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1991: The Year Punk Broke , released theatrically in 1992, is a documentary directed by Dave Markey featuring American alternative rock band Sonic Youth on tour in Europe in 1991. While Sonic Youth is the focus of the documentary, the film also gives attention to Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr., Babes in Toyland, Gumball and The Ramones. Also featured in the film are Mark Arm, Dan Peters and Matt Lukin of Mudhoney and roadie Joe Cole, who was murdered in a robbery three months after the tour ended. The film is dedicated to him. Several scenes in the film involve re-enactments and references to scenes from the contemporaneous Madonna tour documentary, Truth or Dare, such as Gordon complaining about "industry people" in the front row, or Cobain, introduced as "Costner" telling Sonic Youth that their show was "neat". At a screening of the film at the 2008 All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Monticello, New York, Markey mentioned that the working title for the film was Tooth or Hair, as a further play on this connection. A home video VHS was released by The David Geffen Company on April 13, 1993. The film was again re-released on DVD on September 13, 2011 by the Universal Music Group .
Original Release
11/19/1992
US Release
11/19/1992
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Sonic Youth | Themselves |
| Kim Gordon | Self - Sonic Youth / Self |
| Lee Ranaldo | Self - Sonic Youth / Self |
| Steve Shelley | Self - Sonic Youth / Self |
| Thurston Moore | Self - Sonic Youth / Self |
| Nirvana | Themselves |
| Kurt Cobain | Self - Nirvana / Self |
| Dave Grohl | Self - Nirvana / Self |
| Krist Novoselic | Self - Nirvana / Self |
| Dinosaur Jr. | Themselves |
Directors
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Sonic Youth | Themselves |
| Kim Gordon | Self - Sonic Youth / Self |
| Lee Ranaldo | Self - Sonic Youth / Self |
| Steve Shelley | Self - Sonic Youth / Self |
| Thurston Moore | Self - Sonic Youth / Self |
| Nirvana | Themselves |
| Kurt Cobain | Self - Nirvana / Self |
| Dave Grohl | Self - Nirvana / Self |
| Krist Novoselic | Self - Nirvana / Self |
| Dinosaur Jr. | Themselves |
| Mike Johnson | Self - Dinosaur Jr. / Self |
| J. Mascis | Self - Dinosaur Jr. |
| Murph | Self - Dinosaur Jr. |
| Babes In Toyland | Themselves |
| Lori Barbero | Self - Babes in Toyland / Self |
| Kat Bjelland | Self - Babes in Toyland / Self |
| Michelle Leon | Self - Babes in Toyland / Self |
| Gumball | Themselves |
| Don Fleming | Self - Gumball / Self |
| Jay Spiegel | Self - Gumball |
