ABOUT THE PROJECT
LOGLINE
This movie will tell the amazing story of pioneering art-punk band, Butthole Surfers. Director Tom Stern will reveal the hole truth and nothing butt about the band and its members.
SYNOPSIS
The Butthole Surfers are legends. They 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. Instead, they were radically inclusive weirdo pioneers who 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 wouldnít print it. Ten years later, Beavis and Butthead and David Letterman were saying it on primetime national TV. Insiders always knew how important they were: Perry Farrell asked them to perform at the first Lollapalooza, Led Zeppelinís John Paul Jones produced their first major label record, and their fans are a whoís who of some of the worldís most influential artists.
This documentary will tell the story on three levels:
PROJECT TYPE Documentary Feature
DIRECTOR Tom J Stern
PRODUCER Noa Durban
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Paul Rachman
WEBSITE buttholesurfersmovie.com