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Sound City is a american film of genre Documentary directed by Dave Grohl released in USA on 18 january 2013 with Trent Reznor

Sound City (2013)

Sound City
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Released in USA 18 january 2013
Length 1h48
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Documentary,    Musical
Rating77% 3.895143.895143.895143.895143.89514

Sound City is a 2013 documentary film produced and directed by Dave Grohl, in his directorial debut, about the history of recording studio Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, Los Angeles.

Synopsis

Sound City Studios was located in the San Fernando Valley, amidst rows of dilapidated warehouses. The little-known recording studio housed a unique analog Neve recording console and a reputation for recording drums. Artists such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, Rick Springfield, Tom Petty, Kyuss, Slipknot and Nirvana recorded groundbreaking music at the studio. The film tells the story of the studio from its early days in 1969 until its closing in 2011. It then follows Dave Grohl's purchase of the studio's custom analog Neve console, which he moved to his personal studio, Studio 606. Rupert Neve is an English engineer who founded Neve Electronics in 1961, designed and manufactured the Neve 8028, "one of four in the world", and is interviewed by Grohl in the film. Famous musicians who recorded at Sound City reunite at Studio 606 for a jam session and to make an album of "all-new all-original songs, each one composed and recorded exclusively for the film within its own 24-hour session on that console." It also shows album covers by some bands: Red Hot Chili Peppers's One Hot Minute, Nirvana's Incesticide and Nevermind, Rage Against The Machine's self-titled album and many others.

Actors

Trent Reznor

(Self)Dave Grohl

(Self)Barry Manilow

(Self)Rick Rubin

(Self)Rick Springfield

(Self)
And :
Lee Ving
Paul McCartney
Neil Young
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