It Might Get Loud

Oscar winning documentarian Davis Guggenheim invited Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White - three of the most influential rock guitarists – to a musical summit meeting. Led Zeppelin, U2, White Stripes – each band helped defined the sound of their respective eras. Davis Guggenheim interviews Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White, the bands' respective guitarists and principle sonic architects. The musicians talk candidly about their influences, the obstacles they overcame to pursue their creative visions and the genesis of some of rock's most important songs. Page gives a unique tour of the studio where Led Zeppelin IV was recorded and reveals how the distinctive drum sound of “When the Levee Breaks” was devised.

Keywords

  • Creatives: Make Music!
  • heavy metal
  • punk
  • rock

Actors

  • Jimmy Page
  • The Edge
  • Jack White

Director

  • Davis Guggenheim

Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater


1h 33min


0 FSK

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United States of America
2008
Oscar winning documentarian Davis Guggenheim invited Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White - three of the most influential rock guitarists – to a musical summit meeting.

Oscar winning documentarian Davis Guggenheim invited Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White - three of the most influential rock guitarists – to a musical summit meeting.


Led Zeppelin, U2, White Stripes – each band helped defined the sound of their respective eras. Davis Guggenheim interviews Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White, the bands' respective guitarists and principle sonic architects. The musicians talk candidly about their influences, the obstacles they overcame to pursue their creative visions and the genesis of some of rock's most important songs. Page gives a unique tour of the studio where Led Zeppelin IV was recorded and reveals how the distinctive drum sound of “When the Levee Breaks” was devised.

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