Rocket Brothers (Kashmir DVD)
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Rocket Brothers is a 2004 documentary film
directed by photographer Kasper Torsting. It explores the ambitions, anxieties and joys of a creative process in the Danish
rock band Kashmir
.
Torsting followed the band over a period of four years starting just after the success of their album The Good Life
. In the documentary we follow the daily lives of the band members and come to witness their struggle against the expectations from both themselves and other people. We see the difficulties in overcoming amongst others writer's block, witness the conflicts amongst the group members and discover the profound respect and love with which they treat each other - all in the process of making the album Zitilites
.
Besides seeing the band writing the Zitilities album, we also witness their failed break-through in America, and lead singer Kasper Eistrup's audition for Roger Waters Pink Floyd tour. Eistrup auditioned as the lead singer and guitarist.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
directed by photographer Kasper Torsting. It explores the ambitions, anxieties and joys of a creative process in the Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
rock band Kashmir
Kashmir (band)
Kashmir is a Danish alternative rock band consisting of Kasper Eistrup ; Mads Tunebjerg ; Asger Techau and Henrik Lindstrand .-History:...
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Torsting followed the band over a period of four years starting just after the success of their album The Good Life
The Good Life (Kashmir album)
The Good Life is a 1999 album by Danish rock group Kashmir, which served to greatly increase the popularity of the band. They changed their musical style from the genre of groovecore as seen in their earlier albums Travelogue and Cruzential, into more soft rock...
. In the documentary we follow the daily lives of the band members and come to witness their struggle against the expectations from both themselves and other people. We see the difficulties in overcoming amongst others writer's block, witness the conflicts amongst the group members and discover the profound respect and love with which they treat each other - all in the process of making the album Zitilites
Zitilites
Zitilites is the fourth album by Kashmir. It was released in 2003. Henrik Lindstrand joined the band as a permanent member on this album. "Rocket Brothers", "Surfing the Warm Industry" and "The Aftermath" were all released as singles and were all hits in Denmark. "Rocket Brothers" especially was...
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Besides seeing the band writing the Zitilities album, we also witness their failed break-through in America, and lead singer Kasper Eistrup's audition for Roger Waters Pink Floyd tour. Eistrup auditioned as the lead singer and guitarist.