A great look at the history and era of MuchMusic with lots of clips and memories from the VJ's (many of them, a few big exceptions... Ed the Sock, Rachel Perry, Bradford Howe, etc)
Lots of looks at bands in their infancy and coming back later, lots of performance clips, lots of talk about how important the channel was.
BUT I felt like it vastly overstated the presence of rap and hip hop and completely ignored the Can-Rock boom of the 90's. So many bands in Canada were made by the station in that time (Our Lady Peace, I Mother Earth, Tea Party, Watchmen, Headstones, Sloan, Age of Electric, etc.) that were never brought up or shown. A couple of brief Tragically Hip clips don't make up for something that was so big and more importantly, CANADIAN. It was example prime of how the station mattered to the country. Also, no mention of the two Coast music scene shows, and very little about metal.
I totally understand that you can't fit it all in or be all things to all people, but the Can-Rock snub was glaring.
Otherwise a very fun and worth watching doc!
BUT I felt like it vastly overstated the presence of rap and hip hop and completely ignored the Can-Rock boom of the 90's. So many bands in Canada were made by the station in that time (Our Lady Peace, I Mother Earth, Tea Party, Watchmen, Headstones, Sloan, Age of Electric, etc.) that were never brought up or shown. A couple of brief Tragically Hip clips don't make up for something that was so big and more importantly, CANADIAN. It was example prime of how the station mattered to the country. Also, no mention of the two Coast music scene shows, and very little about metal.
I totally understand that you can't fit it all in or be all things to all people, but the Can-Rock snub was glaring.
Otherwise a very fun and worth watching doc!