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Heavy: The Story of Metal is a four-part documentary special that aired on VH1 from May 22 to 25, 2006. The series focuses on the origins, subgenres and the bands of heavy metal music , paying close attention to influential bands like Black Sabbath , Led Zeppelin , Judas Priest and Iron Maiden , who helped to define heavy metal in its early years.
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey is a 2005 documentary film directed by Sam Dunn with Scot McFadyen and Jessica Wise. The film follows 31-year-old Dunn, a Canadian anthropologist, who has been a heavy metal fan since the age of 12. Dunn sets out across the world to uncover the various opinions on heavy metal music, including its origins, culture ...
The "Heavy Metal Family Tree" from the documentary heavily influenced the Metal Evolution series, with the Banger Films official blog noting that using the 26-subgenre chart as a "road map, host/producer and metalhead turned anthropologist Sam Dunn, crisscrossed the globe exploring the vast history of heavy metal across its 40+ year history and ...
The film chronicles the heavy metal club scene in Los Angeles during the 1987-88 time period, with an emphasis placed on the glam metal subgenre. [2] While many established artists such as Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Mustaine, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley are featured in interviews, members of several unsigned L.A. club bands are also given a share of the spotlight, including ...
Sam Dunn (born 20 March 1974) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, musician, and anthropologist, best known for his series of documentaries on heavy metal music.He co-owns Toronto-based production company Banger Films with Scot McFadyen.
The Beatles may not be the first band you think of when someone utters the words “heavy metal.” At the same time, the Beatles were about nothing so much as pushing boundaries, and in the later ...
The company has since produced theatrical documentaries and television series, as well as live concert DVDs by rock and heavy metal musicians. [2] In 2011, Banger Films started a YouTube channel, Bangertv. Most of the channel's content for the first four years of its existence were interviews and trailers of documentaries.
Poison frontman Bret Michaels is a prime ambassador for the era of '80s hair metail in "Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored Story of '80s Hair Metal," which takes its name from a Poison song ...