Dead Kennedys Movies

The Lovedolls are back and this time they're not going down without rocking the whole town in director David Markey's outrageous, punk-infused sequel to the 1984 cult hit Desperate Teenage Lovedolls. Kitty Carryall (Jennifer Schwartz) was wasting away in a booze-soaked depression until acid frenzied religious cult leader Patch Christ (Janet Housden) came along. Once again empowered by the spirit of rock and roll, the freshly recharged pair recruit Sunset Boulevard streetwalker Alexandria "Cheetah" Axethrasher to take over for the recently departed Bunny Tremelo (Hilary Rubens). Things get complicated though when New Mexico-based Freedom School alum Rainbow Tramaine (Steven McDonald) discovers that his twin brother took his own life after breaking big with the Lovedolls, and with the mother of She Devils leader Patricia Ann Colverfield (Tracy Lea) out for blood and obsessive Lovedolls fan Carl Celery (Jeff McDonald) hatching a plan to take out Brews Springstien (Jordan Schwartz), there's no telling what kind of rock and roll madness is yet to come. Special appearances by Bangle Vicki Peterson, Dead Kennedy's front-man Jello Biafra, and The Seeds' Sky Saxon ensures that this gonzo sequel will surely earn a warm spot in the clothespin-pierced heart of punk-rock die-hards. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Punk has become as American as Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe, but at its onset in American pop-culture, there was an intense resistance from the mainstream. This polar push and pull is what defined the early punk attitude, and there were none more willing to display the angst and displeasure with the American ideal then the Dead Kennedys. Many of the modern consumers of punk music were too young to have ever seen the Kennedys perform live before their unfortunate breakup, but thanks to the folks at Rhino, punkers young and old can gaze with awe as one the most formidable American punk groups steps on stage. Filmed at the now defunct On Broadway in San Francisco on June 16, 1984, this film gives great insight into the live energy of lead singer Jello Biafra and his fellow band mates as they perform smashing renditions of Kennedy classics such as Religious Vomit, Hop with the Jet Set and Riot. ~ Ed Atkinson, Rovi

This music documentary presents 30 different performances nonstop, featuring both well-known and lesser-known bands with names that sound like they were picked at random from words thrown into a salad bowl and then mixed at high speed: Pere Ubu, XTC, Wall of Voodoo, Oingo Boingo, Steel Pulse, Surf Punks, 999, UB40, Echo and the Bunnymen, and so forth. The sounds recorded on this documentary are as varied as the names of the bands, and so there is something for everyone here -- at least, everyone enthralled by music as boisterous and eccentric (in some cases) as the nomenclature of the groups themselves. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi