LOUDER THAN LOVE:The Excellence of 2013: Musical Documentaries

The Excellence of 2013: Musical Documentaries

http://theinterrobang.com/2014/01/the-excellence-of-2013-musical-documentaries/

2013 brought us quite a few musical documentaries (and even a couple of docu-dramas).  Once again The Filtered Excellence was there to find it all. Enjoy the year’s best!

Louder Than Love – The Grande Ballroom Story.  During the late 1960s, there was a major player in the Detroit rock scene and it happened to be a concert venue. The Grand Ballroom was the place that launched careers and became a destination for rock bands from across the United States and Great Britain. It was the venue to play in Detroit. “Louder Than Love’ tells the story of the Grande Ballroom and the incredible talent that crossed its stage. Acts like MC5, Iggy and the Stooges, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin and so many others got loud with the Grande Ballroom’s amazing acoustics. “Louder Than Love” has a special screening on Sunday, October 13th at 2:30pm at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema in New York City. Keep an eye on their website for a screening near you. (10-10-13)

Psychedelic Rock Poster Artist Gary Grimshaw Dead at 67

Psychedelic Rock Poster Artist Gary Grimshaw Dead at 67

The rock world lost one of its pioneering concert poster artists on Monday when Gary Grimshaw passed away at the age of 67 in his home town of Detroit after a long battle with a variety of illnesses.

Grimshaw was best-known for the iconic psychedelic posters he created for concerts at Detroit’s Grande Ballroom, part of a circuit of 60s venues that played host all the major rock bands of the time from homegrown heroes to visiting British artists such as the Who, Cream, the Jeff Beck Group, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Grimshaw was also closely associated with the MC5, which served as the Grande’s house band.

“I wanted to do posters like they were doing out in San Francisco, at the Fillmore, and (MC5 frontman) Rob Tyner, recommended Gary,” Grande owner Russ Gibb said after learning of Grimshaw’s death. “He was the easiest guy in the world to work with; I’d give him the outline, never said what to do and how to do it, and he did it great, always.”

Gary Grimshaw’s Work — Click Here for More

Love-In Detroit at Belle Isle, 1967

Jim Hendrix at the Masonic, 1968

MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer, who along with Tyner grew up with Grimshaw in Lincoln Park, south of Detroit, remembered that, “As kids, Gary Grimshaw was the best artist in our neighborhood,” said MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer, who grew up with the Detroit-born Grimshaw in Lincoln Park. “We drew hot rod cars and he knew the secret of how to capture chrome, which made him the coolest to a greaser like me. Of course, Gary became a truly great artist and friend and his art made the world a more beautiful place.”

Grimshaw’s art — highly collectible and even enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum in Cleveland — has long been considered as representative of the 60s counterculture era as the work done by any of his counterparts on either coasts.

“He started an art form that wasn’t there prior,” noted Tony D’Annunzio, director of the documentary “Louder Than Love: The Grande Ballroom Story.” “He wasn’t a musician, but that whole culture that was going on then, he wanted to be part of it. When he got the chance, he jumped at it.”

Scott Morgan of the Rationals and Sonic’s Rendezvous Band recalled Grimshaw’s posters as “just excellent work. It really caught the spirit and the energy of the times.”

Grimshaw, who served in the U.S. Navy during the early 60s, was also part of Detroit’s burgeoning political and anti-war movements. He served as the Minister of Art for the White Panther Party and also worked for the Rainbow Peoples Party, the Detroit Artists Workshop, the Fifth Estate underground newspapers and Trans-Love Energies. He was also responsible for overturning the city of Detroit’s obscenity ordinance in 1969, when the Michigan Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling that one of his works was obscene. He lived briefly in the San Francisco Bay Area during the a late 60s and early 70s, then returned for a 14-year stay in the late 80s.

Besides posters, he contributed artwork to the Ann Arbor Sun, the San Francisco Oracle and other underground publications, and he was associate art director for Creem magazine. He and photographer Leni Sinclair published the book “Detroit Rocks: A Pictorial History of Motor City Rock and Roll (1965 to 1975)” in 2012, and in recent years he continued to make posters for bands, including the White Stripes and the Detroit Cobras, and had begun actively exhibiting and licensing his work. He visited Brooklyn during the fall for successful exhibitions and signings.

Grimshaw is survived by his wife, Laura, and their son, Alan, who is also an artist and designer. Funeral arrangements for this weekend are pending, while “A Night of Good Love,” which was intended to be a benefit for Grimshaw, will go on as a memorial on March 22 in Mount Clemens, Mich., with performances by Scott Morgan, Dick Wagner & Friends and Gary Quackenbush of SRC. More information about Grimshaw can be found at www.garygrimshaw.com.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5869661/gary-grimshaw-dead-psychedelic-rock-poster-artist-dies

Its Official!! LOUD PRODUCTIONS LLC has signed with ARSENAL PICTURES in Los Angeles.

