“When the music stopped I wanted to tell the story of our shuttered local music scene in Tempe. What are hometown touring bands like The Gin Blossoms, Jimmy Eat World, Refreshments and The Black Moods doing now that touring was canceled and we were all stuck home?
Did they get day jobs?"
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Released August 6th on all platforms, cable, and satellite nationally
The Black Moods feature documentary now available to rent or buy!
Sammy Hagar, Corey Taylor, Rick Springfield, Michael Anthony, Robin Wilson, Kevin Cronin & Eddie Trunk
“You never realize how music affects you… until you’re told to sit still.” Tempe, Arizona based rock trio The Black Moods breaks through Billboard Top 20 just as the pandemic shutters the music industry.
After years of work on the road to ‘make it’ the musicians return home to an uncertain future as all live entertainment is canceled. This story focuses on the bond and struggles of artists working together as a band to continue to pursue their passion and work as they rely on each other to get through difficult times. With live music venues shuttered, how do artists and entertainers keep going when their livelihood has been suddenly and indefinitely put on hold. 500 Days of Silence is a look at the journey taken by musicians playing small clubs to large arenas during this unprecedented time in history in a story of perseverance, personal creativity and inspiration.
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Joined by bands from Arizona's "Mill Ave. Sound" of the 90's including Jimmy Eat World, Gin Blossoms and the Refreshments, plus veterans Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony of Van Halen, Corey Taylor of Slipknot, Steel Panther, Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon, Rick Springfield and rock radio and VH1 host Eddie Trunk.
As other artists signed on to the project, I had no idea what I was in for and the audience gets to experience that too. The feeling of losing your livelihood, the one thing you know how to do, uncertainty and fears were the same no matter how far along the musicians were in their careers. The story unfolded through their journey where the bands - The Black Moods and Sammy Hagar - finally take the stage again for the first time…on the same weekend!” -Jeremy Simmons / Director
Written and directed by Jeremy Simmons, “500 DAYS OF SILENCE” featured artists and notables include Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony (Van Halen); Corey Taylor (Slipknot); Rick Springfield; Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon); Robin Wilson (Gin Blossoms); Eddie Trunk, Eddie Kramer; Josh Kennedy, Chico Diaz, Jordan Hoffman (The Black Moods), Jim Adkins (Jimmy Eat World), Michael Starr (Steel Panther), Vic Johnson (The Circle), and, Roger Clyne (Refreshments).
