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Let There Be Drums!

"Let There Be Drums!" examines the personal struggles that so many musicians and their families have faced, the nature of how music passes from generation to generation, and the essential role that drumming plays in human life.

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Justin Kreutzmann

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Julian Figgy Delan

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Bill Kreutzmann

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I wasn't in any bands
that were-- - Let There Be Drums!

I wasn't in any bands that were--

It seems like a great place
to come - Let There Be Drums!

It seems like a great place to come

I didn't have to be
in the same old - Let There Be Drums!

I didn't have to be in the same old

[Justin] Since 1965,
my father Bill Kreutzmann - Let There Be Drums!

[Justin] Since 1965, my father Bill Kreutzmann

In 2015, as I watched
the four surviving members - Let There Be Drums!

In 2015, as I watched the four surviving members

I'm not a drummer,
but the drums - Let There Be Drums!

I'm not a drummer, but the drums

And to really understand him,
I knew I needed to go talk - Let There Be Drums!

And to really understand him, I knew I needed to go talk

[Michael Anthony]
Just like it takes a certain - Let There Be Drums!

[Michael Anthony] Just like it takes a certain

[Stewart Copeland] Music is
wired right into us, - Let There Be Drums!

[Stewart Copeland] Music is wired right into us,

Some of us take it to extremes, - Let There Be Drums!

Some of us take it to extremes,

So, in this wonderful world
in which we live, - Let There Be Drums!

So, in this wonderful world in which we live,

[Don Was] The drummer's role
in the band - Let There Be Drums!

[Don Was] The drummer's role in the band

[wind chimes jingling] - Let There Be Drums!

[wind chimes jingling]

We're just antenna, you know, - Let There Be Drums!

We're just antenna, you know,

[Matt Sorum] Every human
and the limbs - Let There Be Drums!

[Matt Sorum] Every human and the limbs

[Taylor Hawkins] I wasn't
shining at anything, - Let There Be Drums!

[Taylor Hawkins] I wasn't shining at anything,

And never from that second on - Let There Be Drums!

And never from that second on

Ever since I was very little,
I just dreamed about it, - Let There Be Drums!

Ever since I was very little, I just dreamed about it,

If you would go around
and ask a lot of drummers, - Let There Be Drums!

If you would go around and ask a lot of drummers,

[music] - Let There Be Drums!

My parents were in a band, - Let There Be Drums!

My parents were in a band,

So, I was constantly around,
you know, rehearsals, - Let There Be Drums!

So, I was constantly around, you know, rehearsals,

One minute was Led Zeppelin,
next minute's the Beatles, - Let There Be Drums!

One minute was Led Zeppelin, next minute's the Beatles,

I mean, what parent goes, - Let There Be Drums!

I mean, what parent goes,

Music was always in our house, - Let There Be Drums!

Music was always in our house,

My sister played piano
and my brother played guitar. - Let There Be Drums!

My sister played piano and my brother played guitar.

So, when I was seven,
I started to listen - Let There Be Drums!

So, when I was seven, I started to listen

I wanted to play the new,
aggressive, loud music, - Let There Be Drums!

I wanted to play the new, aggressive, loud music,

My parents got divorced
when I was very young, - Let There Be Drums!

My parents got divorced when I was very young,

And right about that same time, - Let There Be Drums!

And right about that same time,

I got this little drum
for Christmas that year. - Let There Be Drums!

I got this little drum for Christmas that year.

I used it as a real outlet, - Let There Be Drums!

I used it as a real outlet,

You pick a road
and go down it, - Let There Be Drums!

You pick a road and go down it,

My-- this is like, you know,
my-- my hang room. - Let There Be Drums!

My-- this is like, you know, my-- my hang room.

All my little funny things
that I've collected - Let There Be Drums!

All my little funny things that I've collected

There's Matt Cameron,
one of my drum heroes. - Let There Be Drums!

There's Matt Cameron, one of my drum heroes.

There's Perry Farrell,
one of my rock heroes. - Let There Be Drums!

There's Perry Farrell, one of my rock heroes.

And I always thought
it was funny - Let There Be Drums!

And I always thought it was funny

Um, here's my daughter,
Everly. - Let There Be Drums!

Um, here's my daughter, Everly.

What's going on?
How you doing? - Let There Be Drums!

What's going on? How you doing?

I mean, this is a question, - Let There Be Drums!

I mean, this is a question,

But for you, like,
how stable was your-- - Let There Be Drums!

But for you, like, how stable was your--

Growing up in the Grateful Dead - Let There Be Drums!

Growing up in the Grateful Dead

Don't get me wrong, - Let There Be Drums!

Don't get me wrong,

I remember when I first
started playing music, - Let There Be Drums!

I remember when I first started playing music,

It really made me feel good, - Let There Be Drums!

