A Band Called Death

Name: A Band Called Death
Director: Jeff Howlett, Mark Christopher Covino
Released: 2013
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Bobby Hackney, Dannis Hackney, Robbie Duncan, Robbie Duncan, Kathleen

2013 · 96 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 4,060 VOTES · DIR. Jeff Howlett, Mark Christopher Covino

Overview

Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was Death. Formed in the early '70s by three teenage brothers from Detroit, Death is credited as being the first black punk band, and the Hackney brothers, David, Bobby, and Dannis, are now considered pioneers in their field. But it wasn’t until recently — when a dusty 1974 demo tape made its way out of Bobby’s attic nearly 30 years after Death’s heyday — that anyone outside a small group of punk enthusiasts had even heard of them.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,252 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:11 RADIO HOST 1: The New York Times

00:04:46 My parents, Earl Vonlee Hackney

00:07:39 And, you know, we actually have tapes of this.

00:10:38 BOBBY: I bought a Rickenbacker guitar and a Fender guitar.

00:13:52 David, he could practice for hours and hours and hours, literally.

00:17:52 BOBBY". I mean, the last thing that he did before he left this world was a noble deed.

00:22:27 it just sounded crazy.

00:26:21 We spent it right around, in and around this building

00:30:43 and the band went with the concept, and nothing could change!

00:34:11 left to do in Detroit.

00:38:28 We just didn't wanna pack up and go back to Detroit, you know?

00:42:47 DANNIS: And I used to bring him behind the drum set

00:46:19 I don't have any idols

00:49:13 That was when he told us, he says, "Man, when y'all make it with this music,"

00:53:36 "But now that it's over, let our love grow stronger.

00:56:56 And he wanted a triangle in the clouds.

01:00:25 (POLITICIANS IN MY EYES PLAYING)

01:03:36 "in, like, the early, mid-'70s." And I was like, "What?"

01:07:20 "I can't believe that I'm up here looking for the Death tape."

01:11:20 It was pretty much like speaking to Uncle Dave again.

01:14:38 and I think he saw an article in The Times or something.

01:17:25 I mean... But should we throw this kind of a load on the dude?

01:20:56 This is our first stop for the whole world.

01:27:10 Okay?

Cast & Characters

Bobby Hackney Self - bass and vocals, Death Dannis Hackney Self - drums, Death Robbie Duncan Self Robbie Duncan Death-Cuitar Kathleen Self - old friend of Death Earl V. Hackney Jr. Self - not a member of Death Victor Veve Self Victor Veve Lambsbread-Organ, Keyboards Majora Florida Hackney Self - mother of the Hackney brothers Victor Twiggs Self Victor Twiggs Lamdsbread-Percussion

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,252

Dialogue density13.0 lines / min

First line00:00:11

Final line01:27:10

Production Record

DirectorJeff Howlett, Mark Christopher Covino

LanguageEnglish

Revenue$125

IMDb votes4,060