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Music Capsule

"Music Capsule" incorporates a wide variety of musical influences from 50s rock 'n' roll, to 60s psychedelia and beyond. Like its namesake, the Time Capsule, this collection has been compiled and housed to offer a retrospective on bygone eras. Incorporating documentaries, concerts, music videos and TV series. Featured are renowned artists such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, Led Zeppelin, The Band, Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, The Sex Pistols and much, much more. Right: John, Paul, George and Ringo...

Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart (1998)

Starring: Lou Reed, David Byrne, David Bowie

Follow the life of one of rock's most distinctive performers - from Lou Reed's youth in the New York suburbs and his years with Andy Warhol's Factory... Read more

Modulations - Cinema For The Ear (1998)

Director: Iara Lee
Starring: Moby, Orbital, Prodigy, Carl Cox, Cold Cut

Focuses on modern music-rave parties, techno dance music, and the history of electronic music (John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Robert Moog), moving... Read more

KISS: The Second Coming (1998)

7.3/10
Director: Tommy Thayer
Starring: Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss

For over a quarter century, KISS has shaped the face of popular music and rock culture. The KISS Alive Worldwide tour saw the rebirth of rock's most i... Read more

Year Of The Horse (1998)

6.6/10
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Neil Young, Frank Sampedro, Ralph Molina, Billy Talbot

Jim Jarmusch's rockumentary on Neil Young and Crazy Horse mixes super-8, video and 16mm footage from three decades as it captures the chameleon-like r... Read more

Classic Albums: The Grateful Dead - Anthem to Beauty (1997)

8/10
Director: Jeremy Marre
Starring: The Grateful Dead

When The Grateful Dead surfaced in San Francisco in the mid-1960s, with their psychedelic imagery and mass following of Dead Heads, they spearheaded a... Read more

Twist (1997)

6.3/10
Director: Ron Mann
Starring: Chubby Checker, Frankie Avalon, Fats Domino, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Budd...

Director Ron Mann proves he's the doyen of pop culture documentaries with this thoroughly entertaining story of how one song transformed a nation. Dur... Read more

Rhyme and Reason (1997)

Director: Peter Spirer
Starring: Ice-T, Dr Dre, Tupac Shakur, Chuck D, KRS One, Wu Tang Clan, The Notorious B.I....

Filmmaker Peter Spirer interviewed over 80 significant artists in rap and hip-hop for this excellent documentary exploring the history, the multi-bill... Read more

Fleetwood Mac: The Dance (1997)

8.7/10
Director: Bruce Gowers
Starring: Stevie Nicks, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie

Fleetwood Mac filmed in front of a live audience at Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, California. Many of their most famous hits are here including, 'Go... Read more

Jimmy Cliff: Moving On (1996)

Director: Francois Bergeron
Starring: Jimmy Cliff

In this unique and candid film, reggae artist Jimmy Cliff returns to his Jamaican roots, performing a thought-provoking selection of his greatest hits... Read more

Leaving Home: Orchestral Music in the 20th Century - Part 2: Rhythm (1996)

7.6/10
Starring: Sir Simon Rattle

In the 20th century western music has freed itself from the dominance of melody and explored the richness of musical pulse for its own sake. beginnin... Read more