Chain Keep Us Together

Fleetwood Mac: Unbroken Chain (2004) Rating: Not Rated

I've been a Fleetwood Mac fan for almost 15 years now (half my life) and being as "young" as I am I didn't know much about the early years of the band known as Fleetwood Mac. Sure I knew the name Peter Green, I knew the music and I knew they started out as a blues band. But other than that not much. I gathered up as much info on the band as I could via the internet, friends etc. But there was still so many questions. Then I came across this 48 minute documentary. It really surprised me to find out that they spent almost half of the documentary talking about the pre Nicks/Buckingham era. Not that I don't love Stevie & Lindsey. This documentary (although not approved by the band...from what I can tell) really gives out a lot of info from the beginnings of the band and how it was named after Mick Fleetwood and the second (yes I said second) bassist John McVie, as well as the breakdown of their original guitarist and "leader" Peter Green. And the various members that joined from that point till the "classic" lineup that everyone knows came to be. The only problem I had with this documentary was the fact that it skimmed over the time period where Lindsey left the band and then Stevie close by. It does mention that they reunited for the Dance Tour...and shows a brief glimpse of the Say You Will album, but no mention whatsoever about the Behind The Mask or the Time albums or the musicians who played on them. But for a 48 minute documentary it was surprisingly really good. Perhaps someone could recommend a better documentary on the band that covers the years missing?