Neckbone and Jerbear review punk rock movies. That could mean it's about punk music, it has a punk theme, or it has a punk director or cast. We play pretty fast and loose with the definition honestly. Each movie is rated on a scale of how punk it is AND how good it is. Visit our website at www.prairiepunkpress ...
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Neckbone and Jerbear interview A Band Called Death director Mark Covino. Synopsis: The story of the Hackney brothers, and how the discovery of their long-lost demo tape led to their band's newfound popularity. This is the first time the director of the movie being reviewed has been on the show. This is also the first time a documentary on this podcast has actually been good, so two firsts! More conversations with Mark will be on our other podcast, A Prairie Punk House Companion, coming March 1, 2025. Check out Mark's Etsy page below to find some of the last copies of A Band Called Death on DVD and blu-ray. https://www.etsy.com/shop/ABCDmerch And find our other podcast here: https://rss.com/podcasts/prairiepunkpress/
Neckbone and Jerbear discuss the 1998 James Merendino cult classic, SLC Punk! Whether you love or hate this film, don't worry! Our analysis, good or bad, has absolutely no consequences and we are not professional film critics. Synopsis: Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives in conservative Salt Lake City, Utah.
Happy Halloween! Neckbone and Jerbear discuss the 1985 Dan O'Bannon zombie classic, Return of the Living Dead. Synopsis: When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage through Louisville, Kentucky seeking their favorite food, brains.
Neckbone and Jerbear discuss the 2007 Roy Wallace directed anarcho-punk documentary The Day the Country Died, based on the book of the same name by Ian Glasper. Synopsis: Through interviews with major players in the anarchist-punk movement, The Day the Country Died explores the evolution of a genre. Those sharing their views include Colin Jerwood of Conflict, Penny Rimbaud of Crass, Zillah Minx of Rubella Ballet, and more. The release also includes live concert material.
Neckbone and Jerbear discuss the 1983 Penelope Spheeris film, Suburbia, which will now be known as the REAL Suburbia. Synopsis: When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome teenage Evan, he finds escape with the orphans of a throw-away society: a group of punk rockers. TRIGGER WARNING: This movie, and therefore this episode, mentions suicide and sexual assault.