Wednesday May 11, 8:00 PM
MALFUNKSHUN
World Premiere
2004, 96 MIN VIDEO
DIRECTOR: Scot Barbour
FEATURING: Malfunkshun, Mother Love Bone, Andrew Wood, Temple of the Dog,
Pearl Jam, Soundgarden
Post-screening reception featuring DJs from Amoeba Music.
At a New Year's Eve party, someone slapped a Temple of the Dog sticker on
director Scot Barbour's leather jacket. He tracked down the band and realized
it was a tribute album to Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone. Finding the only
released Mother Love Bone CD in one of those 12-for-a-penny clubs, he knew he
had a movie to make.
On March 19, 1990, after three days in a coma, Andrew Wood was removed
from life support and died. Rock and roll would never be the same. Wood's
band Mother Love Bone had been the focus of a major record label bidding war
and now, just two weeks away from the release their highly anticipated debut
album Apple, they were gone. MALFUNKSHUN brings Wood's story to light. From
his amazing yet haunting lyrics, to his family life, his struggles, dreams and
his reason to live.
MALFUNKSHUN is a documentary tribute about how one performer's life became
the inspiration for some of Seattle's greatest musicians, and how his death
ended the era of commercial hard rock while giving birth to grunge. Here, his
compelling story is told through his music, his family, friends, band mates
and never before seen interviews with Andy himself. These interviews are
interwoven with rare concert and candid footage, as well as an amazing
soundtrack that includes the bands Malfunkshun, Mother Love Bone, Temple of
the Dog and an unreleased Andrew Wood solo.
Despite his short life, and the equally short-lived Mother Love Bone, the
music and the legend that Wood created live on.