1991: The Year Punk Broke

Singlehandedly one of the best tour documents ever. Keep in mind 1991 was before the term “punk” was completely bastardized. 1991: The Year Punk Broke finds Sonic Youth taking a very young band called Nirvana with them on a bunch of European club dates. Also showing up; the Ramones, Gumball, Dinosaur Jr., and Bob Mould sampling the catering. The documentary has some priceless scenes (Dave Grohl discovering the food spread alone is worth a watch) and amazing quotes (“"you're not just a duck, you are human" “I’m hungry. Anyone got a pig’s head?!”) and entertaining enough even for anyone that doesn’t care for the band or the live performances.

Haven’t seen 1991: The Year Punk Broke? Unfortunately this is probably pretty common. The film has only been available on VHS (which I own – screening, my place, you bring food) and Laserdisc since it was released on home video. Universal owns the film now and has reportedly been prepped for deluxe release since 2004 but still has not seen the light of day. A site has been created to help petition for its release and hopefully with more attention, 1991: The Year Punk Broke will again see the light of day.

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