Electric Purgatory

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http://www.electricpurgatory.com/

Electric Purgatory is a documentary that examines the struggles of black rock musicians and the industry's ambivalence towards them. Director Raymond Gayle spent the better part of a year traveling around the United States interviewing many of Black Rock's elite including Fishbone, Vernon Reid, Adam Falcon, Jimi Hazel and Cody Chesnutt. Distinguished journalists such as Flip Barnes, Darrell McNeil, Charlie Braxton, and Greg Tate, share their opinions and insight on the dilemma facing these artists. The film will explore the origins of the Black Rock Coalition and its relevance in the music industry. The project will also take a look at the stigma Black Rock musicians face in the Black community and more importantly how to bring the Black audiences back into the fold.
Electric Purgatory: the fate of the black rocker has screened all over the world at local Film Festival screenings as well as international film festivals such as the Singapore International Film Festival, International Documentary Film Festival of New Zealand, the Festival du Film Panafricain in Cannes and the Turks and Caicos International Film Festival.

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That's why it's completely rediculous that people call Elvis the "king of rock." He isn't. He just stole the style from black musicians and added a country twist to it.

Ironic, in that African-Americans invented rock and roll.

As with any industry, the fewer words they can use to define you, the better.

On that, I'll take something Dave Chappelle said before:

"You know why my show is good? Because the network officials say you're not smart enough to get what I'm doing, and every day I fight for you. I tell them how smart you are. Turns out, I was wrong. You people are stupid."

i watched the whole movie on youtube. I think it is musicians who didn't get a chance to be exposed to the public , simply because they looked a little different. It is very ironic. Some people will cast doubt on what they are saying, but these are real people telling their stories. I respect Fishbone as a band, but they could have done it on their own. There are many bands they miss out on. Mandrill is another band I highly respect. Please check out their music. It is good.