Part 1 of 6. In 1995, PBS (& Hugh Thompson & Robert Palmer, the critic not the musician) produced a comprehensive series on the history of rock and roll. While there were other documentaries produced at that time with the same name, this one is superior & harder to find. I think it is a terrific primer on the origins of punk & the influence of reggae on music in the 1970s. In 1995, many of the original people in the scene were still around to tell their stories. This episode of punk was part 9 in the overall series.
Sorry for the VHS quality, but maybe that contributes to the punk aesthetic.
What about the stooges
MrEvilPenguin22 4 days ago
The guy at 3:45 looks like a young John Kerry...
renc2002 2 weeks ago
@chrisp761 It's "Yes", and the keyboard player is Rick Wakeman.
lonjohnson50 2 weeks ago
I taped this off of PBS back in 1995 & I still have all the VHS tapes here from it, been watching the entire thing for the last 2 nights, best series I've ever seen, beautifully narrated & put together, I heard once it's been used in colleges in some music classes.
Anglynn74 1 month ago
johnny richman is always adorable
oHelmslyoRisesAgain 1 month ago
@jrsample0425 You're right - Frey is from Michigan, Henley from Texas, Meisner from Nebraska, Walsh from Ohio, etc. But as a group that formed and settled in SoCal and came to define the sound of California singer-songwriter rock along with Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt. So...
wildsmiley 3 months ago
Prog rock sucks. Give me a Ramones album any time.
wildsmiley 3 months ago
Can you please tell me the artists performing at the beginning of this video?
I believe its Styx and Emerson, Lake and Palmer? Let me know...CP
chrisp761 4 months ago
Punk save the Rock that its it!!
ghiribizzi 6 months ago
This is one of my favorite documentaries of all time. Where can you buy this?
swakachi 7 months ago