Special historical introduction by Western Neighborhoods Project!

In 1974, Hearst Publications heiress Patricia Hearst (Natasha Richardson) was kidnapped by a group of radical revolutionaries named The Symbionese Liberation Army. As her ordeal dragged on, Hearst slowly began to transform from unwilling victim into an accomplice to her kidnapper's cause, resulting in a notorious and violent crime spree that shook the very fabric of American culture, and soon began to beg the question of how much of her involvement was, in fact, forced… (Vinegar Syndrome)

1988 / Park Circus / dir. Paul Schrader

For Your Pleasure

(Music Video Release Show!)

Lead vocalist and guitar player Maria Weiss of the San Francisco lesbian rock band For Your Pleasure says she hopes listeners will feel empowered to take action for whatever causes they are interested in. Weiss has been playing guitar her whole life and joined her high school band. Her father also played drums in different bands and would send Weiss to a family dance camp every winter for years.

“I think that when I write songs, I don’t have a plan, or I’m not like, ‘I want to write a song about this,’ but somehow the lyrics just form what I’ve been thinking about, kind of like a diary or journal,” said Weiss.

She wrote music for years but was too shy to share it with others until she began playing at open mic events and meeting people. She formed the band in 2019, which includes her sister, Catherine, who plays drums and vocals. The band is in the process of recording their first album.

“This is the first time I’ve ever recorded in like a legitimate way,” said Weiss. “So we’re gonna release some singles, and we picked [“Teardown”] because it feels relevant to the political and cultural climate of our world.”

Regarding the song “Teardown,” Weiss said, “I wrote it in 2020 [during] peak COVID and [the] Black Lives Matter [movement] and just kind of really a lot of people grappling with the realities of our world, and so it’s really about like tearing down systems of oppression and hate and all that kind of stuff.”

The band’s members include Catherine Weiss, Gabi Orion, and Parker Cohen. —Chloe Morizono, Spencer Whitney at KQED

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The Breathing Room

(Music Video Release Show!)

The Breathing Room creates a dreamy & atmospheric space for their listeners to inhabit. Based in San Francisco, California, their sound is a unique blend of their eclectic surroundings & musical influences ranging from psychedelia, jazz, classic songwriting to heartfelt soul.

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LoPi

(First Show!)

Lo Pilato (Members of Credit Electric)

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DOORS at 7:00PM | MUSIC at 8:00 PM

Penned by Schrader and his brother Leonard and Robert Towne, THE YAKUZA marks the artists’ first foray into commercial filmmaking. Retired detective Robert Mitchum is pulled back into the criminal underground to rescue a colleague’s daughter abroad, facing off against the brutal Japanese syndicate. Mitchum’s hangdog investigator goes transcendental as dives further into a world of spiritual intrigue and expressions of loyalty and honor. (Jake Isgar)

1974 / Warner Bros. / dir. Sydney Pollack

A masterclass in urban alienation, TAXI DRIVER births the most ubiquitous Schrader protagonist, “God’s lonely man,” here in the form of Travis Bickle: a deeply affected reactionary at odds with the physical world around him. After his misguided attempts at romance with political organizer Betsy (Cybill Shepherd) fizzle, he turns his eye towards violence as his obsessions with justice and emotional purity lead him to a conflict between an underrage prostitute (Jodie Foster) and her pimp (Harvey Keitel). (Jake Isgar)

1976 / Sony / dir. Martin Scorsese

Remy dreams of becoming a great chef, despite being a rat in a definitely rodent-phobic profession. He moves to Paris to follow his dream, and with the help of hapless garbage boy Linguini he puts his culinary skills to the test in the kitchen but he has to stay in hiding at the same time, with hilarious consequences. Remy eventually gets the chance to prove his culinary abilities to a great food critic but is the food good? A Pixar animation.

CinemaSF is proud to announce that our Saturday & Sunday morning POPCORN PALACE movie screenings at the 4 STAR will be presented FREE OF CHARGE in 2025!

Thanks to an incredibly generous grant from the BAKER STREET FOUNDATION, we will be showing you fantastic family-friendly movies every weekend at 10:00 AM! Perfect for everything from birthday get-togethers to casual stop-ins, so bring the whole family over to the 4 STAR THEATER for community movies together.