Its Official!!  
LOUD PRODUCTIONS LLC has signed with ARSENAL PICTURES in Los Angeles.
After almost 2 years of Sold Out Festival and Exhibit screenings,LOUD Productions LLC & ARSENAL PICTURES will be working together to get LOUDER THAN LOVE-The Grande Ballroom Story available on DVD and Internet Streaming sites.

I have been receiving  a lot of DVD requests and I’m very thankful for all the interest and support that everyone has been giving the project. Arsenal Pictures is aggressively working to get the DVD’s out & available for public purchase ASAP.  As much as I was hoping to have them available for a holiday release/purchase,I don’t have a release date as of yet but believe me,I want to get these out ASAP too!!!

I want to thank  Yarek Danielak,Iwona Ash,Paula Marshall and the rest of the Arsenal Pictures staff for helping to bring LOUDER story to the global market.
http://www.arsenal-pictures.com/company/
A very big THANK YOU to Howard Hertz and the entire Hertz,Schram PC staff for all guidance and legal expertise through this process.
http://www.hertzschram.com/Our-Team/Howard-Hertz.shtml

Most importantly, all the LOUDER FB fans for all the love,support and ongoing interest in the film and wanting to have a piece of ROCK AND ROLL History for their very own.
Thanks for your patience!!

best,
Tony D’Annunzio
producer/director

Juice is wanting to get LOUDER in NYC!

Juice is wanting to get LOUDER in NYC!

http://juicemagazine.com/home/2013-cbgb-music-film-festival-announces-films/

LOUDER THAN LOVE: THE GRANDE BALLROOM
East Coast Premiere
Director: Tony D’Annunzio
While the rest of the country was listening to the laid back sounds of the West Coast during the “Summer of Love” in 1967, Detroit was creating a sound that was “LOUDER THAN LOVE.” Featuring footage of such rock icons like Roger Daltrey, Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, Wayne Kramer, James Williamson, Slash, Don Was, B.B King, Henry Rollins and many more tell the story of the Grande Ballroom and its effect on not only the Detroit Rock scene but on the World of Rock Music.

NYC R U READY TO GET LOUDER??!!??

NYC R U READY TO GET LOUDER ??!!??

LOUDER THAN LOVE will be screening OCT 10th at the Landmark Theater In NYC at 7p. Producer/Director Tony D’Annunzio & Poet/Musician/ John Sinclair will be on hand for a Q&A following the 7p screening

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http://www.cbgb.com/films.php#!programmation=participant$louder-than-love-the-grande-ballroom-story/1267

Tickets are available at:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/478641

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Jam Bands is getting pumped up for LOUDER in NYC!!!

Jam Bands is getting pumped up for LOUDER in NYC!!!

CBGB Music & Film Festival will be opening their 5 day festival with the film premiere of CBGB on October 9. Directed by Randall Miller, the film explores the beginnings of the US punk movement and focuses on the famous club, and it namesake, CBGB. Founded 40 years ago in New York City’s Bowery neighborhood, CBGB, or Country, Blue Grass, & Blues, was accredited as a birthplace of American indie and punk rock.

The CBGB Music & Film Festival will premiere 40 movie titles. There will be longer independent films like Louder than Love: The Grande Ballroom Story, which explores the Detroit music scene”

http://www.jambands.com/news/2013/07/26/cbgb-to-premiere-at-cbgb-music-film-festival#.Ukbhu7zag7A

Brooklyn Vegans are hungry for LOUDER in NYC

Brooklyn Vegans are hungry for LOUDER in NYC

the CBGB Music & Film Festival is returning to various NYC venues from October 9 to 13. Many films will be making their premieres at the fest, and it’s just been announced that the long-time-coming CBGB movie will make its festival premiere during the film portion (the above text is from our last post on it)

“Other music films making their premieres at the festival include Tony D’Annunzio’s Detroit music scene documentary, Louder Than Love: The Grande Ballroom Story”

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2013/07/cbgb_movie_and.html

CBGB Music & Film Festival Announces LOUDER THAN LOVE !!!

CBGB Music & Film Festival Announces CBGB, The Movie As Opening Night Premiere and LOUDER THAN LOVE-The Grande Ballroom Story!!

“In addition to CBGB, a number of important music films will also have their worldwide premieres at CBGB Film Festival, including Louder Than Love: The Grande Ballroom Story (directed by Tony D’Annunzio and documenting the Detroit music scene)”

http://www.cbgb.com/news.php?nid=11

The CBGB Film Festival will premiere an estimated 40 new movie titles, featuring Q&A sessions with directors, producers and/or actors. “We have programmed a lot of great films that cover a wide array of music topics without getting too far away from the independent spirit of CBGB,” says CBGB Film Festival Director Joe Amodei. “We are also putting together a list of who’s who in the indie film world to participate in some lively and informative film panels.”

http://www.cbgb.com/films.php?p=f&fid=313

Dates for the screening will be announced shortly….

LOUDER THAN LOVE does it again!!

