Film review: ‘BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN’, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

Becoming Led Zeppelin is a detailed, well-researched but sanitised and overly methodical reminiscence about the rock legends.  Also, unfortunately, there’s a bit more truth to the film’s title than we might have wanted.  It only covers the legendary British band’s formation and early touring and recording years and barely emerges from the 1960’s.  Consequently, this film feels more like the

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Film review: ‘MUTINY IN HEAVEN: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

Music doco, Mutiny in Heaven, which is directed by Ian White (Before the Fall) traces the tumultuous life of groundbreaking Melbourne band The Birthday Party, the film’s title coming from one of their songs. The iconic band featured Nick Cave at his most musically and visually punk and experimental and his most self-destructive; multi-instrumentalist and song writer Mick Harvey; bassist

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Film review: THE WRECKING CREW, from ‘Built For Speed’

The Wrecking Crew were a group of gun LA studio musicians who, often unknown to the public, played on many of the big pop music hits of the 50’s and 60’s. They provided much of the musical accompaniment to The Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Sonny and Cher, The Byrds and perhaps most famously The Monkees. They also worked on

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