rockumentary
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English
Etymology
Blend of rock + documentary.
Noun
rockumentary (plural rockumentaries)
- A documentary about rock music or its musicians.
- 2004 July 9, A. O. Scott, “FILM REVIEW; Heavy-Metal Headshrinking and Other Secrets of the Rock 'n' Roll Business”, in The New York Times:
- The first 30 minutes or so of "Metallica" have the flavor of a standard behind-the-scenes rockumentary.
- 2007 December 17, Daniel M. Gold, “The Early Years of Rock, Later Than Previously Thought”, in The New York Times:
- It occasionally suffers from the pontification so deservedly satirized in rockumentaries like This Is Spinal Tap.
References
- Hopkins, Jerry (1969 April 5) “'Rockumentary' Radio Milestone”, in Rolling Stone, number 30, page 9