What Drives Us

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I love FF, I love Dave G, but this movie was a lackluster experience. It had no script, no clear direction, no focus. Pity. I really had high hopes with this documentary, but it was a let down. I mean come on! You had Ringo f@$king Starr and he only spoke for 3 minutes?!

Rented it with CODA Collection free 7-day trial on Amazon. Can't wait to purchase on Blu-ray. Dave never fails to stir the right mix of emotions in his documentaries. Loved hearing Violet sing with him at the end. Like the point of the movie - connecting with your audience is living!

This film is a must see for fans of rock bands, and aspiring musicians alike. Comments from Slash, St. Vincent, Brian Johnson, the guy from Slayer, Edge, Ben Harper and Ringo. How cool is that ?

If you have never seen a music documentary... watch it. If you have seen a music documentary, especially one that has Dave Grohl in it, or was produced, directed, or narrated by him... be careful. This documentary feels like ramblings of old rock'n'roll millionaires who like to dwell on stories from the past, it feels sometimes really cheesy, especially at the end when they all turn into some guru-esque motivational speakers, with really cheap catchphrases. You could sell joghurt with these lines. Coming back to my initial statement: I watched a lot of music documentaries, maybe all of them, and seeing this one, I must admit I learned nothing new. A big part of this documentary is Dave Grohl's life when he was with Scream, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, and I can not shake the feeling that this is another one of his shows, where he gathers some musicians to add content around his own story. Super boring.. and the fact that the narrative "Dead Kennedys toured in a van, Foo Fighters toured in a van" doesn't make Foo Fighters an underground punk rock band. I think this whole documentary is only there to add more "street credibility" and "punk ethos" to Dave Grohl's/Foo Fighters image. I almost smashed my TV when someone ( I think it was Lars Ulrich) was saying something like that there are no new rock bands anymore today... Look at this documentary, there are 90% old rich men, like Ringo Starr (richest drummer in the world), The Edge, Lars Ulrich, Slash, Brian Johnson who make millions of $ and leave no room for new bands to emerge because people are spending their money on overpriced tickets for these dinosaur bands, rather than spending $15 on a new band in the pub around the corner.. so they are telling me there is no new rock bands? They should all resign and make room for new music! Can someone make a documentary about this? I would watch it.

I have watched this documentary and I loved it. It tells you about the early stages of band and how they evolve and what's got into them in this kind of music(which is the great kind of music). And how they got inspired. The best thing about this documentary is that it shows that in back days, musicians weren't all about getting record deal and making money. It shows you that it's all about having fun with your friends and band members and having a good time and great experience and spreading love, which is absolutely true. I gotta be honest with you that if you're not rock music fan then you may not like it. But i hope someday, someone will show you that what kind of music is really a music. Because it's take some time to digest rock music but once you did, it will change the perspective of everything you see and everything you believe. I kinda like the way lars seems funny. 😂😂😂

Before I get completely torn apart with my review - "Sound City" was one of the best documentaries of all time on the subject of modern music. It was perfectly sculpted to tell the story it set out to and was just filled with all the nuances and the mystique-to-revelation pacing that comes from a well-done documentary. I know Dave Grohl has the passion, experience, connects, and the drive to make a great film on anything rock music. This one - not so much. Granted...this was a very bizarre time in the world to put out a documentary that is about touring when not even a single band has been on the road for the better part of 15-18 months. Yes...it dives into van touring...some trials and tribulations from the road, and the indelible craziness of every single musician that despite all signs pointing elsewhere that touring in a van is a complete and utter nightmare to most people's standards, the passion for playing music trumps all. I toured the US with a band in late 2013 and I agree with this statement. But this documentary wasn't nearly as visceral as it *shoud've* been. It really doesn't make the point it sets out to in the title. I'm sure that there was a lot more that Grohl + Co. Would've liked to put into this film, but it just was rendered impossible or impractical because of COVID where this documentary sort of turned into a mishmash of the who's-who of alt-rock products of the last 30 years coupled with following a newer band into the doldrums of van touring (which kind of turned into a half-assed attempt unfortunately towards the end). The takeaway on this documentary which is not what I was expecting at all...D. H. Peligro needs his own documentary. That dude has been through the ringer with his own struggles, not to mention he was a very early and underrated part of pretty much every SoCal punk-funk-alt-rock band worth their salt in some capacity throughout the early-mid '80s and he's got the best personality of all the interviewees by a long shot. He clearly had a very real, heavy experience insofar as the documentary felt the need to spend 10 (very well-deserved) minutes on his life alone. Last personal, very subjective note...I would have given this one another star if Lars Ulrich was edited out.

Dave grohl is the soul of present day rock and roll. I find it interesting he doesn't talk about nirvana anymore. I guess he realizes nirvana is just bigger than everything.. Dave grohl is being a foo fighter rock star wearing a Lacoste shirt. Really! He's cooler than that now. Ha!!

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