Vintage SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, BLACK FLAG Footage Featured In 'American Hardcore' Documentary

January 6, 2006

Greg Prato of Billboard.com is reporting that a new documentary focusing on the punk rock and hardcore scenes of the early '80s, entitled "American Hardcore: The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986", will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival at the end of the month. The 90-minute film features vintage footage from numerous U.S. hardcore/punk bands from this period, including MINOR THREAT, BLACK FLAG and SUICIDAL TENDENCIES.

The movie was put together by Paul Rachman (best known for directing videos for ALICE IN CHAINS, TEMPLE OF THE DOG and PANTERA) and writer Steven Blush (who wrote the 2001 book "American Hardcore"). "There's this 'History of Rock'n'Roll' series — one of them by the PBS, the other by the BBC," Blush tells Billboard.com. "I saw both, and they get to this point in history. They talk about the SEX PISTOLS and THE CLASH, they talk to Exene [Cervenka] and X ... and they go straight to NIRVANA. It just kind of sent me on this journey to figure this out, and manifested itself five years later in the 'American Hardcore' book."

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