Kill Your Idols (2004)

A documentary on thirty years of alternative NYC rock 'n roll.

Director:

Scott Crary (as S.A. Crary)

Stars:

Ron Albertson, Angus Andrew, Tristan Bechet

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ron Albertson	...	Himself
Angus Andrew	...	Himself
Tristan Bechet	...	Himself
Hisham Bharoocha	...	Himself
Glenn Branca	...	Himself
Sebastien Brault	...	Himself
Brian Chase	...	Himself
Bjorn Copeland	...	Himself
Eric Copeland	...	Himself
Susan Donaldson	...	Herself
Michael Gira	...	Himself
Aaron Hemphill	...	Himself
Eugene Hutz	...	Himself
Oren Kaplan	...	Himself
Arto Lindsay	...	Himself

Storyline

A documentary on thirty years of alternative NYC rock 'n roll.

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Plot Keywords:

rock 'n' roll | bohemia | artist | independent music | alternative music | 

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Taglines:

You Are A Target Market.

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Genres:

Documentary | Music

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 January 2007 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Gremise ta eidola sou

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,274, 9 July 2006

Gross USA:

$7,753

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,753

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hunger Artist Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Black and White Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title of the film is inspired by the Sonic Youth song "Kill Yr Idols".

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Crazy Credits

SHOWN AT THE BEGINNING: "Here in this family album lies the salt family of Lot." -Marina Tsvetaeva

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Connections

Features The Wild World of Lydia Lunch (1983)

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Soundtracks

Haltura
(live)
by Gogol Bordello
Courtesy of Gogol Bordello / Rubric Records

User Reviews

For Some, Noise Annoys (and for others,noise is poise)

If documentaries such as 'Punk Rock Movie','The Decline Of Western Civilization','D.O.A:A Rite Of Passage',etc told the unvarnished truth of late 1970's/early 1980's Punk Rock,and carried over to later day rock docs such as 'Hardcore Underground U.S.A.' & '1991:The Year That Punk Broke', Scott Crary's 'Kill Your Idols' goes beyond & tells the tale of the late 70's,early 80's "No Wave" post punk noise scene in New York City. When Punk threatened to become homogenized into "New Wave" by the early 80's,a scene rose,Phoenix like,from the near wreckage of Punk to become "No Wave". It was the musical answer to a form of neo Dadism,where bands such as DNA,Sonic Youth,The Swans,Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel,to mention but a few,scraped & scratched a Freddy Kreuger like glove across the Cerebral Cortex of audiences at venues such as CBGB's,Max's Kansas City,etc.,pretty much until the end of the 80's/early 90's,when the scene seemed to implode upon itself (although some of the participants,as most of them preferred to not think of themselves as musicians, still played around at one point or another). Kill Your Idols tells it's sordid story in two parts. The first half of the film tells it's tale from the original mainstays of the No Wave scene (we get first hand testimony from the likes of Lydia Lunch,Thurston Moore,Lee Ranaldo,Michael Gira,J.G. Thirlwell,Arto Lindsay,and others),while the second half is a commentary of the next wave of N.Y.C. noise bands that are currently packing the clubs (the Yeah,Yeah,Yeahs,as well as others). What do the original denizens of the noise scene have to say about all of this? Find out for yourself. Scott Crary,besides directing this outstanding,albeit scathing rock doc, also photographs & edits. Well worth seeking out if you're a fan of early,as well as later day Punk Rock,Experimental,Avant Garde,Noise,New Music,etc. Not rated by the MPAA,but contains pervasive strong language & a bit of quasi-pornographic footage from some of the New York underground films of Richard Kern,Nick Zedd,etc. that is not for innocent eyes.