Rockumentary

A rockumentary is a documentary about rock music or its musicians. The word rockumentary is a combination (a portmanteau word) of the words "rock" and "documentary." Producer Bill Drake called the 1969 History of Rock & Roll radio broadcast a rockumentary.^[1]^[2]

Examples of "rockumentaries"

Title	Creators	Year	Narrators	Info
The History of Rock and Roll	Bill Drake, Gene Chenault	1969, 1978, 1981	Robert W. Morgan, Humble Harve Miller, Bill Drake	,^[1]^[2]
The Pop Chronicles	John Gilliland	1969	John Gilliland, Sie Holliday, Thom Beck	,^[3]^[4]

Film	Band	Year	Director	IMDB
Dont Look Back	Bob Dylan	1967	D. A. Pennebaker	tt0061589
Woodstock	various at Woodstock festival	1970	Michael Wadleigh	tt0066580
The Last Waltz	The Band final concert	1978	Martin Scorsese	tt0077838
Gimme Shelter	The Rolling Stones at Altamont	1970	Albert and David Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin	tt0065780
Bring on the Night	Sting	1985	Michael Apted	tt0088855
Another State of Mind	Social Distortion, Youth Brigade	1984	Adam Small & Peter Stuart	tt0198307
Live at Pompeii	Pink Floyd	1972	Adrian Maben	tt0069090
Stop Making Sense	Talking Heads	1984	Jonathan Demme	tt0088178
The Kids Are Alright	The Who	1979	Jeff Stein	tt0079400
The Song Remains the Same	Led Zeppelin	1976	Peter Clifton, Joe Massot	tt0075244
Meeting People Is Easy	Radiohead	1998	Grant Gee	[1]
LoudQUIETloud	Pixies	2006	Steven Cantor, Matthew Galkin	tt0449121
Kiss Loves You	KISS	2004	Jim Heneghan	tt1102243
Flight 666	Iron Maiden	2009	Sam Dunn & Scot McFadyen	tt1361558
Shine a Light	Rolling Stones	2008	Martin Scorsese	[2]
Lord Don't Slow Me Down	Oasis	2007	Baillie Walsh	tt1167522
Come Rain or Shine	Genesis	2008	Anthony Mathile	tt1232771

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "The Reel Top 40 Radio Repository - The History of Rock and Roll Demo". Reelradio.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Hopkins, Jerry (April 5, 1969), "'Rockumentary' Radio Milestone", Rolling Stone, no. 30, p. 9{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
↑ Hear Rockumentary (music and interviews) on the Pop Chronicles (1969).
↑ "Classic DJ and Radio Scrapbook: KRLA POP CHRONICLES Program, 1969 (1 of 2)". Classicdjradioscrapbook.blogspot.com. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2009-06-15.