Director: Tom Stern
With: Gibby Haynes, Paul Leary, King Coffey, Teresa Taylor, Steve Albini, Flea, Al Jourgensen, Ian MacKaye, Richard Linklater
Language: English, Hebrew subtitles
The pioneering art-punk band Butthole Surfers emerged in Texas in the 1980s and broke through with the success of alternative rock in the 1990s. Their very name was a fuck you to the straight, conformist, homophobic Reagan ethos. Instead, they were radically inclusive weirdo pioneers who pushed the limits of artistic expression and lifestyle. When they started, their name was so shocking newspapers wouldn’t print it. Ten years later, Beavis and Butthead and David Letterman were saying it on primetime TV. Perry Farrell asked them to perform at the first Lollapalooza, Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones produced their first major label record, and some of the world’s most influential artists are their fans. Now it’s time to tell their story: The hole truth and nothing butt.