This is a great doco for anyone who cares about rock and punk, and a brilliant primer on just how conservative, biased and cautious even the most seemingly rebellious of cultural movements can be.

| May 24, 2021

There are laughs, tears, and most of all, a success story so unique and interesting that if you tried to pitch it as fiction, no one would believe you.

| Original Score: A | Jul 9, 2020

This is one of the best rockumentary documentaries you will ever see.

| Nov 26, 2019

More than a rock-doc, though it sure does rock.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Apr 12, 2019

A great untold story.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 14, 2018

Death lives!

| Feb 4, 2014

A slice of music history forgotten for too long, and, thanks to A Band Called Death, forgotten no longer.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 27, 2013

An especially pointed variation on one of music's most oft-told tales: A band formed ahead of its time sits in muffled obscurity while others reap the harvest of what it first planted.

| Aug 16, 2013

It could have dug a little deeper, pursued more candid moments to capture on film. But it compensates by recanting the emotionally meaningful story of the Hackney family.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 2, 2013

An exceptional look at artistic integrity, musical innovation, and the power of family ties.

| Original Score: A- | Jul 25, 2013

A rock 'n' roll fairy tale, well-told.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 24, 2013

It's a bittersweet story of the fringes of fame and of three brothers who belatedly deserve to share the spotlight.

| Jul 22, 2013

A band call Death comes back to live in this hilarious and poignant peon to hard rock with a soft heart.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 15, 2013

Fortunately, Bobby and Dannis, the surviving brothers, prove genial company.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 12, 2013

Directors Mark Christopher Covino and Jeff Howlett tell this part of A Band Called Death without much artifice, relying on the natural charm and sunny dispositions of the surviving Hackney brothers to draw us in.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 12, 2013

It's a soul-stirring tribute to a man whose vision was too bold and revolutionary for his lifetime, or the convention-bound ways of the music industry, but was ultimately too powerful to be denied.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 11, 2013

An amazing story -- about the history of rock, about the capriciousness of fame and, perhaps most importantly, about the power of family.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jul 11, 2013

Like 'Searching For Sugar Man,' 'A Band Called Death' takes its cue from the modesty and joyfulness of its subjects, letting the glory of their music speak for itself.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jul 5, 2013

It's less about the rediscovery of genius than it is the value of obscurity, a sentiment that should give hope to every garage band out there.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 4, 2013

Questions about what that reputation is worth today, and how the Hackney brothers struggled to find a foothold, give filmmakers Mark Covino and Jeff Howlett plenty of material to work with.

Full Review | Jul 3, 2013