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- THE DOCUMENTARY
Unapologetically indie, “ROADIE: My Documentary” spans the 20 year career of roadie turned Filmmaker, TJ Hoffmann as he takes you behind the scenes and on the run with rock-n-roll road crews.
Filmed in a handful of countries over the course of ten years, "ROADIE" begins as a quest to find out why anyone would want to become one but over time another narrative is discovered as TJ, the man behind the camera is forced to confront his inner demons.
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- THE CAST
Brett Pirozzi
Skid Row, Lordi
Robert Long
Mötley Crüe, KISS
Dennis McGivern
System of a Down/ Demi LovatoMonte Pittman
MadonnaRon “Bumblefoot” Thal
Guns-N-RosesAiden Mullen
Peter FramptonJim Runge
The Black KeysLindsay Vannoy
Elton JohnMike “McBob” Mayhue
Guns-N-Roses, Dixie ChicksTom Weber
Van Halen, PoisonStan Lemendola
Fleetwood MacMonte Melnick
The RamonesMeg MacRae
Eagles, Shania TwainChris Fenn
The OffspringSam Osland
Counting Crows, Matchbox 20Joe Garlipp
The Who, Ted NugentChris Samardizch
Allman Bros., The Dead ABOUT TJ
Life on the road and behind the tour.
TJ’s story originally started in the late 1980’s as a roadie for several New Jersey club bands. After a brief time at New Jersey’s legendary Trax East Recording studio, he spent most of the 1990’s and 2000’s crisscrossing the planet with bands like M.O.D, Agnostic Front, Ignite and many more. Along the way, he formalized his work with the creation Iron Sound Productions; a company providing back line, sound re-enforcement and tour logistics. By 2000, he was pulling triple duty as Tour Manager, Drum Tech and Guitar Tech for Skid Row, who was opening on the legendary KISS Farewell Tour (last tour with the original members of the band), and included a set by Ted Nugent. As the miles and years on the road continued to stack up, he further earned the respect and trust of peers in the industry.
Coming off his last tour, after spending over 20 years on the road, was a time of reflection for TJ; the realization that he was just a local kid from Jersey who had the honor to travel and share a stage with some of the biggest bands in the world. There were more than enough All Access stories to fill the pages of a book, but this wasn’t a story to just be seen through the interpreted imagination of a reader. Throughout all his travels, he had been compiling video footage of life on the road. There wasn’t a story to be written. It was a story that had to be seen. First hand.
Using his video archive as a basis, he starting from the ground up recording new footage. Talking directly to Roadies; helping his peers to open up to the camera, so he could capture the film in reality. In the life that it is lived, not just as it could be filmed. He knew the business first hand. He knew the life first hand. He had lived that life. His production would be at a level never infiltrated or presented. Without this bonding of a brotherhood he shared, this film and other related projects could never have happened. But they have.
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PART 3 | December 20, 2021, YouTube
PART 2 | December 16, 2021, YouTube
PART 1 | December 13, 2021, YouTube
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CONTACT
If you are interested in learning more about ROADIE: The Documentary or other projects we are working on, then please contact us. We would love to hear from you.
IRON SOUND PRODUCTIONS
TJ Hoffmann is the Owner and creative Director of Iron Sound Productions.
Iron Sound Productions was born in 1993 as a multi faceted production company providing essential support to the entertainment industry. From sound reinforcement to back line, tour staffing to logistics, Iron Sound embodied the "Do It Yourself" mindset, world wide, throughout the years. Entering the new Millennium, Iron Sound took its strength and experiences from live sound and production into theatre, television and film. With affiliates in Los Angeles and New York City, we have the industry surrounded. Our team of writers, editors and producers has put us on the map as a leading content provider for unscripted, reality television. We write and produce documentaries and short films for a wide array of platforms, demographics and clients.
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