
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 | 7 PM
Tue Sep 23
BUTTHOLE SURFERS: THE HOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUTT
Beyond Fest 2025 Opening Night! Q&A with filmmaker and co-writer Tom Stern, singer and co-founder Gibby Haynes, guitarist and co-founder Paul Leary, drummer King Coffey and bassist Jeff Pinkus | West Coast Premiere!

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Tom Stern
SYNOPSIS
This is the story of the Butthole Surfers, a band that defied every rule and redefined what rock could be. Emerging from Texas in the early 1980s, Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary forged an anarchic path across America’s underground, creating chaotic live shows filled with nudity, fake blood, and blistering psychedelic noise. Their name alone was a challenge to Reagan-era conformity, yet their influence rippled through alternative music, shaping acts like Nirvana and securing them a cult legacy. Featuring candid interviews, wild archival footage, trippy reenactments, and commentary from icons like Flea, Dave Grohl, and Richard Linklater, this long-anticipated documentary is as provocative, funny, and fearless as the band itself.
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