Review of Sound City (2013) by Dustin G — 05 Jan 2014

I loved everything about this documentary. Dave Grohl just gets it. There's no posturing here, no bull, just people who love making music making music together, and looking at where it all started for Sound City.

Grohl pays the respect to the place that "changed his life forever" as it is where Nevermind was recorded, and we all know what that did to change his life. The sense of family that comes across versus some of the more corporate and large studios is impressive, a place where Tom Petty comes in to record another album and asks what happened to the receptionist, and is sad to hear she left.

Everyone involved with Sound City amazes me, from Neil Young's After the Gold Rush to Fleetwood Mac's first album with Buckingham and Nicks, to Rick Springfield, to Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine and so forth.

If you're a fan of rock and roll at all, please watch this.