King Rocker

King Rocker

2020
1h 30m
7.3

7.3/10

6 votes • View on IMDb

"A Film About Robert Lloyd and The Nightingales"

Overview

How does a working class autodidact, with no visible means of support, maintain his role as the leader of a cult British underground band into its fifth decade? Comedian and writer Stewart Lee, director Michael Cumming and James Nicholls investigate the mysterious existence of Robert Lloyd, Britain’s ultimate post-punk survivor. Robert Lloyd’s Prefects played with The Clash on the White Riot tour in 1977, and their ongoing incarnation, as Birmingham’s Captain Beefheart suffused post-punk poets The Nightingales, recorded more John Peel sessions than any other band. Ever. But what were the social, cultural and economic circumstances that enabled and sustained such outsider artists in the punk and post-punk eras, and how has the world changed to the point where such figures are unlikely to flourish in the same way today? Lloyd’s own odyssey echoes how abstract notions of social mobility, of the value of culture and music, have changed in the last five decades.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Fire Films
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date October 31, 2020
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt10451082
Website Visit Site

Cast

Robert Lloyd
Robert Lloyd

Self

Stewart Lee
Stewart Lee

Self

Frank Skinner
Frank Skinner

Self

Marc Riley
Marc Riley

Self

John Peel
John Peel

Self

Robin Askwith
Robin Askwith

Self

Bridget Christie
Bridget Christie

Self

John Taylor
John Taylor

Self

Nish Kumar
Nish Kumar

Self

Nigel Slater
Nigel Slater

Self

Paul Morley
Paul Morley

Self

Gina Birch
Gina Birch

Self

Key Crew

James Nicholls
Producer
Stewart Lee
Writer
Michael Cumming
Writer
Michael Cumming
Director

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