As music fanatics, there’s one thing we love almost as much as the live experience, and that’s a compelling music documentary. Thankfully, you never have to look too far for an in-depth, engrossing, and unforgettable music documentary.

That’s just the way music is, it just produces so many great stories. Some are sad, some are joyful, others bittersweet, but each one deserves to be heard and we’re lucky there’s filmmakers out there who want to tell them.

There’s already a great string of documentaries due for release in 2015, from untold tales of boy bands, to tragic stories of talent cut down in its prime, here are the 10 documentaries you need to keep your eye out for this year.

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