It really made me feel good,

It allowed me, if my parents
were arguing or fighting, - Let There Be Drums!

It allowed me, if my parents were arguing or fighting,

She taught
at Stanford University, - Let There Be Drums!

She taught at Stanford University,

She'd get me in the corner
and try to get me - Let There Be Drums!

She'd get me in the corner and try to get me

[Mickey] Billy, his mom
had a dance class, - Let There Be Drums!

[Mickey] Billy, his mom had a dance class,

And he always had to come down
hard on the one - Let There Be Drums!

And he always had to come down hard on the one

I don't-- it's not all
jazz music - Let There Be Drums!

I don't-- it's not all jazz music

[Bill] They always seemed to.
I mean, I've seen pictures - Let There Be Drums!

[Bill] They always seemed to. I mean, I've seen picture...

Ahh!
I love it. - Let There Be Drums!

Ahh! I love it.

My father was a drummer,
and so was my mother, - Let There Be Drums!

My father was a drummer, and so was my mother,

My father had won
the world championship in 1939 - Let There Be Drums!

My father had won the world championship in 1939

And my mother,
in the courting process, - Let There Be Drums!

And my mother, in the courting process,

And she got really good at it, - Let There Be Drums!

And she got really good at it,

So, I started
as a rudimental drummer - Let There Be Drums!

So, I started as a rudimental drummer

[Kofi Baker] My dad
was totally wild, - Let There Be Drums!

[Kofi Baker] My dad was totally wild,

I mean, my dad used to say
they used to take LSD - Let There Be Drums!

I mean, my dad used to say they used to take LSD

I do remember him
going out the room - Let There Be Drums!

I do remember him going out the room

[Justin] My dad's approach
wasn't nearly as aggressive - Let There Be Drums!

[Justin] My dad's approach wasn't nearly as aggres...

One day, I came home
from school - Let There Be Drums!

One day, I came home from school

I finally had to break it
to him, - Let There Be Drums!

I finally had to break it to him,

[Jim] Well, no.
Which, you know, - Let There Be Drums!

[Jim] Well, no. Which, you know,

I went, "Where'd you
learn that?" - Let There Be Drums!

I went, "Where'd you learn that?"

You didn't wanna be a drummer.
I tried to get you - Let There Be Drums!

You didn't wanna be a drummer. I tried to get you

My dad never gave me lessons, - Let There Be Drums!

My dad never gave me lessons,

It was always something
that was there, - Let There Be Drums!

It was always something that was there,

And it wasn't forced upon me, - Let There Be Drums!

And it wasn't forced upon me,

In any situation,
if your kid - Let There Be Drums!

In any situation, if your kid

You kinda gotta let them
do what they wanna do. - Let There Be Drums!

You kinda gotta let them do what they wanna do.

I don't think you'd say - Let There Be Drums!

I don't think you'd say

[Nic] But you know,
at the beginning, - Let There Be Drums!

[Nic] But you know, at the beginning,

[Jason] You can ask
nearly everybody, - Let There Be Drums!

[Jason] You can ask nearly everybody,

You know, how many drummers
out there - Let There Be Drums!

You know, how many drummers out there

To introduce to you
on the drums - Let There Be Drums!

To introduce to you on the drums

[cheers and applause] - Let There Be Drums!

[cheers and applause]

He'd be happier if I said - Let There Be Drums!

He'd be happier if I said

[Nic] My dad always had
terrible posture playing drums, - Let There Be Drums!

[Nic] My dad always had terrible posture playing drums,

You know, because of that, - Let There Be Drums!

You know, because of that,

It's worked out in a way
where if that didn't happen, - Let There Be Drums!

It's worked out in a way where if that didn't happ...

But you know, I do kind of--
every now and then, - Let There Be Drums!

But you know, I do kind of-- every now and then,

I always get the question
after the show, it's like, - Let There Be Drums!

I always get the question after the show, it's like,

And you know,
it must be awesome." - Let There Be Drums!

And you know, it must be awesome."

You know, I'll be playing,
and I'll just have - Let There Be Drums!

You know, I'll be playing, and I'll just have

It kinda symbolizes this whole
kind of father-son thing, - Let There Be Drums!

It kinda symbolizes this whole kind of father-son thing,

It's the fact that,
to be able to do that - Let There Be Drums!

It's the fact that, to be able to do that

People compare you to your dad
as in, you know, - Let There Be Drums!

People compare you to your dad as in, you know,

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"Let There Be Drums!" examines the personal struggles that so many musicians and their families have faced, the nature of how music passes from generation to generation, and the essential role that drumming plays in human life.

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Director: Justin Kreutzmann

Writer: Justin Kreutzmann, Kevin Lincoln

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary, music

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

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Released: 28 Oct 2022

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