King Rocker (Movie)

2020 / Director: Michael Cumming / Avg Rating: 0 out of 10
How does a working class autodidact, with no visible means of support, maintain his role as the leader of a cult British underground band into its fifth decade? Comedian and writer Stewart Lee, director Michael Cumming and James Nicholls investigate the mysterious existence of Robert Lloyd, Britain’s ultimate post-punk survivor. Robert Lloyd’s Prefects played with The Clash on the White Riot tour in 1977, and their ongoing incarnation, as Birmingham’s Captain Beefheart suffused post-punk poets The Nightingales, recorded more John Peel sessions than any other band. Ever. But what were the social, cultural and economic circumstances that enabled and sustained such outsider artists in the punk and post-punk eras, and how has the world changed to the point where such figures are unlikely to flourish in the same way today? Lloyd’s own odyssey echoes how abstract notions of social mobility, of the value of culture and music, have changed in the last five decades.
Same Cast :
  1. The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith (2005) (Movie) (4)
    John Peel
    John Peel...Himself
    Stewart Lee
    Stewart Lee...Himself
    Paul Morley...Himself
    Marc Riley
    Marc Riley...Himself
  2. John Peel's Record Box (2005) (Movie) (3)
    John Peel
    John Peel...Himself (archive footage)
    Paul Morley...
    David 'Kid' Jensen...
  3. Arthur Christmas (2011) (Movie) (2)
    Kevin Eldon
    Kevin Eldon...Elf (voice)
    Stewart Lee
    Stewart Lee...Elf (voice)
  4. Cluub Zarathustra (1996) (Movie) (2)
    Stewart Lee
    Stewart Lee...Various
    Kevin Eldon
    Kevin Eldon...Various
  5. Dying Laughing (2017) (Movie) (2)
    Stewart Lee
    Stewart Lee...Himself
    Frank Skinner
    Frank Skinner...Himself
  6. Evidently... John Cooper Clarke (2012) (Movie) (2)
    Stewart Lee
    Stewart Lee...Himself
    Paul Morley...Himself
  7. Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story (2012) (Movie) (2)
    Paul Morley...Himself
    John Peel
    John Peel...Himself (Archive Footage)
  8. Lee and Herring Live (1996) (Movie) (2)
    Stewart Lee
    Stewart Lee...Himself
    Kevin Eldon
    Kevin Eldon...Simon Quinlank
  9. Smashie and Nicey, the End of an Era (1994) (Movie) (2)
    John Peel
    John Peel...John Past-Bedtime
    David 'Kid' Jensen...David 'Kid' Pension
  10. Spaced: Skip to the End (2004) (Movie) (2)
    Kevin Eldon
    Kevin Eldon...Himself
    Paul Putner
    Paul Putner...Himself
  11. The Smiths: Under Review (2006) (Movie) (2)
    Paul Morley...
    David 'Kid' Jensen...
  12. The Sparks Brothers (2021) (Movie) (2)
    John Taylor
    John Taylor...Self
    Paul Morley...Self
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
TMDB Logo