Reservations will be first-come-first-serve when the box office opens thirty minutes before the screening on the day of the show. We look forward to seeing you at the movies!

When Major Charles Rane (William Devane) returns from Vietnam to central Texas, his hero’s welcome is quickly cut short by bouts of PTSD and a brutal home invasion that leaves him without a family and a limb. Motivated by a spirit of vengeance he goes in pursuit of the gang responsible, barreling toward a blast of violence toward a nihilistic end. (Jake Isgar)

1977 / Park Circus / dir. John Flynn

The Last Temptation of Christ, by Martin Scorsese, is a towering achievement. Though it initially engendered enormous controversy, the film can now be viewed as the remarkable, profoundly personal work of faith that it is. This fifteen-year labor of love, an adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis’s landmark novel that imagines an alternate fate for Jesus Christ, features outstanding performances by Willem Dafoe, Barbara Hershey, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, and David Bowie; bold cinematography by the great Michael Ballhaus; and a transcendent score by Peter Gabriel. (The Criterion Collection)

1988 / Universal / dir. Martin Scorsese

Julian (Richard Gere), a gigolo, commands high prices for his services, living a lavish and emotionally unattached lifestyle under the management of Anne (Nina van Pallandt). While secretly working for pimp Leon (Bill Duke), Julian is assigned to service Mr. Rheiman (Tom Stewart) and his wife, Judy (Patti Carr), but leaves when their violent requests make him nervous. When Mrs. Rheiman is found dead and no one is willing to testify on his behalf, Julian finds himself the primary suspect.

1980 / Paramount / dir. Paul Schrader

Remy dreams of becoming a great chef, despite being a rat in a definitely rodent-phobic profession. He moves to Paris to follow his dream, and with the help of hapless garbage boy Linguini he puts his culinary skills to the test in the kitchen but he has to stay in hiding at the same time, with hilarious consequences. Remy eventually gets the chance to prove his culinary abilities to a great food critic but is the food good? A Pixar animation.

CinemaSF is proud to announce that our Saturday & Sunday morning POPCORN PALACE movie screenings at the 4 STAR will be presented FREE OF CHARGE in 2025!

Thanks to an incredibly generous grant from the BAKER STREET FOUNDATION, we will be showing you fantastic family-friendly movies every weekend at 10:00 AM! Perfect for everything from birthday get-togethers to casual stop-ins, so bring the whole family over to the 4 STAR THEATER for community movies together.

Reservations will be first-come-first-serve when the box office opens thirty minutes before the screening on the day of the show. Ticket links are below for the later screenings of this film. We look forward to seeing you at the movies!

Sunday 19, January

1:00 PM

An impressive neo-noir, which sees writer/director Paul Schrader revisit rainswept New York, LIGHT SLEEPER tells of John LeTour (Willem Dafoe), a drug dealer servicing a high-society clientele of Manhattan professionals. When his boss (Susan Sarandon) announces she is going straight and John encounters an old flame he still loves, his life is thrown into crisis. As he becomes involved in a police investigation surrounding a mysterious drug death, John prowls the night-time streets in search of redemption. (Powerhouse Films)

1992 / Sony / dir. Paul Schrader

BORN IN FLAMES (1983)

Good day, this is Piranha and Kafka X broadcasting from the Phoenix Regazza radio station. This month's Movie Madhouse is the day before the US presidential inauguration and so we wanted to help light the fires of rebellion with the seminal 1983 film Born in Flames, directed by Lizzie Borden. Set 10 years after a nonviolent socialist democratic revolution supposedly gives equality to all, the film examines, in a manner all too prescient over forty years later, how the revolution didn't carry everyone into the promised future and how different groups can unwittingly stand in each other's way. Join the Women's Army this Sunday January 19th!

MEDIA MELTDOWN MOVIE MADHOUSE

Piranha Psychotronica and Kafka X bring you a new experience in cinematic depravity… Media Meltdown Movie Madhouse! Prepare yourself to enter into a world of face-flaying forgotten and forsaken films… Made-for-TV, Direct-to-Video, VCR games, and more wiley weirdness than your minds can handle! Commit yourself every 3rd Sunday to … MEDIA MELTDOWN MOVIE MADHOUSE!

