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6:30pm • Monday, Sep 14, 2026
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
A documentary feature about legendary psychedelic punk band, Butthole Surfers. The film traces how two accounting students from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, found solidarity in their shared strangeness, gathered a tribe of like-minded outsiders — queers, weirdos, and nonconformists, including the unforgettable naked performance artist/dancer Kathleen Lynch — and launched one of the most radical and unpredictable paths in rock history.
Against all odds, and with a proudly unmarketable name, they became unlikely icons, inspiring acts like Nirvana and even landing a number one hit. Their live shows were one of a kind events -communal rites of passage for band and audience - the perfect antithesis of the digital isolation of our modern age. The film also goes deep on the personal lives behind the chaos — an intimate portrait of lead singer Gibby Haynes, guitar wizard Paul Leary, drummers Teresa Nervosa and King Coffey, and bassist Jeff Pinkus — five uncompromising originals whose lives took extraordinary turns. With Gibby Haynes, Paul Leary, King Coffey, Teresa Nervosa, Jeff PinkusFlea, Dave Grohl, Richard Linklater, Ian MacKaye, Al Jourgensen, Thurston Moore, John Hawkes, Steve Albini.
#MusicMonday, September 14
Doors 6:00 pm | Movie 6:30 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
BUTTHOLE SURFERS: THE HOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUTT (Tom Stern, 2026 / 104 mins / NR) Through exhaustive interviews, archival footage, surreal animation, puppetry reenactments, and more, this film unfolds in the anarchic spirit of this legendary band. Irreverent and funny, but also sincere and heartfelt, this film explores the band's indelible influence on a generation of musicians and fans as these post-punk rock legends look back on their strangeand extraordinary lives. This is not a hagiography. It presents the hole truth and nothing butt, warts and all: sex, drugs, rock and roll, the beautiful, the ugly, and the weird.
