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  • Calm Before... The Rising Storm (2018)
  • Short | 30 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Calm Before... The Rising Storm (2018)
Short | 30 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

In March of 1967, a group of six high school seniors at Phillips Academy Andover (an all-boys Prep School) went into a tiny recording studio in Framingham, Massachusetts and recorded an album called 'Calm Before...' that was to become a ...See moreIn March of 1967, a group of six high school seniors at Phillips Academy Andover (an all-boys Prep School) went into a tiny recording studio in Framingham, Massachusetts and recorded an album called 'Calm Before...' that was to become a Vinyl collector's classic in the decades to follow. The Rising Storm has survived to become one of the 'Unknown Legends of Rock n Roll', and five decades later, they are still making music. The boys graduated, and went on with their lives and successful professional careers that had nothing to do with music. The 500 copies of the album, never meant for distribution, fell into obscurity, until 1982, when a German collector paid $2,000 for a rare copy. Music reviewers and rock historians re-discovered 'Calm Before - ' calling the album an 'icon of the 60's garage band sound with surprising original material'. The album was 'bootlegged' in Europe and suddenly the band was unwittingly thrust back into the spotlight. In this 30 minute documentary, filled with archival photos, animations, re-creations, and interviews with experts, fans, and band members, we piece together the story of the Rising Storm's unlikely rise to fame. We explain what caused the craze among Vinyl collectors and hear what the band has to say about the music they created fifty years ago, the times they lived in, their subsequent "fame", and their real lives. Return to 1967 with the Rising Storm to recapture the magic in the music of 'Calm Before'. See less
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Andrew Brier (producer)
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Updated Dec 31, 2018

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2018 (United States)
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21 cast members
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James Ammirato
Self - Young Tom Scheft Self - Young Tom Scheft   See fewer
Geoffrey Cole
Self - Young Bob Cohan Self - Young Bob Cohan   See fewer
Brendan King
Self - Young Tony Thompson Self - Young Tony Thompson   See fewer
Maxwell Kozlov
Self - Young Charlie Rockwell Self - Young Charlie Rockwell   See fewer
Danelis Libertad Padron
Self - The Abbot Girl Self - The Abbot Girl   See fewer
Galen Rokosz
Self - Young Todd Cohen Self - Young Todd Cohen   See fewer
Nicholas Scott
Self - Young Rich Weinberg Self - Young Rich Weinberg   See fewer
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