Do It Yourself: The Story of Rough Trade

Overview

The Rough Trade story begins more than thirty years ago on 20th February 1976. Britain was in the grip of an IRA bombing campaign; a future prime minister was beginning to make her mark on a middle England in which punk was yet to run amok; and a young Cambridge graduate called Geoff Travis opened a new shop at 202 Kensington Park Road, just off Ladbroke Grove in west London. The Rough Trade shop sold obscure and challenging records by bands like American art-rockers Pere Ubu, offering an alternative to the middle-of-the-road rock music that dominated the music business.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 13, 2009

Original language

German

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

BBC

Cast

Johnny Marr,Marc Warren,Geoff Travis,Mayo Thompson,Robert Wyatt,Duffy

Director

Chris Wilson

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt14044640