Electric Purgatory: the fate of the black rocker

[Cryptorchild92]

There are plenty of 'black' rock artists that are famous: Jimi Hendrix (aka god), chuck berry, living colour, bad brains.....But yeah Rap music Fuckin sucks.....ROCK N ROLL FOREVER MUTHAFUCKAS!!!!.....

[jreese66]

i like rock not into metal and punk.

[InSanityUnPlugged]

damnit i was hoping to see the actuall movie.

[lunarlibra]

Yo what song is that playing? That shit so damn RAW!

[FlammablePlanet]

Sounds like Sevendust to me

[fineassb]

I wish blacks would just LIVE! LIVE DAMMIT! be outside the box. This world has sooooo much to offer than just rap r&b, jazz, and gospel.

[JoshAllain]

TRUE DAT!!!

[oramikleepunk]

Most blacks don't even play blues anymore,and that was the whole roots of rock n roll.

[kilosnew]

I KNOW!!!! That is SO true! It's better to listen to all kinds of music than just what one deems as "culturally acceptable"

[GGboy1987]

im sure at every rock concert there are at least a few black people..

[ThousandClaws]

im black and i mainly listen to rock,metal,etc but i also listen to other types of music im just tired of people being shocked that like rock and things like that but luckily i have friends that accept me for who i am :)

[JoshAllain]

TRUE DAT!!!

[GGboy1987]

i know when you tell black people u like rock its almost as if your coming out of a closet to them its literally that shocking..

[InSanityUnPlugged]

Same

[bimini121663]

@ThousandClaws Hey man glad you said that. Actualy rocks roots were very black as blues and rock was born from black music. Most if this music is as if black guys had kept playing from 1965 onward. Listen to howlelin wolf and you see the start of black rock handed offt to whites. Blacks started this revolution lets keep it going

[MUN7001]

I realize that alot of people need to open their minds. They dont have to like the music , technically, they just have to accept it as a form of black expression. Afro-Americans have to be make it normal to listen to rock, not necessarily like the music.

[EddesHere1]

i wonder which film will be more informative....Afro-Punk or this one.... cuz afro-punk was like a life changer.

[MUN7001]

I really want to watch Afro-Punk, but this shit is scary as hell, it might give me nightmares

[JoshAllain]

Yeah! I'm Black, and I stopped listening to R&B years ago. Ever since, I've been extremely happy listening to my metal and classic rock. I'm still aware of my Blackness. I still know that Black folks INVENTED rock music, even though I've gotten a lotta flack from many people @ school. Black listeners these days need to listen to the metal band God Forbid, which consists of 4 Black dudes and only 1 White dude.

[ibumo]

Black Rocker till i die

[kymrence]

Love the footage of of Prince and Dez Dickerson.

[xXBeiNxxKrAzedXx]

is every band just gonna be hardcore...or is there any softcore...???

[littlerussiadog]

nothing about Bad Brains... if you dont know them youtube them. 70's hardcore/ punk. Im not black but Latino and people trip out when i tell them im in a punk band. 5 stars!

[anthonydjuan]

this is more relevant than we can ever imagine. if we (as black people) can't get past our own stereotypes, we're doomed in the end. Rock IS relevant to black culture. more blacks need to get hip to Cody ChestnuTT and Fishbone for the sake of self expansion.

[Rhysvision]

Ive been a rocker since my older sister dropped the needle on Jimi Hendrix's Are You Experienced" man I was like 7 or 8 Blew my mind. People(black) Were allways hassling me about liking rock. But I made my mind as kids as to be rocker Will always be a rocker.

[iluvpussyalot]

more power 2 u man, and o im ot black but i respect da fact dat u dnt care wat people thik and u stay a rocker.

[semsuor]

How come they didn't feature Mike Smith and Terrance Hobbs from suffocation? those guys are legends!

they're discriminating against death metal.

Fishbone and especially King's X are super badass too.

[MrsImSoooHollywood]

i dont think music should have a color but only a meaning im black and i lllllllovvvvvveeeeee rock becuase it has a meaning and rap doesn't it talks about sex,drugs,money,etc who cares?Whatever type of music has a meaning that i like im gonna listen to it regardless of their race becuase i dont care about anybodys race doesn't matter to me does it to you?

[Majesticon]

get real, music has a "color" and it's important to remember that. it's not wrong to "see color", it's the reality of the world and it makes more sense than pretending this dichotomy doesn't exist.

also, for every rap song talking about bullshit, there's one that is more expressive. u just have to find it. and rock was never *not* about sex, drugs, money, violence, etc.. do ur history

[wHiteBlack88]

hmmm........

[cman750rr]

Not sure what you mean by Black Canada "always copied Blacks in the States, I am a true music fan and respect all true Musicians....in regards to anti-rock Mentality you should be more specific please. Did not realize it was about Nationality..

[cman750rr]

I am a black male...born and raised in Canada I had the pleasure of growing up with a mix of friends I love all forms of music..must admit at first I was timid to tell my black friends I was down with Kiss or other rocks bands thank god for Jimi, Prince, Fishbone, Living Color...Lenny, Slash today....

[DarkVoyuer]

Blacks in Canada have copied blacks in the states in the anti-rock mentality. We need to start a revolution in North America. I want to see the first Afro-rock club before I die. Do you know any other blacks who rock out!

[allweneedofhell]

Been waiting to see this film for ages, can't wait for it's release. It shouldn't be an issue what colour musicians are but unfortunately in this world it sadly is. I love seeing black rock bands nothing seems to wind people up more, ignorant whites and blacks both. Mtv2 and Mtv base suck, Trevor Nelson and Zane Lowe have a lot to answer for!

[theonlyrealMugsy]

I came here looking for something on Arthur Rhames, because of the Living Color connection. Then I get this Americacentric auto-polarization about skin colour and music. I love all these bands, but it's about the music. I could give a tinker's cuss about what colour anyone is. There are "black" people who are not of "African descent". Where do they belong?

[pazu7]

I went to a meeting of the LA branch of the BRC back in te 90s. I remember a lot of bickering was going on. I was just trying to hook up with some brothers to put together a prog-metal band, but they seemed to interested in bitching about the organization.

[rapsucks9876]

yes. we need more black rockers.

[hawkfunk]

Interesting

[kali18]

I'm a black female and I love rock. Especially bands like KORN and Cradle but it so hard for some people to understand that.You be suprise how many black kids love rock but are to afraid to say it!

[DarkVoyuer]

Yes! You are an afro-rocker. You are a rare breed. Yeah, there are some close afro-rockers but we are still a rare breed. How many afro-rockers you know?

[blackdragon6]

how many whte rappers,and soul singers out therre??...not a lot.i'm black and i love alt rock,but even with the support of blacks, black rock will still be shunned by white media.sad but true

[guitarmana]

Without the blues, without african/american musicians, there would be no rock music, period. All types of music would be drastically different, and I shudder at the thought. This looks like an excellent film.

[funkg]

thank you thank you! why cant a funk band play rock?!

[joxxx76]

thanks for the info singaporegrrl! Could you please tell the song title too?

[singaporegrrl]

Dawn of the Millenia

[joxxx76]

As a fan of many of these bands, I really want to see the documentary. What's this song/band that's played in the trailer.

[singaporegrrl]

The band is God Forbid (http://www.godforbid1.com/)

[Soul74]

I hope this movie gets a wide enough release.