THE BASEMENT presents: The Monster Squad on VHS

A group of 12-year-olds form a Universal Monsters fan club called Monster Squad, and have to attempt to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monsters when they show up for real.

The Basement is an art collective with one of the largest VHS archives in the Bay Area. Every week, they screen a movie in their basement in the Mission. On this night, they will be taking their series to the 4-Star!

VHS preshow also curated by The Basement.

Employees Violet, Judy, and Dora Lee of sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot Franklin Hart Junior find a way to turn the tables on him.

Wednesday 22, January

5:00 PM & 7:30 PM

It's every God-fearing father's worst nightmare: their daughter runs away from home and gets involved in the world of pornography. For Midwestern businessman Jake VanDorn (George C. Scott), that nightmare has become a reality. Testing the boundaries of his sanity and conservative value set, VanDorn and a sleazy private dick (Peter Boyle) delve deep into the heart of darkness of the Los Angeles underworld to find her. A narrative flip-side to TAXI DRIVER, Paul Schrader crafts another fastidious tale of isolation and obsession, providing a spotlight for one of Scott's finest and most dynamic performances. (Jake Isgar)

1979 / Sony / dir. Paul Schrader

The pastor of a small church in upstate New York lives a quiet life, which spirals out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.

2017 / A24 / dir. Paul Schrader

William Tell is a gambler and former serviceman who sets out to reform a young man seeking revenge on a mutual enemy from their past. Tell just wants to play cards. His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. Tell sees a chance at redemption through his relationship with Cirk.

2021 / Focus Features / dir. Paul Schrader

Mahito, a young 12-year-old boy, struggles to settle in a new town after his mother's death. However, when a talking heron informs Mahito that his mother is still alive, he enters an abandoned tower in search of her, which takes him to another world.

CinemaSF is proud to announce that our Saturday & Sunday morning POPCORN PALACE movie screenings at the 4 STAR will be presented FREE OF CHARGE in 2025!

Thanks to an incredibly generous grant from the BAKER STREET FOUNDATION, we will be showing you fantastic family-friendly movies every weekend at 10:00 AM! Perfect for everything from birthday get-togethers to casual stop-ins, so bring the whole family over to the 4 STAR THEATER for community movies together.

Reservations will be first-come-first-serve when the box office opens thirty minutes before the screening on the day of the show. Ticket links are below for the later screenings of this film. We look forward to seeing you at the movies!

Saturday 25, January

1:00 PM

Silver Swoon:

(Debut Show!)

Silver Swoon is a rock’n’roll band made up of veterans of the San Francisco Scene.

We are Joseph Cañas (Jerry & the Jerks, Caleb Pepp, touring guitar tech for P!nk), Zeke Ketcham (Host of Bazaar Open Mic, The Liam Miller Band, Harlow’s Monkey, The Revelator, The Oregon State Mental Hospital House Band [understudy]), Alexander Holloway (Alex and the Junior Painkillers, The DewDroppers, Oinga Boinga: The Bay Area’s Premier all Female Oingo Boingo Tribute Band), Anna Petrone (redacted), and Jon Turner (Jon Turner Music, Pulitzer, Affectionately, Crew Member: Blue Origin Flight NS-18 [The one Shatner was on]).

Silver Swoon’s sound is influenced by the golden age of Rock, Soul, R&B, and Classic Country. Each member of our band brings their influence to what we do to make a sum weirder than its parts. The band is currently working on their first pancake, due in late 2048.

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The Liam Miller Band:

Born in a small coastal town outside of San Francisco, The Liam Miller Band formed at a local Open Mic Night at Winters Tavern. Taking influences from Jason Isbell, Turnpike Troubadours, and Ryan Adams with a heavy focus on both storytelling and musicality. Julian (Bass/Vocals), Bobby Douglas (Drums/Vocals), and Liam Miller (Guitar/Vocals) grew up playing music together in their school’s marching band from 6th grade through high school. That shared bond both through music and friendship blossomed into a continued passion to create together.

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Caleb Pepp and the Steppers:

San Francisco’s sexiest honky tonk band, led by the veracious songwriter Caleb Pepp.

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Burn Journal:

Burn Journal is a 3-piece Alt-Rock band hailing from San Francisco. Found through open mics and misdelivered UPS packages, recording their 6 song all-original demo transitioned them from a pack of musical mercenaries to a full-on band, ready to burn up the music scene. Finding inspiration in everything from Bill Withers to The Strokes, Burn Journal rides the tightrope between carefree and reverent- they voice the stories that instruments can’t play, and play the feelings that words can’t explain.

