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Theory of Obscurity tells the story of the renegade sound and video collective known as The Residents…a story that spans 40 years and is clouded in mystery. Many details surrounding the group are secret, including the identities of its members. They always perform wearing masks and costumes, which is part of their magic. At its heart, this story is about perseverance and chasing your dream. The Residents never caved to convention. They never compromised. They’ve followed their muse for decades and thousands of fans have hung on for the ride. Along the way they’ve also inspired many people to be weird, take chances and find their own voice.

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Depressed, small-town ventriloquist Henry finally comes out of his shell when his puppet ‘Moxxy’ begins speaking up for him. All is seemingly well until the cruel and charismatic puppet becomes uncontrollable, resulting in a bizarre battle of wills and even murder.

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Music video for Beats Antique featuring Les Claypool on Bass and vocals. Animated in Claymation, in the style of a "oner", or one continuous shot. As part of Beats Antique's "Thousand Faces" tour, this film was projected in-concert on a screen behind the band, along with projection mapped claymation elements in front of the band.

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DVD and Blu-ray release of the Primus Album Sailing the Seas of Cheese

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From the shifting fault lines of Hollywood fantasies and the economic and racial tensions of Reagan's America, Fishbone rose and became one of the most original bands of the last 25 years. With a blistering combination of punk and funk they demolished the walls of genre and challenged the racial stereotypes and the political order of the music industry and of the nation.

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Primus Live Webcast from Bonnaroo June 10, 2011 Setlist: 1.Groundhog's Day 2.Prelude To A Crawl 3.Hennepin Crawler 4.American Life 5.Harold Of The Rocks 6.Last Salmon Man 7.Over The Falls 8.Tragedy's A' Comin' 9.Jerry Was A Race Car Driver 10.Over The Electric Grapevine 11.Jilly's On Smack 12.Green Ranger 13.Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers 14.Tommy The Cat

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Gatling Pictures' "Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story" examines the life and work of Mark Sandman, deceased frontman of Boston "low rock" band Morphine. From his Newton, Mass., roots to his travels across America and around the globe, Sandman left an indelible imprint as one of the most distinctive musicians of his generation. Along with revisiting the "unique and sultry sound" of his music, the film explores the meaning of family through this critically praised and personally conflicted singer, songwriter and innovative instrumentalist.

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An in-depth look at the Canadian rock band Rush, chronicling the band's musical evolution from their progressive rock sound of the '70s to their current heavy rock style.

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When John takes his San Francisco friends to his deceased uncle's remote ranch to hunt wild pigs, it seems like a typical guys weekend with guns - despite the presence of John's sexy girlfriend Brooks. But as John and his crew trek deeper into the forest, they begin tracking the awful truth about his uncle's demise and the legend of The Ripper -- a murderous three-thousand-pound black boar!

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Electric Apricot is a spoof of jam bands centered on the titular band, presented in the style of "This Is Spinal Tap."

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The first live DVD from Claypool, Primus' main man; a complete concert from his 2006 Summer tour with band. The tour was in support of Claypool's then current cd release of "Whales and Woe" and features material from the album. In addition to being a virtuoso bass player for Primus, Les Claypool purveys his punk-funk sound in side projects like Sausage, the Frog Brigade, Oysterhead, Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel, and his own solo career. This concert film captures Claypool in a live performance culled from his 2006 tour for that year's solo album, OF WHALES AND WOE.

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In 2003, the eccentric rock band Primus returned from a four-year recording and touring hiatus with a new collection of material, ANIMALS SHOULD NOT ACT LIKE PEOPLE, and a supporting tour dubbed the Tour de Fromage. BLAME IT ON THE FISH documents the tour in typical Primus (i.e. weird) fashion with an appropriately bizarre collection of live-performance clips, interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage, as well as bonus material that includes a "futuristic" mockumentary that reimagines the band 60 years into the future.

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Best known as the bass-playing frontman of punk-funk pioneers Primus, fringe-art genius Les Claypool has expanded his journeys into musical madness with a myriad of collaborative side projects. 5 GALLONS OF DIESEL presents a collection of live performances, music videos, behind-the-scenes footage, and other bonus material from Claypool's non-Primus ventures, including Oysterhead, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, Sausage, Frog Brigade, and Holy Mackerel.

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The life and the sound of Bernie Worrell, best known as a founding member of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective and a touring member of Talking Heads in the 1980s.

