rockumentaryn.
/ˌrɒkjᵿˈmɛnt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌrɑkjəˈmɛnt(ə)ri/, /ˌrɑkjəˈmɛn(t)əri/ Originally North American.
A documentary (now usually a film) on the subject of rock music or rock musicians.
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travelogue1898
instructional1921
compilation film1953
docudrama1961
rockumentary1968
drama-documentary1970
shockumentary1970
docutainment1978
1968 Billboard 13 Jan. 8/1 Nite combines narration with clips of 41 songs from 19 companies and the ‘rockumentary’ covers 1954-1967.
1971 R. Yorke Axes, Chops & Hot Licks viii. 218 Still another venture was ‘Rock Canada’, a fifteen-hour radio rockumentary detailing the history of Canadian rock music.
1977 Boston Globe May 3 16/3 The four young men in Beatlemania..helped mitigate ennui with the aid of the most engrossing scenics ever to counterpoint a rockumentary.
1985 TV Guide (N.Y.) 2 Mar. (Metro ed.) a107/2 1984's This Is Spinal Tap, Rob Reiner's affectionate, sophisticated and very funny ‘rockumentary’ about a fictitious British heavy-metal group, is the ultimate sendup movie.
2004 Church Times 6 Feb. 12/3 What everyone in this rockumentary failed to emphasise is how pathetically young Sid Vicious was.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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