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Seven Ages of Rock
Episode 1 - The Birth of Rock
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Running time: 59m19s
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Rock music today is in its healthiest state since the 1970s. Fans are attending more gigs and more festivals than ever before and the guitar is definitely back as the weapon of choice. So what better time to launch a celebration of the genre.
This is the first episode of a major new landmark series that travels through the Seven Ages of Rock - a journey that takes us from sweaty clubs to vast stadiums, from the crackly 45 to the MP3 download. Along the way, the genre's greatest performers, writers and producers tell us how rock emerged, grew, and gave voice to each new generation that embraced it.
This episode looks at 1966. A young American guitarist called Jimi Hendrix arrives in Britain to find a music scene on the brink of major change. Artists like The Beatles, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones and The Who are all eager to move in new directions. But it's Hendrix who has the musical pedigree and the vision to ignite the revolution that will deliver to the world a new, hard-edged music of attitude: Rock.
This is the story of that rock revolution of the 1960s, as seen through the life and music of Jimi Hendrix. We see how he became the first - ultimately doomed - icon of rock. Delta blues man, Dylan-esque poet and technological prophet, Hendrix was the synthesis of everything that had gone before him and all that was to come. Some strong language.
Episode 2 - White Light, White Heat
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Running time: 59m16s
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Rock enters its second age to a psychedelic soundtrack and freaky lightshow, with Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett leading the way. These were the years when the music attempted to be taken seriously as an art form for the first time, inspired by influential New York band Velvet Underground who were managed by none other than Andy Warhol himself.
Also taking in the extra terrestrial imaginings of David Bowie, the art school glam of Roxy Music and the quirky surrealism of early Genesis, the programme explores how rock became synonymous with theatrical performance and moved on from boy meets girl to boy meets ideas and beyond.
With a wealth of rare performance archive of David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed and Roxy Music.
Episode 3 - Blank Generation
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Running time: 59m13s
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It's 1975 and young musicians and fans know that Rock has lost its way - it's become stale and overblown and needs to be re-invented. Enter the passion and the fury that was Punk - music as confrontation, rock with attitude, again.
Blank Generation tells the story of Punk as a tale of two cities, New York and London, at a time when both were in crisis. From New York came punk poets like Patti Smith and Richard Hell, and the stripped-back sound of the Ramones. From London came the sneer and swagger of the Sex Pistols, the political punk of the Clash and the outrageous all-girl band Slits.
Above all, Punk took rock back to basics to create a new kind of music that young musicians took control of by being themselves and doing it themselves.
Episode 4 - Never Say Die
Size: 700MB (734,932,992 bytes)
Running time: 59m20s
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The landmark music series continues with the story of heavy metal, the longest surviving, possibly the most controversial and certainly the loudest genre in the Seven Ages of Rock.
Emerging at the tail end of the 1960s from Birmingham - with Black Sabbath as its undisputed godfathers - heavy metal went on to conquer the world securing, in the process, the most loyal fan base of all. But, as the programme shows, it all began with an industrial accident in, of all places, a sheet metal factory, which changed the way one key guitarist played and with it the sound of rock.
Tonight's episode follows the highs and lows of the music that has refused to die and, along the way meets its greatest artists, including Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Metallica... and of course Ozzy Osborne and Black Sabbath.
Episode 5 - We Are the Champions
Size: 700MB (734,031,872 bytes)
Running time: 59m10s
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For some artists, size really did matter. In the early 1970s, rock moved out of the festivals and clubs and into the stadiums. We Are the Champions shows how the power and volume of Led Zeppelin and the showmanship of Queen's Freddie Mercury were both perfectly designed for the stadium and how it was only when playing to audiences of tens of thousands that their music came into its own.
The rock anthems of Bruce Springsteen are also seen working well in this setting, as are the reggae-inspired rhythms of The Police. 1985's Live Aid was the ultimate stadium experience, proving that rock music was now a global phenomenon. One of that concerts' biggest groups was U2 who went on to completely redefine the rock show with their multi-media extravaganza ZOO TV, which took stadium rock as far as it could go.
Episode 6 - Left of the Dial
Size: 700MB (734,046,208 bytes)
Running time: 59m13s
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The rock marathon continues with the story of the contrasting fates of two of America's biggest, most authentic bands, Nirvana and REM - and the hidden links between them that almost saved the life of troubled Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain.
In 1991, Nirvana's Nevermind album launched the grunge explosion that put the Seattle music scene on the map and gave a voice to America's slacker generation, alienated youth pushed to one side by the Reagan revolution. But Cobain was a reluctant idol who struggled to cope with his new status and his band's growing mainstream appeal. Nirvana had their roots in the underground and college music scene pioneered by bands like REM and the Pixies and this programme tells how REM also ended up gravitating towards Seattle and how a friendship developed between lead singer Michael Stipe and Kurt Cobain. In the end, it wasn't enough to save Cobain who killed himself in 1994, but his triumph and tragedy continues to cast a powerful shadow over the whole of rock.
Episode 7 - What the World is Waiting For
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Running time: 1h29m16s
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The journey through the Seven Ages of Rock climaxes with a 90-minute special on British indie music, currently still the most dominant thread in rock. But back in the 1980s, indie was regarded as music made by misfits and outsiders for an audience seeking refuge from the bright and shiny processed pop then dominating the charts. Tonight's film travels a long musical trail from The Smiths' first appearance on Top Of The Pops in 1983 to Oasis's massive shows at Knebworth in 1996, via The Stone Roses and the Madchester music scene.
With revealing interviews and rarely seen archive this is the story of what happened when British music's best kept secret was discovered by mainstream audiences. The journey ends right up to date with the 'roots' re-invention of indie recently spearheaded by bands like The Libertines, Franz Ferdinand and Arctic Monkeys.
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