King of Punk (2007)

Directed by

Kenneth van Schooten

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 10m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary interviews musicians from the 1976 to 1982 punk scene. It covers their thoughts on punk music and the industry. The film also follows an all-girl punk band from North Carolina.

informativenostalgicdown-to-earthlivelyanecdotalstraightforwardmusic-focusedretrospective

What happens

King of Punk is a documentary film directed and produced by Kenneth van Schooten and Julie van Schooten. The documentary film includes interviews with members of bands involved in the punk scene between 1976 and 1982 including Ramones, Adicts, Exploited, Avengers, Dead Boys, UK Subs, Zeros, Wayne County & the Electric Chairs and many other artists. They talk about this music form and the music industry in general. It also profiles OBGYN, an all-girl punk band based in Fayetteville, NC, and Patrick Clement, owner of Boston's FNS Publishing. The film's title, King of Punk, is based on one of OBGYN's song titles and doesn't refer to any one person. The King of Punk documentary was released on DVD in 2007. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• You Weren't There (2007)
• Punk's Not Dead (2007)
• Punk: Attitude (2005)
• Once Upon a Time in New York: The Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk (2007)
• American Hardcore (2006)
• NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell (2007)
• Kill Your Idols (2004)
• Everything is A OK: A Dallas, TX punk documentary (2020)