Product Details

• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: March 21, 1995
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000009UQ7
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #371,311 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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1995 Time Life Video & Television Colection. Volume 9. Original VHS tape, as pictured. VHS tape is brand new, factory sealed. In original slip cover with shrinkwrap. BLACK and WHITE and COLOR / 60 minutes. Check out our other History of Rock volumes.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Punk and its offsprings at a glance, February 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: History of Rock & Roll 9: Punk [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This documentary proved to be insightful, with interview segments with Richard Hell, Sting, John Lydon, Joe Strummer and many more. Documenting the roots as far back as the garage punk of the 60s to the early 70s sounds of MC5, New York Dolls and Iggy Pop, covering the top punk acts such as X-Ray Spex, the Pistols, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, and the Ramones, and even covering the music up to the present that punk has had influence on, such as grunge and post-punk. This is a very detailed production and is worth seeing.

Cousin Mark

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good but missing some things, December 16, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: History of Rock & Roll 9: Punk [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Just saw a rebroadcast of this last night. This is probably one of the best documentaries about the early punk scene I've seen but it does a disservice to punk bands that were around in the early/mid eighties . It does a good job of covering the beginnings from the Velvet Underground, MC5, Iggy Pop to the CBGB New York scene (Talking Heads, Ramones, Blondie, Patti Smith). Spends a lot of time on the Sex Pistols (too much IMHO). Then it spends about 2 minutes on the LA scene (X)and then jumps to Nirvana (??!!). What about the Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Fear,the Avengers, the Dead Kennedys, T.S.O.L., Social Distortion, the Minutemen, JFA, Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Scream, Sonic Youth, etc, etc (to name just a few)...?? I'm guessing they were probably trying to connect to the audiences at the time and everybody had heard of Nirvana, but they skipped a lot of great and influential bands. Maybe there should be a part 2?

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A "history of punk" probably concieved by U2 fans..., April 6, 2003

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"kitty_cat_pirate" (Ann Arbor, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: History of Rock & Roll 9: Punk [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In defense of this documentary (or should I say, portion of a very long documentary), it meant a LOT to me when I was 14. A whole lot. It was one of the many things in that year or two time period that changed everything for me. However, going back now and watching it... good god. It's so incredibly flawed! Granted, it's only an hour, but their idea of punk, and what they bother to cover, is so limited. Even though I think it's inaccurate, I can see starting with the Stooges and Velvet Underground... but ENOUGH about the Sex Pistols and the Clash, already!! They're only "important" because they were accessible enough to dig their way into the mainstream (don't kid yourselves...).
Also, as far as that "first" era ('76-'80 or so) goes, where were Suicide, the Dead Boys, Throbbing Gristle, Devo (not punk? you, sir or madam, have been mislead!), Pere Ubu, the Germs, and a thousand other bands better than the Sex Pistols and the Clash combined? Hey, and what happened to the lion's share of the '80s? Oh, punk must've died in 1980, that's right! ......
Oddly enough, though, I still get some kind of sick enjoyment out of this movie. That said, I do not recommend it to any adult who's actually a fan of punk rock.