Turn It Around The Story of East Bay Punk
This documentary spans over 30 years of the California Bay Area's punk music history with a central focus on the emergence of the inspiring 924 Gilman Street collective. This diverse group of artists, writers, organizers and musicians created a do-it-yourself petri dish that changed the punk scene... and the world at large.
Narrated by Iggy Pop. Featuring interviews from Billie Joe Armstrong, Tim Armstrong, Miranda July, Kathleen Hanna, Brett Gurewitz, Kirk Hammett, Davey Havok, Jello Biafra and many more artists and musicians.
Official Selection at SF Docfest.
"Channels and sustains the energy of restless youth while communicating the distinctive qualities of a community that carried collectivist 1960s ideals into a new generation, even as it rejected and vestige of their hippie parents' music." - Dennis Harvey, Variety
Running Time
158 mins
Year
2017
Kanopy ID
6547324
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Anna Brown, Billie Joe Armstrong, Brett Gurewitz, Dave Edwardson, Davey Havok, Duff McKagan, Eban Schletter, Fat Mike, Frank Portman, Ian MacKaye, Iggy Pop, Jello Biafra, Jesse Michaels, Jim Thiebaud, Kamala Parks, Kathleen Hanna, Kevin Seconds, Kirk Hammett, Larry Lalonde, Lars Frederiksen, Matt Freeman, Michael Franti, Mike Dirnt, Miranda July, Noah Landis, Noodles, Penelope Houston, Pete Rypins, Scott Kelly, Silas Howard, Strephon Taylor, Tim Armstrong, Tre Cool
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Comments (4)
More generous than a casually buzzed doorman who looks the other way at your egregiously fake ID. The details are as granular as the powder you buy in a stall with a crumpled five-dollar bill, but the sentiment is broad, warm, and inclusive, like the back-left corner of the pit (just watch ...Read more
More generous than a casually buzzed doorman who looks the other way at your egregiously fake ID. The details are as granular as the powder you buy in a stall with a crumpled five-dollar bill, but the sentiment is broad, warm, and inclusive, like the back-left corner of the pit (just watch your head during the finale). May every adolescent subculture be gifted with a you-had-to-be-there documentary as thorough, satisfying, and worthy as this one. 924 Gilman forever.
Read lessAmazing documentary! Highly recommend for any punk fans out there.
I sat behind Billy Joe at the world premier of "American Idiot" at Berkeley Rep Theater. 924 Gilman was/is the source of so much cultural and political change that I'm glad to say I live in Berkeley.
Reminds me a lot of "The Last Pogo" and my old Toronto scene. I always thought there were only 3 progenitors of the punk era. TO, NYC and London. Who knew.