The Akron Sound: It's Everything, and Then It's Gone

The Akron Sound: It's Everything, and Then It's Gone (2003)

January 1st, 20030h 55min

Music, Documentary
70%

Overview

In the early 1970s, rubber was still king in Akron, Ohio. But just a few short years later, Akron's most important product was, ever so briefly, music. In the mid-1970s, a group of local bands took over an old rubber workers' hang-out in downtown Akron called The Crypt and created a mix of punk and art rock that came to be known as "the Akron Sound." And for a while, it was almost "the next big thing." Almost. It's Everything, and Then It's Gone, a Western Reserve PBS production written and directed by Phil Hoffman., takes viewers back to a time when the music really did mean everything. And for the men and women in these local bands, it was a way out of the factory.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Baseball Punx

Baseball Punx


Released on: 2018-01-10
Documentary

A documentary exploring the sporadic connections between baseball and punk rock.

New Order: A Collection

New Order: A Collection


Released on: 2005-09-19
Music

This collection features all of New Order's groundbreaking videos, including 'Bizarre Love', 'Triang...

Frank Zappa – Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily

Frank Zappa – Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily


Released on: 2014-10-05
Music, Documentary

In the feature documentary, Summer 82 – When Zappa Came to Sicily, filmmaker and Zappa fan Salvo Cuc...

Rock Chicks

Rock Chicks


Released on: 2023-03-09
Documentary

Rock'n'roll was a man's world they say. The film documents the often ignored female impact on rock's...

The Album

The Album


Released on: 2023-03-01
Documentary

A documentary about the record industry, told from the perspective of the art department. With over ...

Dogs in Space

Dogs in Space


Released on: 1986-12-18
Drama, Music

The place is Melbourne, Australia 1978. The punk phenomenon is sweeping the country and Dogs In Spac...

Punk Revolution NYC

Punk Revolution NYC


Released on: 2012-06-19
Documentary, Music

This documentary film traces the entire history of New York's punk movement; the VU years, the Warho...

Nana

Nana


Released on: 2005-09-03
Romance, Drama, Music

Two girls named Nana meet on a train to Tokyo. Nana K. aims to reunite with her boyfriend and Nana O...

QUEERCORE (a punk-u-mentary)

QUEERCORE (a punk-u-mentary)


Released on: 1997-03-01
Documentary, Music

The urban on-line dictionary defines queercore as “Gay-themed, underground, independent music; usual...

Urgh! A Music War

Urgh! A Music War


Released on: 1981-11-07
Music, Documentary

Urgh! A Music War is a British film released in 1982 featuring performances by punk rock, new wave, ...

Instrument

Instrument


Released on: 1999-03-01
Documentary, Music

The band Fugazi is documented over a period of more than ten years (1987-1998) through performance f...

Ariel - Sempre pelas Ruas

Ariel - Sempre pelas Ruas


Released on: 2016-12-07
Documentary

Documentary about the poet, musician and pioneer of the brazilian punk pioneer Ariel Ulliana, forme...

Hard Core Logo

Hard Core Logo


Released on: 1996-10-11
Drama, Comedy, Music

Bruce Macdonald follows punk bank Hard Core Logo on a harrowing last-gasp reunion tour throughout We...

Lady Sings the Blues

Lady Sings the Blues


Released on: 1972-10-12
Drama, Music

Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic ...

Assjack: Gates of Hell

Assjack: Gates of Hell


Released on: 2006-01-01
Documentary, Music

A "best of" compilation of live clips of various ASSJACK shows taped live at Alley Katz in Richmond,...

The Compleat Al

The Compleat Al


Released on: 1985-08-07
Comedy, Music

Fact and fiction are mingled in this mockumentary about the career of music parodist “Weird Al” Yank...

Converge: The Long Road Home

Converge: The Long Road Home


Released on: 2003-01-01
Music

"The Long Road Home'" is the first official DVD release from Converge. Modeled after the first (and ...

The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell

The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell


Released on: 2025-02-20
Documentary, Music

Bill Bartell was a multifaceted individual who traversed the punk rock scene, law enforcement, rodeo...

The Decline of Western Civilization

The Decline of Western Civilization


Released on: 1981-07-01
Documentary, Music

The Los Angeles punk music scene circa 1980 is the focus of this film. With Alice Bag Band, Black Fl...

What We Do Is Secret

What We Do Is Secret


Released on: 2007-06-23
Drama, Music

The true-life story of Darby Crash, who became an L.A. punk icon with his band The Germs. Along with...