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Rock Docs

Oct 28, 2025

Rock Docs is back after a lengthy hiatus — we’ve been saving up our discussion of the artist behind the second-worst-selling album in the history of Columbia Records, and the jam band world he helped pioneer.

Today's episode is about “Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton,” a 2012...


Sep 2, 2025

Today's episode of Rock Docs is about "The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years ", a 1988 sequel to the classic LA punk documentary. This one is about metal, dude.

Our guest today is Ian Grant of the Jokermen podcast, who previously joined us to discuss "Decline 1".

Decline 2 features Alice Cooper,...


Jul 29, 2025

Today's episode of Rock Docs is about "Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road", a 2021 film about the late Beach Boys musical genius directed by Brent Wilson (no relation).

Our guest today is Dan Koch, who previously joined us to discuss "Gimme Danger", about Iggy & the Stooges, a very dissimilar tale of brothers coming...


Jul 1, 2025

Today's episode is about "Becoming Led Zeppelin", a 2025 documentary directed by Bernard MacMahon.

The movie covers the members' early lives and the formation of the band through the album Led Zeppelin 2.

It features a rare lost interview with John Bonham, new interviews with the surviving band members, and some...


Jun 17, 2025

Welcome to Nick's Pick's Vol. 5, in which we invite our friend and returning champion Nick McCann on to discuss any documentary he chooses.

Today's episode is about "Miss Americana", a 2020 doc about Taylor Swift directed by Lana Wilson.

TS works on her album "Lover" while dealing with personal and political...