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DOORS at 7:00PM | MUSIC at 7:30 PM

Mahito, a young 12-year-old boy, struggles to settle in a new town after his mother's death. However, when a talking heron informs Mahito that his mother is still alive, he enters an abandoned tower in search of her, which takes him to another world.

CinemaSF is proud to announce that our Saturday & Sunday morning POPCORN PALACE movie screenings at the 4 STAR will be presented FREE OF CHARGE in 2025!

Thanks to an incredibly generous grant from the BAKER STREET FOUNDATION, we will be showing you fantastic family-friendly movies every weekend at 10:00 AM! Perfect for everything from birthday get-togethers to casual stop-ins, so bring the whole family over to the 4 STAR THEATER for community movies together.

Reservations will be first-come-first-serve when the box office opens thirty minutes before the screening on the day of the show. Ticket links are below for the later screenings of this film. We look forward to seeing you at the movies!

Sunday 26, January

1:00 PM & 4:00 PM

With filmmaker introduction, Q&A, and specially curated bonus content

IMG 0000 is a frenetic, found-footage collage made entirely from “lost” unlabeled media on YouTube. This filmic symphony, a la Koyaanisqatsi, weaves together nearly a thousand raw videos, each mistakenly or mindlessly uploaded under a generic filename (e.g., IMG 1326, IMG 5493…).

“It's like a vine compilation that makes you want to call your grandparents.”

All artist proceeds will support fire relief organizations in Los Angeles.

In this Meta-Asian-Queer-Stoner-Coming-of-Age-Bromantic-Dramedy, Ryan and Daniel, two childhood best friends and aspiring actors, spend one final weekend together before Ryan moves to Canada with his fiancé. Wanting to create one lasting memory, they decide to make a movie -- about two guys making a movie -- about two guys making a movie. Along the way, bottled-up secrets arise as they unpack their decades-long friendship and put their extremely unique dynamic to the test.

In 19th century Qing Dynasty China, a warrior (Chow Yun-Fat) gives his sword, Green Destiny, to his lover (Michelle Yeoh) to deliver to safe keeping, but it is stolen, and the chase is on to find it. The search leads to the House of Yu where the story takes on a whole different level.

Thursday 30, January

4:30 PM & 7:30 PM

Due to his knowledge of the native Bedouin tribes, British Lieutenant T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) is sent to Arabia to find Prince Faisal (Alec Guinness) and serve as a liaison between the Arabs and the British in their fight against the Turks. With the aid of native Sherif Ali (Omar Sharif), Lawrence rebels against the orders of his superior officer and strikes out on a daring camel journey across the harsh desert to attack a well-guarded Turkish port.

Dark Entries Records presents “Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus”

with director Q&A + Record Release Party with DJs

An intimate journey through the life of singer Diane Luckey, also known as Q Lazzarus, narrated through her own words, lyrics and music. The exceptionally talented but vastly under-appreciated Q, who sang thecult hit song “Goodbye Horses,” which appeared in the Jonathan Demme films “Married to the Mob” and “Silence of the Lambs” and had a brief moment of fame in the late 1980s/early 1990s. Q reveals the reason behind her mysterious 25-year-long disappearance and paves the way towards her re-emergence, with stories heartbreaking, hilarious and moving.

Q&A with Eva Aridjis Fuentes following the screening.

Record Release Party for Q Lazzarus "Goodbye Horses" Extended Mix 12" released by Dark Entries Records.

Throwin’ Bo’s presents:

Twain

“There is nothing remarkable about my life that is necessary to know in order to appreciate the songs,” says Matthew Davidson of Twain. He describes the project as “a modern folk-opera of indefinite length consisting of songs and images from my life, a self-caricature of the musician and writer Matthew Davidson.”

Twain made his label debut with Rare Feeling in 2017. The album was aptly hailed by NPR as “at once human and otherworldly,” by Consequence of Sound as “devastating, delicate, meditative,” and by Uproxx as “cosmic folk, bright and sparkling, but with all the caterwauling and rough bits that the most stoic traditionalist might desire.” 

