The Shield Around the K (2000)
Actors:
Sonic Boom (actor),
Timothy Brock (actor),
Gerard Cosloy (actor),
Steve Fisk (actor),
John Foster (actor),
John Goodmanson (actor),
Rich Jensen (actor),
Calvin Johnson (actor),
David Lester (actor),
Bret Lunsford (actor),
John Lunsford (actor),
John Lunsford (actor),
Ian MacKaye (actor),
Patrick Maley (actor),
Michael Azerrad (actor),
Plot: The Shield Around the K, profiles the birth and growth of the punk rock DIY record label, K Records, based in Olympia, Washington. Co-Founders, Calvin Johnson and Candice Pedersen are interviewed along with over 20 K artists and peers including Mecca Normal, Lois, Rose Melberg, Ian MacKaye, Slim Moon, Dean Wareham and more. The Shield Around the K features performances by Calvin Johnson's legendary Beat Happening. International Pop Underground Festival footage features Fugazi, Beat Happening, Mecca Normal and others. The Shield Around the K portrays an independent record label whose lo-fi credibility has never been compromised.
Keywords: archive-footage, audience, audio-cassette, band, band-member, college, concert-footage, diy, electric-guitar, guitar-player
Genres:
Documentary,
Music,
Taglines: Do It Yourself
Quotes:
Michael Azerrad: Lee Hazlewood, Johnny Cash, The Cramps... there you have it, that's Beat Happening.