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40 Bands 80 Minutes! (2006)

40 Bands 80 Minutes! poster
Directed by
Sean Carnage
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This 2006 film captures performances from dozens of punk and experimental bands in the Los Angeles underground scene. It strings together short music clips and art pieces with almost no narration.

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What happens

40 Bands 80 Minutes! is a 2006 American rockumentary about the Los Angeles underground music scene in 2006 directed by Sean Carnage. In the style of Urgh! A Music War, 40 Bands 80 Minutes! is a series of punk and experimental musical performances and performance art pieces, with minimal narration. The film was conceived as a way to systematically document the music of the entire L.A. underground music scene. On March 6, 2020, 40 Bands 80 Minutes! was reissued with remastered sound and picture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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