rockumentary

English

Etymology

Blend of rock +‎ documentary.

Noun

rockumentary (plural rockumentaries)

1. A documentary about rock music or its musicians.
   • 2004 July 9, A. O. Scott, “FILM REVIEW; Heavy-Metal Headshrinking and Other Secrets of the Rock 'n' Roll Business”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The first 30 minutes or so of "Metallica" have the flavor of a standard behind-the-scenes rockumentary.

   • 2007 December 17, Daniel M. Gold, “The Early Years of Rock, Later Than Previously Thought”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     It occasionally suffers from the pontification so deservedly satirized in rockumentaries like This Is Spinal Tap.

References

• Hopkins, Jerry (1969 April 5) “'Rockumentary' Radio Milestone”, in Rolling Stone‎^[3], number 30, page 9