Urgh! A Music War vs We Are The Thousand

We Are The Thousand has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.3/10 for Urgh! A Music War). We Are The Thousand is the shorter watch at 1h 20m compared with 2h 1m. Urgh! A Music War is the older of the two (1981 against 2020). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Urgh! A Music War posterUrgh! A Music War1981 VS We Are The Thousand posterWe Are The Thousand2020
Urgh! A Music WarWe Are The Thousand
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 8.4/10
Year19812020
Length2h 1m1h 20m
GenresDocumentary, MusicDocumentary, Music
Country––
DirectorDerek BurbidgeAnita Rivaroli
Main castDanny Elfman, Nigel Bennett, Toyah Willcox, Sting, Joan JettFabio Zaffagnini, Marco Sabiu

Synopsis

Urgh! A Music War

Urgh! A Music War is a British film released in 1982 featuring performances by punk rock, new wave, and post-punk acts, filmed in 1980. Among the artists featured in the movie are Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Magazine, The Go-Go's, Toyah Willcox, The Fleshtones, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, X, XTC, Devo, The Cramps, Oingo Boingo, Dead Kennedys, Gary Numan, Klaus Nomi, Wall of Voodoo, Pere Ubu, Steel Pulse, Surf Punks, 999, UB40…

We Are The Thousand

Together impossible goals can be reached. Like playing a song as a tribute to your favorite rock band, putting together 1000 musicians playing perfectly in synch. It’s what Rockin’1000 achieved, a group of Italian friends who became a global community bringing musicians from all around the world. We Are The Thousand is the story of how the largest band on the planet came to be: over nineteen thousand musicians, amateurs and pros from every age…

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