rockumentary

[ rok-yuh-men-tuh-ree ]

noun

1. a documentary about rock music.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rockumentary¹

1970–75; rock ² (in the sense “rock-'n'-roll”) + (doc)umentary

Example Sentences

Ironize forms — such as the oral history or the rockumentary — that have ossified?

From Washington Post

The series uses an oral history format to create a “rockumentary”-style depiction of a popular rock band’s demise à la Fleetwood Mac, complete with angsty love triangles, sex, drugs and, of course, rock ’n’ roll.

From Los Angeles Times

“When Harry Met Sally …” is the third film in the registry directed by Reiner and featuring Crystal, alongside the 1984 rockumentary parody “This Is Spinal Tap” and 1987’s fairy-tale cult classic “The Princess Bride.”

From Washington Post

It’s “like a rockumentary in written form,” wrote Alexandra Jacobs in The New York Times.

From Seattle Times

More than a journeyman rockumentary, “Poly Styrene” is a thoughtfully finessed filial reckoning: a daughter’s journey toward understanding her mother as a young artist and as a young woman of color.

From New York Times