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LOUDER THAN LOVE-The Grande Ballroom Story is a documentary about the legendary Grande Ballroom in Detroit ,Michigan during 1966 until 1972. While the West Coast was groovin' to the sounds of the "Summer of Love" in 1967, Detroit was pumping out a hard-driving, gritty and raw sound that was "Louder Than Love." The Grande Ballroom stood as the epicenter of the Detroit rock music scene that spawned in the late ‘60s. Serving as the starting point for bands such as MC5, Iggy & The Stooges, Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes and more, the Grande not only influenced local Detroit musicians but inspired bands from all over the U.S. and Great Britain. Legendary acts like Led Zeppelin, Cream, B.B. King, Janis Joplin, Pink Floyd and the Who soon began to grace the stage at the Grande on a regular basis. This story is about the hallowed halls that started it all, told by the artists who helped create its epic stature. For more info & Updates checkout LOUDER THAN LOVE on FACEBOOK http://www.vimeo.com/7712066

This is the greatest untold story in rock and roll history.

Produced and Directed by Tony D'Annunzio Edited by Karl Rausch

LOUDER THAN LOVE-The Grande Ballroom Story project is still a work in progress. LOUD Productions is in the process of obtaining music licensing rights for all music.

The project includes interviews with the following: Over 75 hours worth of awe-inspiring interviews from some of music biggest music icons that help tell the greatest untold story in Rock and Roll History! Many that lived it, some that were influenced by it, but all that were effected by the GRAND BALLROOM

Roger Daltrey-The Who BB King-Blues Icon Alice Cooper- Don Was-Producer Extraordinaire Ted Nugent-Motor City Madman Mark Farner-Grand Funk Railroad Wayne Kramer MC5 Guitarist Dennis "machinegun" Thompson MC5 Drummer Ron Cooke-DETROIT bassist Ray Goodman-SRC guitarist Jem Targel-Third Power singer/bassist Scott Morgan-The Rationals singer/guitarist

Slash-Guitar Hero influenced by the DETROIT Sound Lemmy- No Motorhead without MC5 Henry Rollins-influenced by Iggy & Ted Tom Morello-Rage guitarist

Russ Gibb-Owner/Visionary John Sinclair-White Panther Leader/MC5 manager Leni Sinclair-Photographer Gary Grimshaw-Poster Artist Carl Lundgren-Poster artist Tom Weschler-CREEM Photographer Dave Carson-Author Grit Noise Revolution Tom Wright-Who's manager/Grande Manager Dave Miller-Grande MC Harvey Ovshinsky-5th Estate Founder & Editor Ruth Hoffman- Self proclaimed Grande Groupie

Benefits for LOUDER THAN LOVE have been held in both Detroit,Michigan and Sydney ,Australia