7 Inspiring Music Docs Available on Netflix Right Now

Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan celebrates a birthday today (February 5), and if you’re a Netflix subscriber (or borrow someone’s login information), we have the perfect idea of how you should celebrate.

There are a ton of great music documentaries available on the streaming giant, and among them is McKagan’s It’s So Easy and Other Lies, the adaptation of his memoir of the same name.  In honor of McKagan’s birthday, here’s our list of seven inspiring music docs currently available on Netflix we think you should check out.

It’s So Easy and Other Lies chronicles McKagan’s crazy life, from moving to Los Angeles and joining Guns N’ Roses to his near-death experience of his pancreas exploding from alcohol abuse and his road to recovery.

Step inside the world and the backstory of some of the best session and touring musicians in rock history.

It’s the story of one of America’s greatest rock bands and told by the band themselves.

Over the course of two decades, Foo Fighters have risen to become one of the biggest bands in the world.  This 2011 documentary chronicles their history and the making of their 2011 album Wasting Light.

What happens when you put three of the most prolific guitarists in music in the same room?  Well…it might get loud.

This Netflix original documentary follows the iconic Rolling Stones guitarist as he makes his 2016 solo album Crosseyed Heart and examines the people and place that inspired him throughout his storied career.

Behind beer and hockey, Rush is Canada’s greatest export, and Beyond The Lighted Stage takes a look at how this power trio came to be.

 Erica Banas is a rock/classic rock blogger that loves the smell of old vinyl in the morning.