Following the beloved release, Twain played Newport Folk Festival and toured alongside artists including Buck Meek, Langhorne Slim, and Courtney Marie Andrews. Davidson is a former member of The Low Anthem and Spirit Family Reunion and a contributor to Big Thief, whose latest album Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You features Davidson’s distinct contributions on six songs. 

Of the the most recent Twain album title Noon, Davidson explains, “Noon is where I am, more-or-less, in my natural life span and in my creative life span. I picture noon being at the very bottom of a bowl, the resting point of a pendulum. Not the apex of an arc, or the crest of a hill.

Looking back from this point in my life, I can see all of the hurt and confusion I’ve helped create on the way to my own noon. To borrow a phrase from Elena Ferrante: I don't have any sympathy for the person I was then.  Arriving at noon for the first time in my life, I sense everything reversing and the possibility to change and cure and heal is real for the first time. 

This album is a prayer from noon for the rest of the day. The song “The Magician” is about that. The song “The Priestess” is about an agent who helps with that. The fact that the music I’ve made has put literal gas in the literal tank is a fact that I never take for granted. It feels like magic to me, the closest thing I’ve figured out to practicing magic.”

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Esther Rose

Everything clicks on Safe to Run, the fourth album from singer, songwriter and perpetual searcher Esther Rose. It’s the quiet culmination of years spent fully immersed in a developing artistry, and presents Rose’s always vividly detailed emotional scenes with new levels of clarity and control. As with previous work, her songwriting transfigures the chaos and uncertainty of a life in progress, but here she sharpens the pop elements and attaches unshakably catchy hooks to even the darkest stretches of the journey.

After spending her formative years in Michigan, Rose relocated to New Orleans and got her start in music there while awash in the unparalleled energy of the city’s scene. Over the course of her first three records, an infatuation with traditional country gradually evolved into a more distinctive style and increasingly personal material. 

Rose’s music traced her changes as she moved through stages, studios, and home addresses, and she eventually left NOLA for New Mexico where the two year writing process for Safe to Run unfolded. Making the transition to this new environment after spending the better part of a decade building a life somewhere else demanded looking around and taking stock. All the heaviness, sweetness, levity, and self-discovery that had led up to that point began funneling into new songs that moved slower in order to dig deeper, taking on the intricate hues of a desert horizon as they came together.

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DOORS at 7:00PM | MUSIC AT 8:00 PM

$20 ADVANCE | $25 DOOR

Solo Acoustic Performance By FANTASTIC NEGRITO at 8pm

Screening of WHITE JESUS BLACK PROBLEMS at 9pm

Q&A to Follow

Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 door

FANTASTIC NEGRITO:  When you listen to Fantastic Negrito, you’re invited to hear the story of life after destruction. Each song is a real story about a musician from Oakland who experienced the highs of a million-dollar record deal, the lows of a near fatal car accident that left him in a coma, and is now in the midst of a rebirth that took him from the streets of Oakland to the world stage.

WHITE JESUS BLACK PROBLEMS:  To accompany the full-length studio album, Fantastic Negrito created an entire companion film set to the music. White Jesus Black Problems was written, recorded, and filmed in Oakland, where the artist grew up and currently resides. The multi-media work is based on the true story of Negrito’s seventh generation white Scottish grandmother (Grandma Gallamore), an indentured servant, living in a common law marriage with his seventh generation African American enslaved grandfather (Grandfather Courage); in open defiance of the racist, separatist, laws of 1750s colonial Virginia.

Noise Pop Festival 2025 presents:

Flamin’ Groovies:

Originating in San Francisco in 1965, the FLAMIN' GROOVIES have been touring and performing (in)consistently for nearly six decades, exceeding all expectations, presenting their own unique and infectious style of rock 'n' roll with such cult classics as "Slow Death," "Teenage Head," and of course, "Shake Some Action." The current lineup features Cyril Jordan, Tony Sales on drums, Atom Ellis on bass, and a couple newer, younger members Sean Fitzsimmons and Miki Rogulj on guitars.

Their live show features a repertoire that spans the band’s career, emphasizing both 1971’s “Teenage Head” album (associated with more old time rock 'n' roll, rockabilly, Stones and Yardbirds influences), as well as the power pop period (Beatles and Byrds influenced) more associated with the band's three albums on Sire Records in the late 70s.  Their place in history is well established as one of the all-time greatest bands from San Francisco (and the world) and as progenitors of real rock 'n' roll.   

