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Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
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Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk

May 31, 2017
2h 37m
★ 7.4

Overview

Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk spans over 30 years of the California Bay Area’s punk music history with a central focus on the emergence of the inspiring 924 Gilman Street collective. This diverse group of artists, writers, organizers and musicians created a do-it-yourself petri dish that changed the punk scene... and the world at large.

Genres

Music
Documentary

Production Companies

Capodezero Films

Cast

Iggy Pop

Self - Narrator (voice)

Iggy Pop

Billie Joe Armstrong

Self

Billie Joe Armstrong

Miranda July

Self

Miranda July

Silas Howard

Self

Silas Howard

Jello Biafra

Self

Jello Biafra

Kathleen Hanna

Self

Kathleen Hanna

Ian MacKaye

Self

Ian MacKaye

Fat Mike

Self

Fat Mike

Gary Floyd

Self

Gary Floyd

Tim Armstrong

Self

Tim Armstrong

Lars Frederiksen

Self

Lars Frederiksen

Matt Freeman

Self

Matt Freeman

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