Rockumentary

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The term rockumentary is a neologism denoting a program on television or movie documentary about Rock music or its musicians. It is a portmanteau of the words "rock" and "documentary." The term was used by Rob Reiner in the mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap.

The concept of the Rockumentary Podcast was coined by Brinkley Warren in 2005 in conjunction with Athcast.com [1], a start-up non-profit that produces rockumentaries in multimedia podcast form. "ATHCAST" is a music preservation podcast started by Mike Ewing and Brinkley Warren that consists of video, audio, and interactive slideshows that preserve and disseminate the legendary music scene in Athens, GA.

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Rockumentary film examples include:

New Media examples include the podcast program "ATHCAST".

MTV in the late 1980s and early 1990s had a series called Rockumentary. Some of the artists that were featured were: AC/DC in 1991, Aerosmith in 1990, Eric Clapton in 1990, Def Leppard in 1988 and 1992, Don Henley in 1990, Rod Stewart in 1988, Pink Floyd in 1989, Mötley Crüe in 1989, Genesis in 1992, Metallica in 1992 and 1996, The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Van Halen and one on Heavy Metal music.

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