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Status
Released
Release
2019
Runtime
1h 15m
Available options inUS
Explores the seminal music magazine from its 1969 launch in Detroit to the untimely death of its publisher Barry Kramer in 1981.
18 Cast Members
Lester Bangs
Self - Senior Editor (archive footage)
Barry Kramer
Self - Publisher (archive footage)
Alice Cooper
Self - Musician
Wayne Kramer
Self - MC5
Joan Jett
Self - Musician
Michael Stipe
Self - R.E.M.
Thurston Moore
Self - Sonic Youth
Paul Stanley
Self - KISS
Bob Gruen
Self
Dave Marsh
Self - Editor-in-Chief
Chris Stein
Self - Blondie
Jaan Uhelszki
Self - Senior Editor
Susan Whitall
Self
John Varvatos
Self - Fashion Designer
Chad Smith
Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jeff Ament
Self - Pearl Jam
Gene Simmons
Self - KISS
Lenny Kaye
Self