentary to celebrate 30 years of "King for a day, fool for a lifetime". Nothing new in it for Faith No More fans but a cool, bitesize watch.

[Mooncat]

Completely unrelated, but I worked with a guy many years ago who told me his mum considered herself a cut above the riff raff and insisted on pronouncing 'baguette' the proper French way... bagoo!   

Had a friend who worked in a supermarket as a teen and got quite flustered when a lady asked him for a quickie. After much fumbling and embarassment he finally narrowed it down to realizing she was looking for a quiche 

[Mooncat]

Watched the first two episodes of Nothing But a Good Time last night. It's fairly enjoyable so far. It's not super in-depth or anything, just a breezy, fun look back at the era with some general history and fun stories. More uncensored than the book was, though nothing extreme. The first two episodes are a run through the history of the scene, ep3 looks like the Nirvana meteor episode and how everyone tried to cope after, so should be really interesting.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

A fan made documentary to celebrate 30 years of "King for a day, fool for a lifetime". Nothing new in it for Faith No More fans but a cool, bitesize watch.

Narration a bit cringe in places, but a cool collection of footage and photos. Nice one.