What are the worst rock and roll movies?

Johnny Knoxville played the lead in GTP

 

you are correct my friend...I got them confused...geez.

 

Ferry 'Cross The Mersey. Had to fast forward often. Excruciating.

 

Great Rock n Roll Swindle

 

Nobody remembers “Privilege”?

Paul Jones, Jean Shrimpton…

 

Patti Smith did. She recorded a song from it ("Set Me Free") on her third album, Easter.

 

Yeah, as I said earlier, the music is great but the story is So-so and the acting (from the leads) wooden. Possibly intentionally..

 

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

 

"Les Idoles" 1968

 

Les Poneyttes

 

The Doors, Stone's idea of the Doors complete with psychedelic peyote trip in the desert that never happened.

 

KISS Meets The Phantom.

I'm sure it's been mentioned here...…..

 

One of the best rock'n'roll based movies ever made, although it's really not about rock'n'roll, is it? Brilliant stuff, everyone should see it at least once.

 

Never get married.

 

Agree, #1, no contest!

 

Zachariah (1971)



A Western that claims Siddhartha as source material; that takes Jodorowsky’s El Topo as its inspiration; with Country Joe and the Fish, Elvin Jones, The James Gang, et al., all serving equal parts chorus, soundtrack, and characters; with jarring anachronisms; and with the Tag Line: “A head of his time”—what could possibly go wrong?

It is a disaster of a film. It’s been decades since I’ve seen it, but I’m sure I loved it.

 

Meat Loaf is pretty good...

 

Now that's a dumb movie!

 

That's the Way of the World, starring Harvey Keitel and EW&F. I guess that's technically R&B, not rock, but it's worth mentioning. The "acting" by the band members was cringeworthy-bad. But the music made up for it.

 

Yes, there is no accounting for taste, but for me -- you nailed it here. I was quite young when I first saw this movie, and even at that age, I thought, "how did the directors miss the fat irony they just put on the screen?"

 

The story and concept are phenomenal... you really have to watch it closely... my only criticism is some of the acting by the leads... Jeanne Shrimpton looked a bit lost.

 

Again, no accounting for taste, I liked and was fascinated by this one.

If you're looking for a biopic about the intricacies of the music, this movie surely is not that, but... if you're looking for a movie to give some broad insight into Jimi's personality and his mindset, this one covers that.

Folks have criticized this film but it was made in cooperation with folks who actually knew Jimi on a friend and personal basis, so it's hard for me to shut that down completely or dismiss it because my whole image of Jimi Hendrix comes from records, film clips, performances, and quick interviews... I never even came close to knowing the guy.

In addition, I was impressed by Andre's acting... the movie is slow and nuanced and the actors reflect that. It surely wasn't your standard over-the-top nonsense influenced by the broad strokes and caricatures that have come define some of these very popular musicians (e.g., Dennis Quaid's depiction of Jerry Lee Lewis in "Great Ball of Fire").

 

Maybe Peter Watkins wanted that amateurish look for a more realistic type of film. Paul Jones ad Shrimpton didn't come off as actors, they came off as people unable to grasp the situation they were in.

 

HELP and LIB are pretty good imo

 

"Singles" has one of the best soundtracks of all-time and it includes blistering Alice in Chains live footage, but the movie itself isn't very good.