Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm
50 years ago, deep in the Welsh countryside, two brothers were milking cows and preparing to take over the family farm but dreamed of making music. They had the audacious idea to build a studio in their farmhouse. Animals were kicked out of barns and musicians moved into Nan’s spare bedroom. Inadvertently, they’d launched the world’s first independent residential recording studio: Rockfield.
Black Sabbath, Queen, Robert Plant, Iggy Pop, Simple Minds, The Stone Roses, Oasis, Coldplay and more made music and mayhem at Rockfield over the decades. This is their story of rock and roll dreams intertwined with a family business’s fight for survival in the face of an ever-changing music landscape.
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Credits
Director: |
Hannah Berryman |
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Executive Producer: |
Keith Potter, Kimberley Warner, Julian Carey |
Producer: |
Catryn Ramasut |
Cinematographer: |
Patrick Smith |
Editor: |
Rupert Houseman |
Music: |
Alexander Parsons |
Principal Cast: |
Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath), Chris Martin, Will Champion & Guy Berriman (Coldplay), Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), Liam Gallagher (Oasis), Dave Brock (Hawkwind), Toni Iommi (Black Sabbath), Jim Kerr (Simple Minds), Tim Burgess (Charlatans), James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire (Manic Street Preachers), Martin Carr (Boo Radleys) |
Contact
Public Film Contact: |
Catryn Ramasut
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Publicity Contact: |
Catryn Ramasut
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