Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Ave
212.505.5181
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The Holy Modal Rounders
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Dec 7, 2007 – Dec 13, 2007
Daily (7:30pm)
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- Price
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$10.50
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Note: Founding Rounder Peter Stampfel appears and performs at several screenings alongside a slate of impressive "celebrity" speakers.
After splintering from iconic garage-folkies the Fugs, early-'60s gutter-grass pioneers the Holy Modal Rounders lived poorer, partied faster, and hassled the squares harder than any other Americana act in history. Outsider musicians with a penchant for obscenity (they originally considered billing themselves the Motherfucker Creek Babyrapers), founders Steve Weber and Peter Stampfel put the grass back in bluegrass (not to mention the booze and acid), playing irreverent, often absurdist psychedelic folk ("Boobs a Lot" may be the most uplifting homage to female fun-parts ever imagined). Bound to Lose follows the group through its antic-filled highs and drug-addled lows, painting a classic, pre-punk portrait of musical decadence and a staunchly anti-establishment ethos.
