, The Edge , Jimmy Page Jack White - It Might Get Loud

It Might Get Loud is a 2008 American documentary film by filmmaker Davis Guggenheim. It explores the careers and musical styles of prominent rock guitarists Jimmy Page, the Edge, and Jack White. The film premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival and received a wide release in the United States on August 14, 2009, from Sony Pictures Classics.

The film documents the varied playing and recording styles of guitarists Jimmy Page, The Edge, and Jack White.

Page's history with guitar traces back to his childhood when he played in a skiffle band. After desiring to do more than play pop music, Page "retires" from guitar playing to attend art school. He later revives his music career as a session guitarist, only to be discouraged by the realisation that he is playing others' music and stifling his creativity. At that point, Page began to write and perform in the bands The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin. Page discusses the skiffle and blues music that influenced him at the time. For many of Page's scenes, he visits Headley Grange, where several songs from Led Zeppelin IV were recorded. In one location, he explains how the distinctive drum sound from "When the Levee Breaks" was achieved from the house's acoustics in which it was recorded.

The Edge's history with guitar traces back to building a guitar with his brother Dik and learning to play. In the film, he visits Mount Temple Comprehensive School and recalls forming U2 in childhood. He also demonstrates his playing technique by eliminating certain strings from chords and using echo and delay effects to "fill in notes that aren't there". He also discusses the purchase of his signature guitar, the Gibson Explorer, in New York City and the punk music that influenced him. In other scenes, he plays early demo tapes of "Where the Streets Have No Name", discusses his inspiration for "Sunday Bloody Sunday", and spends time experimenting with guitar effects for the riffs to "Get on Your Boots".

Jack White traces his musical background to his childhood in a rundown Detroit neighbourhood. Living with two drum sets and a guitar occupying his room and sleeping on a piece of foam due to taking out his bed for more space for his music, White struggled to find a musical identity, as it was "uncool" to play an instrument and his nine siblings all shared a musical propensity. His strong interest in blues and roots music opposed the hip hop and house music popular in the Latino south Detroit neighbourhood at the time. White eventually finds a niche in a garage rock band called The Upholsterers while working as an upholsterer, which paves the way for his future bands, The White Stripes and The Raconteurs. White's philosophy is to limit and challenge himself in many ways to force creative approaches to recording and playing.

The film's touchstone is a meeting of the three guitarists at a Los Angeles soundstage, dubbed "The Summit", on Wed., Jan. 23, 2008. In these scenes, the three guitarists not only converse about their influences and techniques, but they also play each other's songs together, showing each other how to play "I Will Follow", "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground", and "In My Time of Dying". The film concludes with the men playing an impromptu cover version of The Band's "The Weight" on acoustic guitars.