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The first concert dvd from Primus launches their new spin-off label, Frizzle Fry, Inc. Filmed at the last US show in June, 2004 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, this dvd captures the band at their live peak. The Hallucino-Genetics Tour this past summer culminated a year of hugely successful live performances for the original lineup of the band.

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In 2003, after recording The Deep End, Volume 1 (2001) and Volume 2 (2002), Gov't Mule gathered several musicians that had worked on the Deep End sessions as well as a few other friends for a live concert. This was intended as the culmination of the Deep End project, which was a tribute to their late bassist Allen Woody, who died in 2000. Two CD plus DVD set recorded live at the historic Deepest End Concert in New Orleans, LA on May 3rd, 2003. DVD includes 15 minutes of behind the scenes footage plus a photo gallery. Starring Gov't Mule (Warren Haynes, Matt Abts, and Danny Louis). Featuring appearances by bass players Les Claypool, Mike Gordon, Jason Newsted, Victor Wooten, George Porter, Jr, Dave Schools, Greg Rzab, Rob Wasserman, and more. Also featuring appearances by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Fred Wesley, Karl Denson, Bernie Worrell, Bela Fleck, and many others.

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This two-disc package features a CD of five new songs and a DVD that brings together every Primus music video plus unreleased live performances and more. The CD/DVD Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People (Interscope Records), to be released October 7, 2003, finds After trailblazing their way through the alternative rock boom of the early 1990s, Primus took a four-year break after more than a decade together. In 2003 the original line-up of the band reconvened to test the waters, with spectacular results. This release celebrates their reunion by including every video from their halcyon days, as well as live material and behind the scenes footage.

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Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.

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Based on the life and death of Gov't Mule bassist Allen Woody, and the making of a double-disc tribute album (Gov't Mule's The Deep End , Volumes 1 & 2) featuring a host of legendary bass players. Throughout the film, director Mike Gordon (of Phish, who also plays on the album) interviews Woody's family and bandmates and also discusses the philosophy and technique of bass playing with a number of the instrument's legends, including Chris Squire, Les Claypool, John Entwistle, Flea, Bootsy Collins, Mike Watt, Roger Glover and others.

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Penelope Spheeris presents an amazing chronicle of the travelling musical carnival known as OZZfest, the most successful summer concert tour for the last five years. Complete access to incredible material sends this documentary film into the realm of pure entertainment. Unforgettable moments from zealous religious protesters, outrageous fans and the guys (and girls) backstage provide an insightful view into the soul of white, middle-class America. A stunning and sometimes disturbing glimpse of a cultural movement, this film is sure to be a reference for historians for decades to come. This comment on Middle America skates the line between your worst nightmare and the best time you’ve ever had. Features interviews with, and performances by BLACK SABBATH, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, SLIPKNOT, PRIMUS, ROB ZOMBIE, GODSMACK and more.

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Where Are They Now? was a television series on VH1 that featured past celebrities and updated on their current professional and personal status. Each episode was dedicated to another genre. Though not always in sequence, some episodes were a continuation of the motif of episodes from the past. Those episodes sometimes had Roman numerals in their title to signify their sequel status.

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Videoplasty is the third home video by Primus, following 1993's Cheesy Home Video and the fan club exclusive Horrible Swill. Videoplasty was released at the end of 1998 to compliment to the band's recent covers EP Rhinoplasty, and is composed mostly of highlights from a live show performed on October 14 that year at The Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, California. This live footage is interspersed with montages of clips filmed during previous tours and at other recent shows, footage shot backstage and in the studio, animations by bassist Les Claypool, and the band's then-current music videos, spanning back two years to the recording of the Brown Album and presented in approximate reverse-chronological order.

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The fascinating life of South Park's musical cafeteria employee, Jerome "Chef" McElroy, is examined in this exclusive behind-the-scenes special. Chef's influence on a generation of musicians and rock stars is revealed through candid interviews with Elton John, Flea, Ike Turner, Meatloaf, Ozzy Osborne and many others. This one-off mockumentary is produced in the style of VH1's Behind the Music.

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For HBO Reverb

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A tawdry look at Primus on the road in 1998

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Follow the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.

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A rock-n-roll sex comedy about a young girl who will do anything to become a rock star, working in an LA domination parlor to support herself.

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Primus live at a German festival during their Brown Album era, featuring Brian ‘Brain’ Mantia on drums.

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Charlie Daniels Band's "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" covered and put to animation.

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Primus at their legendary performance in Woodstock on August 13, 1994.

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