Dr. Detroit has interviewed Director James R. Petix for the incredible website Motorciyrocks.com.

“Earlier this decade talented local filmmaker James R. Petix and producer Sarah Babila had a brilliant idea - document the incredible Detroit garage rock music scene that was making headlines all around the world (this was also basically the same reason that MotorCityRocks.com was created in 2003).  Their brilliant idea became the highly sought after documentary It Came From Detroit.  Now after years of post production starts and stops (which included a screening in 2006 at the DAFT), James and Sarah are bringing their “ready for prime time” film to the masses this Wednesday and Thursday at the Magic Bag’s Brew n’ View in Ferndale.

James, you started this movie several years ago– why did it take so long to complete?
When I first had the idea for the film, I thought it would take six months to complete. I was going to interview 10 bands and through them I would find a good cross-section of what was going on at the time. As it turned out, when I started interviewing the bands and getting deeper into the subject I found that I couldn’t interview The Go without talking to Rocket 455, and I couldn’t talk about Rocket 455 unless I interviewed the Gories! So I kept adding and adding until I really found the bands that were the most influential on the scene and also had the best stories to tell. It took six years to complete it because I was working on my nights and weekends only, with no outside financial support. In the end this is a passion project that I had a blast making and hopefully other people can now enjoy.”

To read the intire inteview please click here for Motorcityrocks.com!