The Persistence of Vision

My son, knowing that I used to go to L.A. clubs to hear punk during the days when punk was underground (late seventies, until 1981), told me about this documentary about a band called Death.

Three brothers, raised by their father to always have one another’s back, got instruments when their mom won some money, and basically taught themselves to play. They also wrote their own music. Their leader was brother David, who listened to everything he could get his hands on, analyzing, experimenting w...