DEATH Cradled softly in his hands: a beautiful baby otter. THE IDEA of an all-black proto-punk band called Death—in the year 1973—sounds light years ahead of its time. Well, Death was light years ...
A Band Called Death is this season’s engaging entry in the burgeoning field of the should’ve/could’ve/would’ve rock documentary. Along the lines of last year ...
A BAND CALLED DEATH Literally the best thing that ever happened to Detroit. IN THE MID-’70s, a trio of African American brothers from Detroit inadvertently invented punk rock. Led by guitarist David ...
There’s a shadow hanging over the Detroit-born proto-punk band Death – but it’s also the light that shines on it. Both light and dark came from David Hackney, eldest of the three Hackney brothers who ...