THIS PERFORMANCE IS SOLD OUT!
During the late 1960s the Grande Ballroom stood at the epicenter of the Detroit rock scene that spawned bands such as Iggy & The Stooges, Alice Cooper, The Frost, SRC and more. The Grande also inspired British acts such as Led Zeppelin, Cream and Pink Floyd, many of whom dreaded having to follow a blistering opening set by the MC5. Louder Than Love documents the creative and revolutionary frenzy of Detroit in the 1960s with rare archival footage and interviews by surviving musicians, and explores the now abandoned theater haunted by this legacy. (75 min.)

Special guests Wayne Kramer of the MC5, Curatorial Director Howard Kramer from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Louder Than Love director Tony D’Annunzio will all be present to discuss the film with the audience after the screening. This special encore showing of Louder Than Love is part of the Concert of Colors and is free to the public, but tickets are required. For a complete Concert of Colors schedule, please visit the concert homepage at concertofcolors.com.

http://concertofcolors.com/#sthash.uUSm9Usy.dpuf
THIS PERFORMANCE IS SOLD OUT! 

– See more at: http://www.dia.org/auxiliaries/event.aspx?id=3908&iid&aux_id=14&cid=100#sthash.jtrcSloD.dpuf

This Performance is SOLD OUT!!!

Its become the standard tag line for the LOUDER THAN LOVE screenings and its happened once again.

During the late 1960s the Grande Ballroom stood at the epicenter of the Detroit rock scene that spawned bands such as Iggy & The Stooges, Alice Cooper, The Frost, SRC and more. The Grande also inspired British acts such as Led Zeppelin, Cream and Pink Floyd, many of whom dreaded having to follow a blistering opening set by the MC5. Louder Than Love documents the creative and revolutionary frenzy of Detroit in the 1960s with rare archival footage and interviews by surviving musicians, and explores the now abandoned theater haunted by this legacy. (75 min.)

Special guests Wayne Kramer of the MC5, Curatorial Director Howard Kramer from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Louder Than Love director Tony D’Annunzio will all be present to discuss the film with the audience after the screening. This special encore showing of Louder Than Love is part of the Concert of Colors and is free to the public, but tickets are required. For a complete Concert of Colors schedule, please visit the concert homepage at concertofcolors.com. – See more at: http://www.dia.org/auxiliaries/event.aspx?id=3908&iid&aux_id=14&cid=100#sthash.jtrcSloD.dpuf

http://www.dia.org/auxiliaries/event.aspx?id=3908&iid&aux_id=14&cid=100

During the late 1960s the Grande Ballroom stood at the epicenter of the Detroit rock scene that spawned bands such as Iggy & The Stooges, Alice Cooper, The Frost, SRC and more. The Grande also inspired British acts such as Led Zeppelin, Cream and Pink Floyd, many of whom dreaded having to follow a blistering opening set by the MC5. Louder Than Love documents the creative and revolutionary frenzy of Detroit in the 1960s with rare archival footage and interviews by surviving musicians, and explores the now abandoned theater haunted by this legacy. (75 min.)

Special guests Wayne Kramer of the MC5, Curatorial Director Howard Kramer from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Louder Than Love director Tony D’Annunzio will all be present to discuss the film with the audience after the screening. This special encore showing of Louder Than Love is part of the Concert of Colors and is free to the public, but tickets are required. For a complete Concert of Colors schedule, please visit the concert homepage at concertofcolors.com.

AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY TO MAKE ITS TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO DETROIT

AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY TO MAKES ITS TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO DETROIT

 

Award winning documentary by Producer/Director Tony D’Annunzio Gives Viewers

All-Access Pass to Legendary 1960s Detroit Rock Music Scene 

JUNE 26th 2013 – The wait is over… For the first time in over a year and a half, after 20+ Festivals & exhibits,25+ SOLD OUT Screenings, “BEST DOCUMENTARY” at the prestige 2012 Las Vegas International Film Festival and coming off the success of its recent Los Angeles and United Kingdom festival premieres. That’s quite a score for LOUDER THAN LOVE: The Grande Ballroom Story, the new film by Producer/Director Tony D’Annunzio.

 LOUD Productions LLC is excited to announce the return of LOUDER THAN LOVE-The Grande Ballroom Story to DETROIT.

 

 

In collaboration with the 2013 CONCERT OF COLORS- “LOUDER THAN LOVE-The Grande Ballroom Story” will have a FREE screening at the Detroit Institute of Arts/Film Theater on JULY 5th 2013

 

 http://www.dia.org/auxiliaries/event.aspx?id=3908&iid&aux_id=14&cid=100

 

 

Special guests Wayne Kramer of the MC5, Curatorial Director Howard Kramer from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Louder Than Love director Tony D’Annunzio will all be present to discuss the film with the audience after the screening. This special encore showing of Louder Than Love is part of the Concert of Colors and is free to the public. For a complete Concert of Colors schedule, please visit the concert homepage at concertofcolors.com.

 

 

 

For more info please check out the following link:

 

http://www.dia.org/