Rental Review - Sound City
Sound City (2013), NR, 108 minutes - Dave Grohl may be the coolest man in the world. And if he isn't, he's pretty damn close. Let's see...he was Nirvana's drummer, then he started a little band called Foo Fighters. He produces and records with just about anyone, and now he's a film director to boot. Sound City is the documentary that Grohl made to honor a small, now defunct recording studio in Van Nuys, California that was the birthplace of some of rock's most successful records. By all accounts, Sound City was a dump. It wasn't a place that would draw artists, but the owners invested in a state of the art (for the time) Neve soundboard early on. This was no small undertaking, as it was hand built by British electronics genius Rupert Neve himself and cost over $75,000. Between the unique equipment, a chance meeting that led to the powerhouse lineup that rocketed Fleetwood Mac to super-stardom, and their friendly staff, Sound City became a g...