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The term rockumentary is a neologism denoting a program on television or movie documentary about Rock music or its musicians. A neologism (from Greek neo = "new" + logos = "word" is a word that although devised relatively recently in a specific time period has been Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. It is a portmanteau of the words "rock" and "documentary. " The term was used by Rob Reiner in the mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap. Robert "Rob" Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American Actor, director, producer, Writer, and Mockumentary (also known as a pseudo-documentary) a Portmanteau of Mock and documentary, is a film and TV Genre, or a single work This Is Spın̈al Tap (officially spelled with a non-functional umlaut over the letter 'n' and dotless 'i' is a 1984 mock Rockumentary

The concept of the Rockumentary Podcast was coined by Brinkley Warren in 2005 in conjunction with Athcast. com [1], a start-up non-profit that produces rockumentaries in multimedia podcast form. A podcast is a series of audio or Video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated Download "ATHCAST" is a music preservation podcast started by Mike Ewing and Brinkley Warren that consists of video, audio, and interactive slideshows that preserve and disseminate the legendary music scene in Athens, GA. Athens-Clarke County is a unified city-county in Georgia, US, in the northeastern part of the state at the intersection of U

Incomplete list of "rockumentary" titles

Rockumentary film examples include:

New Media examples include the podcast program "ATHCAST". Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! is a VHS / Laserdisc home video released by the grunge band Nirvana on November 15, 1994 Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen Washington. Glange Fever is an upcoming Rockumentary, directed by Simon Hilton and starring members of the Britpop band Supergrass. Supergrass are an English Alternative rock band from Oxford. The band consists of brothers Gaz ( Guitar and Lead vocals Jonas Brothers Living the Dream was a reality television series and a Disney Channel Original Short Series that followed the life of American pop/rock The Jonas Brothers are a VMA -nominated American Boy band. They gained their popularity solely from the television network Disney Channel Patti Smith Dream of Life is a 2008 Documentary film about Patti Smith directed by Steven Sebring. Patricia Lee Smith ( born December 30 1946 is an American Singer-songwriter and poet New media is a term meant to encompass the emergence of Digital, Computerized or Networked information and communication technologies

MTV in the late 1980s and early 1990s had a series called Rockumentary. Some of the artists that were featured were: AC/DC in 1991, Aerosmith in 1990, Eric Clapton in 1990, Def Leppard in 1988 and 1992, Don Henley in 1990, Rod Stewart in 1988, Pink Floyd in 1989, Mötley Crüe in 1989, Genesis in 1992, Metallica in 1992 and 1996, The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Van Halen and one on Heavy Metal music. AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Donald Hugh " Don " Henley (born July 22, 1947, in Gilmer Texas, U Roderick "Rod" David Stewart, CBE (born 10 January 1945 is a Singer and Songwriter born and raised in London England and currently Pink Floyd are Mötley Crüe ( IPA pronunciation: /'mɒtliː Genesis are an English rock band formed in 1967 With approximately 150 million albums sold worldwide Genesis are among the top 30 highest-selling recording artists Metallica is an American heavy metal band that formed in 1981 in. Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16 1958 known as Madonna, is an American Led Zeppelin were This article is about the band For their self-titled debut album see The Doors (album; for the Oliver Stone film see The Doors (film; for Doors in computing Van Halen is a Hard rock band formed in in 1972 They enjoyed success from the release of their self titled debut album in 1978

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A concert movie, or concert film, is a type of documentary Movie, the subject of which is an extended live performance or Concert by a Musician
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