
A Band Called Death
RADIO HOST 1:
The New York Times,this past Sunday, there
was an article about
the first black punk rock group
called Death in the '70s.
And they found these old recordings.
And they have an album
that they put out now.
They have pictures of these guys
back in the '70s. One of them died.
And now I'm dying to hear
this fucking group's music.
- Should be good.
- RADIO HOST 2:
What were they called?RADIO HOST 1:
They were called Death.RADIO HOST 3:
Death.PLAYING)
HENRY ROLLINS:
The quick versionof the Death story is almost like the tease
at the beginning of a movie trailer.
Three black guys, in the '70s,
from Detroit, Michigan, blood brothers.
Three black cats from Detroit,
played heavy, punk, rock 'n' roll.
ALICE COOPER:
It's pretty hard tobe black playing rock in Detroit.
'Cause they were sort
of stereotyped into...
You had to be Motown, if you were black.
Death's music was definitely
ahead of its time.
They really predated
what we know as the punk movement.
Nobody was making music like that in '73.
They have to be properly credited
as being visionaries.
(SINGING)
ELIJAH WOOD:
You have a recordthat is so perfect in its innovation,
it makes it all the more shocking
that it didn't manage to find a way
to come out then.
They're kind of like the Unknown Soldiers
of rock.
BEN BLACKWELL:
They were recordingsthat were simply put away.
There's been hardcore history sitting up
in that attic, and no one's known about it.
we're just now discovering this band
that had been sort of lying in wait.
It's such a great story and it's, uh...
It's punk rock.
Welcome to my neighborhood.
2240 Lillibridge.
- This is our old friend...
- No.
- ...that we grew up with.
- This is Kathleen. She lives right here.
- They telling the story about Death.
- Okay.
- You remember Death.
- I'm still here.
No!
They telling the story about our old band
that we used to drive you all crazy
with all of our loud music.
Yeah, I remember that.
I remember that, yes.
Oh, yeah, there you go!
(ALL LAUGHING)
David... David... You know what?
But you know what?
That was my boy, though. That was my boy.
He was all right.
My name is Dannie Hackney.
I played the drums, and I was born and
raised in the Motor City, Detroit, Michigan.
Well, I remember when I...
You all were teenagers, uh...
- DANNIS:
That's right. That's very right.- Yeah. Right, yeah?
I'm Bobby Hackney.
I am a bass player.
My parents, Earl Vonlee Hackney
two beautiful people.
I was the youngest of, uh, four boys.
David was born the second.
And then it was Dannie.
And, um, I came along.
EARL JR; I am indeed the eldest,
and that was ingrained in them also,
because I'd say,
"Never forget, I'm second in command
to Moms and Pop."
DANNIS:
Spirituality plays into our liferight from the beginning of our roots.
You know, our dad was a Baptist minister.
We're preacher's sons.
(LAUGHS)
EARL JR.:
Being a minister's kidtaught us the Word,
from Genesis to Revelation.
I mean, we all became versed in the Word.
BOBBY:
He always told us, you know,if you try your best in life
to keep your promise to God
and give God time enough
to keep His promise to you.
DANNIS:
My old man instilled into usto back up your brother.
So all of our lives we
grew up with this idea
that, you know,
we gotta back up your brother.
We made a pact with each other
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