2017 documentary about Sleaford Mods, a Nottingham duo who have been called "the angriest band in Britain" as a result of their brutally honest lyrics. The film follows former chicken factory worker Jason Williamson and his bandmate, beatmaker Andrew Fearn, as they challenge the complacency, cruelty and mediocrity of zero-hours Britain with their uncompromising and aggressive, funny post-punk stream-of-rap-consciousness. The film is a mixture of live footage (they play a lot of pubs in unglamorous towns like Scunthorpe , with a laptop on a beer crate providing musical loops and riffs), and interviews ( Jason's dad calls him a w##ker, and his wife tells us about the "c#nt flu" Jason suffers for a week after returning home after touring, grumpy about being made to load the dishwasher). Their manager is an ex-bus-driver who secures them a double decker bus to film a music video, and we see them messing around on the top deck while the bus is being driven around Nottingham filming the video. There's loads of swearing which earned this unpretentious but exciting film an 18 certificate in the UK,and Iggy Pop calls them "the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band."
Bunch of Kunst
2017 [GERMAN]
Biography / Documentary / Music
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Documentary following British punk duo Sleaford Mods on their two year journey from Nottingham bedroom recording sessions to chart success
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March 23, 2023 at 07:19 AM
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The angriest band in Britain
A must see documentary about the must see Sleaford Mods
If you like decent music, you must watch Bunch of Kunst. If you like decent documentaries, you must watch Bunch of Kunst. A raw and uncompromising portrait of the Sleaford Mods and the family and friends who surround them. Christine Franz is clearly a fan of Jason and Andrew's vital music. It's funny and heartwarming in parts but always against the backdrop of austerity Britain.
RE: One of the greatest music docs in recent memory
'Bunch of Kunst' follows the rise of Sleaford Mods, one of the most important bands in austerity-era Britain. Christine Franz's directional debut is raw and unpolished in its presentation of the Nottingham duo, whose abrasive, minimalist musical style is perfectly reflected by this documentary's strictly observational nature of storytelling. Much like the lyrics of chicken factory worker turned beats-maker Jason Williamson, Bunch of Kunst can be unapologetically real and brutal, as we ride-along on Sleaford Mods' 2015 tour. It can also, however, be a charming and poignant character piece, made out of a clear passion for punk rock, and the UK music scene.