Jello Biafra — Actor (10)
Dead Kennedys: The Early Years Live (1987) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Dead Kennedys: The Early Years Live
director: Joe Reese actor: Jello Biafra / Klaus Flouride
other title: The Early Years Live
An overview of the early years--late 1970s, early 1980s--of San Francisco punk band Dead Kennedys, with clips from some of their live concerts and footage of landmark San Francisco locations of the punk music scene. Jello Biafra and The Dead Kennedys show why they're the kings of satire in 9 live early performances.
Virtue (1999) [Movie] Douban IMDb
Virtue
director: Camera Obscura actor: Phillip R. Ford / Connie Champagne
The story, reminiscent in tone of a Twilight Zone allegory, involves a strange woman with an odd accent who loses her husband in a graphically depicted scene of auto-erotic asphyxiation. To cope with her loss, she seeks a virtual-reality substitute (a ‘man chip’ as she calls it). This pursuit leads her into the prurient world of tech addicts who rely on ‘chip pushers.'
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead (2015) [Movie]
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead
director: Wes Orshoski actor: Dave Vanian / Captain Sensible
other title: The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead
From Lemmy filmmaker Wes Orshoski comes the story of the long-ignored pioneers of punk: The Damned, the first U.K. punks on wax and the first to cross the Atlantic. This authorized film includes appearances from Chrissie Hynde, Mick Jones (The Clash), Lemmy and members of Pink Floyd, Black Flag, GNR, the Sex Pistols, Blondie, Buzzcocks, and more. Shot around the globe over three years, the film charts the band's complex history and infighting, as it celebrated its 35th anniversary and found its estranged former members striking out on their own anniversary tour, while still others battle cancer.
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead (2015) [Movie] Eggplant.place IMDb WikiData
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead
director: Wes Orshoski actor: Dave Vanian / Captain Sensible
other title: The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead / 地獄に堕ちた野郎ども
From Lemmy filmmaker Wes Orshoski comes the story of the long-ignored pioneers of punk: The Damned, the first U.K. punks on wax and the first to cross the Atlantic. This authorized film includes appearances from Chrissie Hynde, Mick Jones (The Clash), Lemmy and members of Pink Floyd, Black Flag, GNR, the Sex Pistols, Blondie, Buzzcocks, and more. Shot around the globe over three years, the film charts the band's complex history and infighting, as it celebrated its 35th anniversary and found its estranged former members striking out on their own anniversary tour, while still others battle cancer.
Hacking at Leaves (2024) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Hacking at Leaves
director: Johannes Grenzfurthner actor: Johannes Grenzfurthner / Max Grodénchik
Hacking at Leaves documents artist and hazmat-suit aficionado Johannes Grenzfurthner as he attempts to come to terms with the United States' colonial past, Navajo tribal history, and the hacker movement. The story hones in on a small tinker space in Durango, Colorado, that made significant contributions to worldwide COVID relief efforts. But things go awry when Uncle Sam interferes with the film's production.
Highway 61 (1991) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Highway 61
other title: 高速公路61 / 六一干线
A naive Canadian barber who knows US popular culture inside and out meets a flamboyant roadie who needs someone to drive her and her "brother's" corpse from Thunder Bay, Ontario to New Orleans. Chaos ensues after the barber agrees to drive her, the corpse, and the drugs stashed within all the way.
Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Eyeballs (2005) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Eyeballs
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Eyeballs features a brief history of the Dead Kennedys' early years up to their first UK tour, never before seen live performances, interviews with Klaus Fluoride and East Bay Ray, comments by music journalists, and insights from the key people involved with the recording of the DK's first album. Jello Biafra's 1979 run for mayor is also highlighted.
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
director: Tim Irwin actor: Milo Auckerman / Jello Biafra
other title: We Jam Econo / ミニットメン:ウィ・ジャム・エコノ
A feature-length documentary chronicling early '80s punk rock band the Minutemen, from their beginnings in San Pedro, California, to their demise after the death of singer D. Boon in 1985.
Urgh! A Music War (1981) [Movie] Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
Urgh! A Music War
other title: 音乐战争 / 音樂戰爭
Punk, New Wave, Reggae and Techno bands from Europe and the US recorded live in several locations in 1980. The biggest names on the bill are the Police and UB 40 but every performance is a jewel, a time capsule of the influenced and the influential in rock music right up to today.
Soundtracks:
"Driven to Tears"
Police
"Dance"
Toyah Wilcox
"Back in Flesh"
Wall of Voodoo
"Enola Gay"
Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark
"Ain't this Life"
Oingo Boingo
"The Puppet"
Echo and the Bunnymen
"Foolish I Know"
Jools Holland
"Respectable Street"
XTC
"Total Eclipse of the Sun"
Klaus Nomi
"Where's Captain Kirk?"
Athletico Spizz 80
"We've Got the Beat"
Go-Gos
"Ku-Klux-Klan"
Steel Pulse
"Down in the Park"
Gary Neuman
"I Don't Give A Damn About My Bad Reputation"
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
"Model Worker"
Magazine
"Offshore Banking Business"
Members
"Come Again"
AuPairs
"Tear it Up"
The Cramps
"Valium"
Invisible Sex
"Birdies"
Pere Ubu
"Uncontrollable Urge"
Devo
"Nothing Means Nothing Anymore"
Alley Cats
"Cheryl's Going Home"
John Ottway
"He'd Send In the Army"
Gang of Four
"Homicide"
999
"Shadow Line"
The Fleshtones
"Beyond and Back"
X
"Sign of the Cross"
Skafish
"Roxanne"
Police
"Bleed For Me"
Dead Kennedys
The 94 minute theatrical version widely released in America by Filmways Pictures omits 10 songs and artists that appear in the 124 minute version released to U.S. home video. The selections missing from most theatrical prints are:
John Cooper Clarke - "Health Fanatic"
Chelsea - "I'm on Fire"
Athletico Spizz 80 - "Where's Captain Kirk?"
Magazine - "Model Worker"
The Members - "Offshore Banking Business"
Invisible Sex - "Valium"
Pere Ubu - "Birdies"
John Otway - "Cheryl's Going Home"
Skafish - "Sign of the Cross"
Splodgeness Abounds - "Two Little Boys"
Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore (1997) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore
director: Sarah Jacobson actor: Lisa Gerstein / Chris Enright
other title: 破处的玛丽·简
Mary Jane is a sexually curious teenage girl who sees sex as a way to become cool. Written, directed and produced by Sarah Jacobson, MARY JANE'S NOT A VIRGIN ANYMORE is lauded for depicting sex from the female perspective. The film premiered at Sundance in 1997 and features cameos from musicians Jello Biafra, Zebediah Gammack and Davey Havok.