The Fearless Freaks (2005)
• May 25th, 2005 • 1h 40min
Music, Documentary
Overview
Equal parts punk and psychedelia, the Flaming Lips emerged from Oklahoma City as one of the most bracing bands of the late 1980s. The Fearless Freaks documents their rise from Butthole Surfers-imitating noisemakers to grand poobahs of orchestral pop masterpieces. Filmmaker Bradley Beesely had the good fortune of living in the same neighborhood as lead Lip Wayne Coyne, who quickly enlisted his buddy to document his band's many concerts and assorted exploits. The early footage is a riot, with tragic hair styles on proud display as the boys attempt to cover up their lack of natural talent with sheer volume. During one show, they even have a friend bring a motorcycle on stage, which is then miked for sound and revved throughout the performance, clearing the club with toxic levels of carbon monoxide. Great punk rock stuff. Interspersed among the live bits are interviews with the band's family and friends, revealing the often tragic circumstances of their childhoods and early career.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Dead Mail
Released on: 2024-03-09
Crime, Thriller, Music, Mystery, Horror
An ominous help note finds its way to a 1980s post office, connecting a dead letter investigator to ...
Vivement Truffaut
Released on: 1985-07-12
Documentary
A tribute to the late, great French director Francois Truffaut, this documentary was undoubtedly nam...
We Are Bleach
Released on:
Comedy, Drama, Music
A multi-awarded 23 minute short film about pansexual punk rockers in a toxic relationship in London’...
Crass: The Sound of Free Speech (The Story of Reality Asylum)
Released on: 2023-09-17
Documentary, Music
The film dives into 1970's Britain; the birth of punk and the formation of Crass, with an in-depth l...
The Show Must Go Off!: Dance Hall Crashers - Live at the House of Blues L.A.
Released on: 2005-01-01
Music
Part of the Show Must Go Off series, Live at the House of Blues finds the ska-punk band at their bes...
Please Kill Me
Released on: 2011-03-11
Music
Going backstage and behind closed doors to chronicle the music of sex, drugs, and power struggles th...
The Go-Go's
Released on: 2021-03-08
Documentary, Music
As the first all-female band to play their instruments, write their songs and have a No. 1 album, Th...
Little Girl
Released on: 2020-09-25
Documentary
7-year-old Sasha has always known that she is a girl. Sasha’s family has recently accepted her gende...
Brent Houzenga: Hybrid Pioneer
Released on: 2010-11-06
Documentary
A documentary about an Iowa artist who made his career from two antique photo albums that he found i...
Loose Change
Released on: 2005-12-11
Documentary
2nd Edition of Loose Change documentary. What if...September 11th was not a surprise attack on Ameri...
Green Day: Dookie
Released on:
Documentary, Music
A documentary that explores the making and impact of Green Day's third album Dookie, which was relea...
UltraFlash! The Dancemusic Video
Released on: 1983-01-01
Music
An exciting dance/video program inspired by the hit film "Flashdance" is performed to some of the da...
The Writing on the Wall
Released on: 1986-12-11
Documentary
"In this half-hour documentary, Producer Sandra King provides an intimate portrait of a public pheno...
That Kid
Released on: 1976-01-21
Documentary
A group of educators led by Fernand Deligny are working to create contact with autistic children in ...
Signature Sounds: The Music of WWE
Released on: 2014-03-18
Documentary
Music has been integral in WWE history, especially anthems for all the greatest WWE Superstars. Sinc...
Miguelito - Canto a Borinquen
Released on: 2019-03-07
Documentary
In 1973, eleven year old Miguelito was discovered singing in the San Juan airport by the legendary N...
Once is Never
Released on: 1955-03-25
Music, Comedy
A musician seeks a peaceful vacation in a Vogtland village but is soon overwhelmed by requests for a...
Dear Evan Hansen
Released on: 2025-01-23
Music, Drama
Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety, unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the ...