Brought together by director Jon Nix (Beyond Barricades: The Story of Anti-Flag), the recently released documentary, Don’t Fall in Love With Yourself, has now been issued in VHS format. The film explores the life of enigmatic musician and artist, Justin Pearson, known for numerous acts such as The Locust, Dead Cross, and Satanic Planet, as well as founding the Three One G record label. Keep reading below for more information.
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Slash Feat Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators Feature in New Gibson Films Documentary
Gibson Films have just launched their new documentary, The Making of 4. The music doc film takes viewers deep inside the history and musical influences of Slash Ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators (SMKC) who have been performing worldwide and recording music together for over a decade across four albums. The film is now streaming worldwide on Gibson TV. Check it out below, and read more.
Ellefson Coffee Co to Premiere Nick Menza Documentary Trailer at NAMM Show
David Ellefson (Megadeth)’s Ellefson Coffee Co.®, will exhibit at the 2024 NAMM Show, January 25-28, Anaheim Convention Center, CA. On the Saturday, the booth will premiere the trailer for This Was My Life: The Story of Nick Menza, an upcoming documentary about Ellefson’s former bandmate. The Ellefson Coffee Co.® booth number 5030 located inside Hall D will feature the VIP Rock & Roll Lounge Experience, and will premiere the official trailer at 12pm PST. It will be hosted by David Ellefson & Nick Menza’s sister Donia Menza Ontiveros, followed by a Q&A joined by Chris Poland and close friend Dr. Randall Kertz, (Ellefson’s bass tech from 1989-90), both featured in the film. Keep reading below for more.
Documentary About Prog Legends Kansas Streams New Clip
Kansas, known as “The Greatest American Progressive Rock Band” has a documentary film titled Miricles Out of Nowhere, telling the bands “untold story” coming soon. Watch a clip here: http://bit.ly/1L7pd00. The band which celebrated their 40th Anniversary in 2014, recently attended the film’s premiere at the the 2015 Santa Barbara Film Festival. It will be officially released on March 24th and is available for pre-order at this link: http://bit.ly/1DOVCsj. You can also pre-order Miracles Out Of Nowhere on Amazon here: http://amzn.to/1KsNbTh.
Kansas Documentary To Premiere At Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Miracles Out Of Nowhere, the documentary film based on the iconic rock band Kansas and their career will have their worldwide premiere at the 30th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) on Monday, February 2, 2015 Watch a trailer for the film here.
2014 marked the 40th anniversary of the release of KANSAS, the band’s debut album. To commemorate the occasion, the classic KANSAS lineup reunited, for the first time in more than 30 years; at the place their incredible journey began, Topeka, Kansas! There, they relived the incredible untold story of one of the most successful American rock bands of their era. Returning to monumental career landmarks in their hometown, as well as sharing untold memories ranging from touring to songwriting and recording, the band shares how the smash hit “Dust in the Wind” was just a passing comment away from never being recorded! Viewers will hear the band tell stories about recording in the studio next to John Lennon, a backstage fight with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, and how the words “free beer” changed their lives forever! Miracles Out of Nowhere presents KANSAS in a way they have never before been seen.
Sam Black Church Documentarian Gives An Update, Film Due Next Spring
Duncan Wilder Johnson (Bring The Knife, Thrashachusetts, solo artist), a fixture in the Massachusetts hardcore and metal scene, has provided an update on his long in the making documentary about the seminal Boston genre definers Sam Black Church. Entitled Leave Behind A Groove In The Earth: The Story of Sam Black Church, the film is due early next and sees some light at the end of the tunnel after eight long years and a successful crowd funding campaign. The activity surrounding the film has the band enjoying some time back in the limelight, with members promoting the documentary, and a dominating main stage performance at last year’s New England Metal And Hardcore Festival.
Jet from Sam Black Church At NEMHF16 last April. Photo by Meg Loyal Photography
The official update from Kickstarter:
Alright y’all!
I know everyone is itching to see this thing. No one more than myself wants to see it out there in the real world! There’s a lot of moving parts and my office is covered charts, emails, and post-it notes as I attempt to get this thing off the ground.
Making an independent film, as an almost completely solo effort, is tough to put it mildly. My lawyer and I are working our asses off over here, creating the best Sam Black Church film we can!
One of the main aspects of the film is to show a 20-year arc of heavy music, especially from the Northeast. With that, we’ve successfully licensed music by Tree, Stompbox, Overcast, Killswitch Engage, and we’re in the midst of working on Shadows Fall and Unearth. All of the later recordings of Sam Black Church have been cleared.
Everyone who contributed to the kickstarted campaign should have received merch, above and beyond the DVD itself by now. That means T-shirts, hoodies, posters and the like. The DVD is in process. After all this legal stuff, we’ll be doing the final cut, audio mix, and authoring it. Everyone who contributed to the campaign will receive a DVD. It’s doubtful that there will be a retail version of the DVD in stores because of structure of the music licensing. We’re still planning on a premier, submitting to and screening at various festivals, a number of independent screenings especially in the Northeast, and ultimately a streaming/downloadable version after the festivals and independent screenings.
So, what’s holding it up?
Well, mostly it’s people not getting back to me. People not returning phone calls for months, constantly having to hound people to sign legal documents so I can show their face in the film, and also the sheer amount of work that’s going into this thing. There’s a lot of photographs, fliers, live footage, and interviews and all of them have to be okayed. I NEED HELP WITH THIS (see below).
As I’m going through this legal process, I’ve realized a lot of the film has to change. This is caused by people not getting back to me or because we didn’t have enough money to pay for a certain license.
Therefore, I’m re-editing many sequences within the film.
We raised a little over $20K in the Kickstarter campaign and I can’t thank you enough for supporting this project. If you’d like to continue to support the film, you can purchase Prints, T-Shirts, posters in this store: https://thrashachusetts.bandcamp.com/merch We can always use a few extra bucks.
Will The band perform?
Well, that’s up to the band. I know they loved playing the last two shows at the House of Blues and The Palladium. I also know that they want to play when the movie drops, perhaps with some other old bands from their era, which would be rad!
We’re aiming for a March release. Originally I didn’t think it would take this long to negotiate with record labels, bands, lawyers, and everyone in between, but that’s the reality of it.
To cause a March release, I’ll need some help. It’s not glamorous stuff, but it has to happen. Basically it’s tracking people down who own various intellectual property (videos, photographs, and what not) and getting their permission to use it in the film. If they don’t agree, then we have to replace it in the editing with something we can use. If you’d like to help, we could really use it. Just send me an email. Thanks.
Finally, for your patience and my gratitude to you all, here’s a sneak peak of the film: http://vimeo.com/113132173
Thanks for everything. Enjoy.
In Metal, Duncan