Later this year, cinemagoers will have the opportunity to watch Meryl Streep play Ricki Rendazzo, the ageing singer and guitarist with Ricki And The Flash, in Jonathan Demme's latest film. The Flash are the latest in a long line of fictional bands to appear in films. Accordingly, after the trailer ...
17: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, Hedwig And The Angry Inch
Colourful, out-there frock opera about a transexual punk rock girl from East Berlin. The songs are by Stephen Trask – who more recently succeeded Randy Newman as composer on the … Fockers movies.
18: KIPPER, Confessions Of A Pop Performer
Voted “worst British film of 1975” in Sight & Sound, this finds cheeky chappy Robin Askwith copping off with some saucy birds while also trying to make it big in the music scene with his band, Kipper.
19: THE SNARKS, Smashing Time
Rita Tushingham and Lynn Redgrave wreak havoc on Swinging London in George Melly scripted comedy. Michael York sports a terrific cravat. Psychedelic hipsters Tomorrow turn up as the Snarks: some consolation, perhaps, after Antonioni chose the Yardbirds over them to appear in Blowup.
20: THE ULTIMATE LOSERS, Slacker
It’s 1991, and arguably no film captured Gen X ennui better than Richard Linklater’s debut. Even the band – seen playing art-rock to the dysfunctional youth of Austin, Texas – can barely muster up the energy to get out of bed.
