PSYCHOBILLY: A CANCER ON ROCK & ROLL / MR LEE'S RAMEN

SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER AT 11PM UGC SHAFTESBURY AVE SCREEN 2

Country USA/UK Running Time 97 mins Format Beta SP Director Mike Decay Producers Mike Decay, Ronni Raygun Editor Jay Bones Featuring The Meteors, Guana Batz, Tallboys Print Source Ronni Raygun Email reckless_ronni@hotmail.com

If rock and roll is mass marketed, watered down and skewered by money minded music corporations, then psychobilly has been able to elude their greedy clutches by flying far beneath their radar. This is a movie documenting the creeping sickness of the psychobilly disease in its plight for world conquest and re-evaluation of the wild and primitive music.

Psychobilly: A Cancer on Rock & Roll crosses barriers of time and space to examine why and how such a culture as this could exist for more than 20 years and be able to remain self sufficient in a world run by mega stores.

Founding members of the Meteors - Paul Fenech and Nigel Lewis - talk about growing up as teddy boys and responding to the exploding punk scene of the time. This film chronicles the rise of the psychobilly culture throughout the UK and Europe, focusing on the different cultures that got swept up into the fold along the way, including bands and fans on either side of the Berlin Wall and beyond. It's not just a look at psychobilly but a look into a subculture that has managed to skirt the fringes of society for over 20 years and ignore mainstream success. YT

Psychobilly: A Cancer on Rock & Roll is the debut of maverick visionary Mike Decay. Before directing he attended the highly prestigious University of the Arts at Philadelphia where he wrote, produced and directed the acclaimed dramatic short film Don't Leave Me Alone. Between international film festivals, he lives in Queens, NY.

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