Desolation Center (2018)

9.3/10 93 min Documentary Music

Overview

The untold story of a series of Reagan-era guerrilla punk and industrial desert happenings in Southern California that are now recognized as the inspiration for Burning Man, Lollapalooza, and Coachella. Interviews and rare performance footage of Sonic Youth, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Redd Kross, Einstürzende Neubauten, Survival Research Laboratories, Savage Republic, Swans and more.

Cast

D. Boon

Cris Kirkwood

Curt Kirkwood

David Markey

Jeffrey McDonald

Steven Shane McDonald

Thurston Moore

Lee Ranaldo

Steve Shelley

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