Directed by:
Dave GrohlScreenplay:
Mark MonroeCast:
Trent Reznor, Tom Petty, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Rick Springfield, Taylor Hawkins, Lee Ving, Josh Homme, Mike Campbell (more)Plots(1)
The most authentic of authentic documentaries about how real music is made. One-time drummer for Nirvana and frontman for the Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, catches the beginnings, the golden age and fall of the famous California studio Sound City, which was killed by the coming of the digital age. After the complex closed down, he bought the Neve recording console and, with other musical legends, recorded the special album Real To Reel, emphasising the human element in musical creativity. This musical whirlwind is interspersed with inspiring interviews with major musical figures. You can be sure that here, in Sound City, at least one of your favourite rock albums was made. Garbage, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Guns 'n' Roses or Metallica. Leaving aside soppy nostalgia, one can say that you cannot hold back progress. But analogue never dies! (Visions of Light)
(more)Cast
Trent Reznor
USA
Best movies:
The Work of Director Mark Romanek (2005) (video compilation)
Light of Day (1987)
Tom Petty
USA
Best movies:
Made in Heaven (1987)
The Postman (1997)
Mick Fleetwood
UK
Best movies:
The Running Man (1987)
Zero Tolerance (1994)
Mr. Music (1998) (TV movie)
Stevie Nicks
USA
Dave Grohl
USA
Best movies:
Nirvana: With the Lights Out (2004)
Daria the Movie: Is It Fall Yet? (2000) (TV movie)
Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny (2006)
Paul McCartney
UK
Best movies:
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Yellow Submarine (1968)
Rick Springfield
Australia
Best movies:
The Beat of the Live Drum (1985) (concert)
Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Nick Knight (1989) (TV movie)
Taylor Hawkins
USA
Best movies:
CBGB (2013)
Studio 666 (2022)
Lee Ving
USA
Best movies:
American Pop (1981)
Clue (1985)
Get Crazy (1983)
Josh Homme
USA
Best movies:
Hot Rod (2007)
Mike Campbell
USA
Rivers Cuomo
USA
Best movies:
Jackass 3D (2010)
Spell (2018)
Family Switch (2023)
Jim Keltner
USA
Best movies:
Tapeheads (1988)
Jimmy Iovine (a.f.)
USA
Alain Johannes
Chile
David Coverdale (a.f.)
UK