A new documentary, RebelDread, will examine the influence of British filmmaker and musician Don Letts.
In the Seventies, Letts was a DJ at London’s Roxy and co-managed Kings Road’s Acme Attractions, a clothing store that helped define the look of punk. As the scene broke out, he filmed performances by the Clash, Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and many others. He was also instrumental in bringing together punks with the city’s reggae musicians.
Letts will release his first single as a solo artist on October 21, followed by the announcement of his first solo album, and he continues to host a BBC radio show and tour as a DJ. To promote the film, Letts recently participated in a Q&A with former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins, who gushes over Letts’ contribution to British punk and how it influenced musicians across the pond. “I was seeing parts of[Letts’ 1978 film] in copies on videos shown at punk-rock parties and gigs where they put the bed sheet against the wall,” Rollins tells him. “My friends and I, we’re on the East Coast of the United States so punk rock information from the U.K.
“That’s all stuff I’ve realized with hindsight,” Letts replies. “And I’ve got to say, I’m honored to be part of that … thing where you’re passing on the energy that helped to make you who you are. And maybe it didn’t reach millions of people, but I always have this thing of, ‘Hey, it reaches the people it’s supposed to reach.'”
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