A little history:  The Flamin' Groovies story goes all the way back to 1965 when the band began as the Chosen Few in their hometown of San Francisco, California. After a name change and a self-released 10-inch album called Sneakers, which sold amazingly well, the band caught the attention of Columbia who sent them into the studio with a big budget to record their first real album, Supersnazz, on the Epic label. Their next two albums were on Kama Sutra, Flamingo, and the revered classic Teenage Head. 

Original lead singer Roy Loney left the band right after that and lead guitarist Cyril Jordan moved the group to England with Chris Wilson (formerly of Loose Gravel) taking over as front man. They continued their style of straight ahead guitar driven rock 'n' roll but this time with a more 60’s rather than 50’s influences. A few singles on United Artists, recorded at the legendary Rockfield Studios in Wales with Dave Edmunds producing, followed in the early 70s. In 1976 they signed to Sire Records, who released three true gems of power pop: Shake Some Action, Flamin'Groovies Now, and Jumpin' In the Night. 

Another lineup change ensued, with Wilson moving to England and joining the Barracudas. The Groovies continued on through the 80s and into the early 90s touring Australia and Europe, putting out a fine but overlooked album called Rock Juice and then finally calling it quits. The band reunited in 2013 for an Australian tour (at the behest of their friends the Hoodoo Gurus), and have since played throughout the USA, including multiple tours of the East Coast, West Coast, and Midwest, half a dozen highly successful tours of Europe, repeated visits to Japan, and of course, plenty of shows in their hometown of San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area. 

Newcomers are asking, "Why haven't I ever heard of this group?" It's hard to say just why the group hasn't got the attention they deserve (at least in the USA) but they're back to give everyone another chance at hearing and seeing just why those in the know consider them one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands ever. For a more comprehensive Flamin’ Groovies bio, visit this link.

Th’ Losin Streaks:

Th’ Losin Streaks story began in 2003, and things happened quickly: their debut record, “Sounds of Violence,” was released in 2004, followed by tours of Europe and the US, and invitations to open for legendary acts like The Zombies. The band and the record collected kudos and built a wide-ranging fanbase that includes The Dead Kennedys’ Jello Biafra and E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt, who proclaimed the group’s “Your Love, Now” as “The Coolest Song in the World (this week)” in his Billboard column and sent the tune into heavy rotation on Sirius’ Underground Garage radio station. In 2011, the group went on hiatus, returning to the stage in 2017 following an invitation to open for Iggy Pop at the Burger Boogaloo festival.

“Last House” is the third album from Sacramento’s Th’ Losin Streaks. The album was recorded at Louder Studios in Grass Valley, California, with Tim Green (Nation of Ulysses, Fucking Champs) behind the board. Green played piano on several tracks, and Anton Barbeau – a friend of the band since the beginning – plays organ on some cuts. All of the band members – Tim Foster, Stan Tindall, Mike Farrell and Brian Machado – contributed to the songwriting, and the album also features a cover of The Weeds classic “It’s Your Time.” The album cover and other photos were shot by their pal (and Bay Area punk legend) Al Sobrante.

Peter Case

One of the most well-respected singer/songwriters of his generation, Peter Case is an artist whose eclectic body of work embraces rock & roll, contemporary folk, blues, and any number of points in between. As a songwriter, Case is a master storyteller with a special understanding of underdogs and lost souls, and his direct, passionate style as a singer and guitarist has served him well in electric and acoustic contexts. He first gained a reputation with the taut power pop bands The Nerves and The Plimsouls, but he moved from rock to a more acoustic-oriented sound with his 1986 solo debut Peter Case. While occasionally detouring back into rock and pop on LPs like 1992's Six Pack of Love and 2010's Wig!, he's always returned to blues and folk influences, as on 2007's Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John and 2023's Doctor Moan.

This film chronicles the highs and lows of an extraordinary band, The Fuzztones whose career spans over 40 years of Garage Rock. Formed in New York City in the early 80s, their redefining brand of Psychedelic Punk spawned an exciting new scene and its unstoppable and charismatic leader, Rudi Protrudi still carries on his unique vision passionately across the world today.