THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS MOVIE

THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS ARE LEGENDS. NO ONE FLEW THEIR FREAK FLAG HIGHER.

The band exploded onto the underground music scene in the 1980s, amazing a growing audience as they built one of the most mind-boggling surrealist rock and roll spectacles ever devised. Their very name was a fuck you to the straight, conformist, homophobic Reagan ethos of the time. They were radically inclusive and pushed the limits of artistic expression and lifestyle.

They lived on the edge - nomadic art-punk pioneers on an endless tour, blowing minds and spreading their art to a cult following. When they started, their name was so shocking newspapers wouldn’t print it. Ten years later, Beavis and Butthead and Letterman were saying it on prime-time national TV.

Insiders always knew how important they were: Perry Farrell asked them to perform at the first Lollapalooza, Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones produced their first major label record, and their fans are a who’s who of some of the world’s most influential artists.

AS TIME MARCHES ON, WE MUST TELL THE BAND'S STORY AND CEMENT THEIR PLACE IN HISTORY.

This documentary will tell the story on three levels:

1. The big picture. How the American post-punk movement rose in the early 80’s in defiance of Reaganism.

2. The band’s story. How two accounting students from Trinity college found solidarity in their weirdness, recruited like-minded “misfit” band members - queers, weirdos, and nonconformists like performance artist Kathleen Lynch - and embarked on one of the most radical rock journeys of all time. Somehow this band, with a defiantly non commercial name, ended up as major influences on acts like Nirvana and even scored a number one hit song.

3. The human story. An intimate look at lead singer Gibby Haynes, guitar wizard Paul Leary, and drummers Teresa Nervosa and King Coffey - four American originals with personal stories that will amaze and surprise audiences.