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Synopsis

This theatrical release documentary charts 23 years of highs and lows for one of NZ's most successful and enduring rock bands — complete with personal dramas, early tragedy, adoring local audiences, album sales of 250,000, attempts to crack America and that agonising name change. Seeking an audience beyond the faithful, and determined not to make another rote rock doco, the producers and director Sam Peacocke expanded their story's scope to feature the band's family and friends. These excerpts also include interviews with Peacocke and the film’s producers.

Credits (13)

 Sam Peacocke
 Grant Roa
 Laurence Alexander

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 bobby vegas

bobby vegas

cant wait for this!!!!one of my most favorite bands on the planet.... bro

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  • Pacific Lightworks
  • Rubber Monkey Film

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Quotes

We give up that dream of being in America or we change our name and give it a go. Those were my options — Shit A or Shit B 
To see your life on a film is pretty incredible. It's got the friendships in it; the mistakes we've made. It's more about family and people in our lives and he's done it in a way that it's almost incidental that we're musicians. It's definitely not a boy-band movie. 

Awards

2012 Sorta Unofficial New Zealand Film Awards
Best Director - Documentary Film: for Sam Peacocke
Nominated for Best Documentary