rockumentary
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rockumentary
1970–75; rock 2 (in the sense “rock-'n'-roll”) + (doc)umentary
Example Sentences
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Rolling Stone magazine later called it the "greatest rockumentary ever".
From BBC • May 25, 2025
It’s “like a rockumentary in written form,” wrote Alexandra Jacobs in The New York Times.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2022
More than a journeyman rockumentary, “Poly Styrene” is a thoughtfully finessed filial reckoning: a daughter’s journey toward understanding her mother as a young artist and as a young woman of color.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2022
The 1984 satirical rockumentary, “This Is Spinal Tap,” was inspired in part by the same aspects; the film got some of its biggest laughs by utilizing Led Zeppelin’s absurd 1977 Stonehenge stage set.
From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2021
Still, 1970 feels like the year that defined the rockumentary.
From Salon • Oct. 16, 2021
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