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  1. DANNIS HACKNEY/MOTOR CITY DRUMS Born and rasied in Detroit Michigan and growing up in the vitality of the melting pot of Detroit popular music spanning the 50s, 60s. and 70s, Dannis Hackney aquired the skill of drumming inspired by the sounds of the Motor City in Blues, Jazz, Motown, and Detroit and British imported Rock-N-Roll.

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  2. Death (proto-punk band) Death is an American band formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1971 by brothers Bobby (bass, vocals), David (March 19, 1952-October 9, 2000) (guitar), and Dannis Hackney (drums, percussion). The trio initially started as a funk group but quickly switched their style to rock after seeing concerts by the Who and Alice Cooper.

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  4. Mar 12, 2009 · Death in its prime: from left, the Hackney brothers, David, Bobby and Dannis. The band’s 1974 demo tape was released last month as “... For the Whole World to See.”

  5. Jun 26, 2013 · Dannis Hackney used to call Death -- the mid-70s protopunk band he formed with brothers David and Bobby Hackney -- "the greatest band that never was." But as "A Band Called Death," a documentary…

  6. Jun 28, 2013 · 1h 36m. By Nicolas Rapold. June 27, 2013. “Because death is real” is how David Hackney once explained his idea for the precociously punk band he and his brothers had formed as teenagers in ...

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  7. Jan 12, 2016 · The band that were punk “before punk was punk,” Detroit trio Death comprised of the Hackney brothers: Bobby, David and Dannis. Inspired by the local sounds of Motown, MC5, The Stooges and Alice Cooper, and British groups like The Beatles, The Stones and The Who, their choice of name played on the concept of “spinning death from the negative to the positive.”

  8. In the 1970s, three teenage brothers, David, Dannis and Bobby Hackney, formed a rock 'n roll band called Death. They grew up in Detroit, with loving supportive parents who gave them only one credo: "Back up your brother." Death never got very far, and their story is a fascinating one, told beautifully in "A Band Called Death."

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