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King Rocker (2020)

A Film About Robert Lloyd and The Nightingales

Genre : Documentary, Music

Runtime : 1H 30M

Director : Michael Cumming

Synopsis

How does a working class autodidact, with no visible means of support, maintain his role as the leader of a cult British underground band into its fifth decade? Comedian and writer Stewart Lee, director Michael Cumming and James Nicholls investigate the mysterious existence of Robert Lloyd, Britain’s ultimate post-punk survivor. Robert Lloyd’s Prefects played with The Clash on the White Riot tour in 1977, and their ongoing incarnation, as Birmingham’s Captain Beefheart suffused post-punk poets The Nightingales, recorded more John Peel sessions than any other band. Ever. But what were the social, cultural and economic circumstances that enabled and sustained such outsider artists in the punk and post-punk eras, and how has the world changed to the point where such figures are unlikely to flourish in the same way today? Lloyd’s own odyssey echoes how abstract notions of social mobility, of the value of culture and music, have changed in the last five decades.

Actors

Robert Lloyd
Robert Lloyd
Himself
Stewart Lee
Stewart Lee
Himself
Frank Skinner
Frank Skinner
Himself
Marc Riley
Marc Riley
Himself
John Peel
John Peel
Himself
Robin Askwith
Robin Askwith
Himself
Bridget Christie
Bridget Christie
Herself
John Taylor
John Taylor
Himself
Nish Kumar
Nish Kumar
Himself
Nigel Slater
Nigel Slater
Himself
Paul Morley
Paul Morley
Himself
Gina Birch
Gina Birch
Herself
Samira Ahmed
Samira Ahmed
Herself
Seann Walsh
Seann Walsh
Himself
Andrew O'Neill
Andrew O'Neill
Himself
Kevin Eldon
Kevin Eldon
Himself
Danny Fields
Danny Fields
Himself
Paul Putner
Paul Putner
Himself
Steve Beresford
Steve Beresford
Himself
Alan Apperley
Alan Apperley
Himself
Paul Apperley
Paul Apperley
Himself
Helen Apperley
Helen Apperley
Herself
Dave Twist
Dave Twist
Himself
Maria Hughes
Maria Hughes
Herself
Peter Byrchmore
Peter Byrchmore
Himself
Ted Chippington
Ted Chippington
Himself
Maggie Dunne
Maggie Dunne
Herself (as Magz from Fuzzbox)
Vickie Perks
Vickie Perks
Herself (as Vix from Fuzzbox)
Louis Lloyd
Louis Lloyd
Himself
James Brown
James Brown
Himself
Mark Jones
Mark Jones
Himself
Daren Garratt
Daren Garratt
Himself
Felicity Kitson
Felicity Kitson
Herself
Andreas Schmid
Andreas Schmid
Himself
James Smith
James Smith
Himself
Julie Lloyd
Julie Lloyd
Herself
Simon Bazalgette
Simon Bazalgette
Himself
John Walters
John Walters
Himself
Adrian Edmondson
Adrian Edmondson
(archive footage)
David 'Kid' Jensen
David 'Kid' Jensen
(archive footage)

Crews

Michael Cumming
Michael Cumming
Director
James Nicholls
James Nicholls
Producer
Stewart Lee
Stewart Lee
Writer
Michael Cumming
Michael Cumming
Writer

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