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The term rockumentary is a neologism denoting a program on television or movie documentary about rock and roll or its musicians. It was coined by Rob Reiner in the mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap
.

The concept of the Rockumentary Podcast was coined by Brinkley Warren in 2005 in conjunction with a start-up podcasting program that focuses primarily on promotional rockumentaries distributed in podcast form. "ATHCAST" is a podcast program started by Mike Ewing and Brinkley Warren that consists of video, audio, and interactive slideshows that are produced in association with live music events in Athens, GA.

Rockumentary film examples include Monterey Pop (Monterey Festival), Woodstock (Woodstock festival), The Last Waltz (final concert by The Band), Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones at Altamont), "Live at Pompeii" (Pink Floyd), Stop Making Sense (Talking Heads), "The Kids are Alright" (The Who), "The Song Remains The Same" (Led Zeppelin), "Don't Look Back" (Bob Dylan), The Filth and the Fury (The Sex Pistols), Stalking Pete Doherty
(The Libertines/Babyshambles) and the parody or mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap
.

New Media examples include the podcast program "ATHCAST".

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