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Directed by: Joe Angio
Country:
United States, United Kingdom
Runtime: 1hr 35min
Year: 2015
Last Screened:
Wed 18th Nov 2015
Emerging from the first blast of UK punk rock, the Mekons were notorious for being "the band that took punk ideology most seriously."
“The Mekons are the most revolutionary group in the history of rock ‘n’ roll” – rock critic Lester Bangs
Director Joe Angio charts the group’s improbable history, from socialist art students with no musical skills to their reinvention as rabble-rousing progeny of Hank Williams, with many detours along the way. Four decades into a still-evolving career, the Mekons continue to make original, genre-defying music while, as this film proves, staying true to the punk ethos.