The Fearless Freaks
Fearless Freaks is a 2005 documentary directed by Bradley Beesley and edited by JoLynn Garnes, chronicling the alternative rock band The Flaming Lips. While the film features cameo appearances by such actors as Adam Goldberg and Christina Ricci, most of the screen time is taken up by interviews with the band members and their families interspersed with clips of the band's recording sessions and live performances. Wayne Coyne's mother and several of his brothers are prominently featured, as are members of Steven Drozd's family, while Michael Ivins' family receives comparatively little screen time.
The film traces the band from their roots as a local psychedelic punk band to an internationally renowned band that draws celebrities to its performances. Many of the interviews were filmed in the band's hometown of Oklahoma City, although Wayne Coyne is the only band member still living there. In addition to the development of the Lips' music and performance, another theme running through the movie is the effect that drugs have had on the band and their families. A notable scene in the film depicts Steven Drozd preparing to inject himself with heroin, and it is stated that paranoia over Drozd's addiction caused guitarist Ronald Jones to leave the band. Drugs have also affected the lives of members of both Drozd's and Coyne's families.
Cast
- Wayne Coyne – Himself
- Steven Drozd – Himself
- Michael Ivins – Himself
- Bradley Beesley – Narrator
- Beck – Himself
- Niels Rasmussen – Poul Power
- Steve Burns – Himself
- Jonathan Donahue – Himself
- Adam Goldberg – Himself
- Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers – Himself
- Juliette Lewis – Herself
- Tyson Meade & Trent Bell of The Chainsaw Kittens
- Kelly Peterson – Fan with camera at Coachella
- Liz Phair – Herself
- "Chan" Marshall (Cat Power) – Herself
- Christina Ricci – Herself
- Jack White – Himself
- Meg White – Herself
External links
- Official movie website Archived 2011-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Fearless Freaks at IMDb
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- Wayne Coyne
- Steven Drozd
- Derek Brown
- Matt Duckworth Kirksey
- Nicholas Ley
- Mark Coyne
- Jonathan Donahue
- Kliph Scurlock
- Michael Ivins
- Hear It Is
- Oh My Gawd!!!
- Telepathic Surgery
- In a Priest Driven Ambulance
- Hit to Death in the Future Head
- Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
- Clouds Taste Metallic
- Zaireeka
- The Soft Bulletin
- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
- At War with the Mystics
- Embryonic
- The Terror
- Oczy Mlody
- King's Mouth
- American Head
- The Flaming Lips
- Yeah, I Know It's a Drag... But Wastin' Pigs Is Still Radical
- Due to High Expectations... The Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons
- Fight Test
- Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell
- Yoshimi Wins! (Live Radio Sessions)
- It Overtakes Me
- Gummy Song Skull
- Gummy Song Fetus
- Strobo Trip
- 24 Hour Song Skull
- A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording...By Amateurs
- Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid
- Shambolic Birth and Early Life Of
- The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg
- 20 Years of Weird
- iTunes Originals
- Heady Nuggs
- Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
- Scratching the Door: The First Recordings of the Flaming Lips
- "She Don't Use Jelly"
- "This Here Giraffe"
- "Race for the Prize"
- "Waitin' for a Superman"
- "Do You Realize??"
- "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1"
- "Fight Test"
- "The Golden Path"
- "The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)"
- "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)"
- The Fearless Freaks
- VOID
- U.F.O.s at the Zoo
- Christmas on Mars
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EPs |
- Atlas Eets Christmas (as Imagene Peise)
- Discography
- Late Night Tales: The Flaming Lips
- Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz
- Dave Fridmann
- Bradley Beesley
- George Salisbury
- Ray Suen
- Electric Würms
- Flaming Lips Alley
- Deap Lips
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