Dale Crover

Als Uncle Grandpa versehentlich einen Jungen in einen 300 Jahre alten Mann verwandelt, steht er vor einem großen Problem. Er muss dem Jungen wieder zu seinem alten Ich verhelfen, bevor irgendjemand verletzt wird.

In Aberdeen, Washington, wächst der kleine Kurt auf, ein fröhliches Kind, das die Menschen für sich einnimmt. Früh zeigt sich sein enormes kreatives Potenzial, er malt, musiziert, schreibt. Von diesen Anfängen bis zu seinem unglaublichen Erfolg als Nirvana-Frontman erzählt die erste von der Familie autorisierte Dokumentation. Auch von Absturz, Selbstzweifeln, Drogen, Depression und frühem Ende. Aus erstmals zur Veröffentlichung freigegeben Kinderbildern, bislang unbekanntem Archivmaterial, Interviews mit den Eltern, Verwandten, Freunden, späteren musikalischen Weggefährten sowie seiner Witwe Courtney Love komponiert Brett Morgen ein intimes, intensives Porträt über Leben und Kunst des legendären Sängers, der sich selten den Medien gegenüber öffnete.

This documentary examines the Seattle scene as it became the focus of a merging of punk rock, heavy metal, and innovation. Building from the grass roots, self-promoted and self-recorded until break-out success of bands like Nirvana brought the record industry to the Pacific Northwest, a phenomenon was born.

Filmed on New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, 2008 at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.

"How comes no one has ever made a film about The Melvins?" Well, no one has ever tried or thought it even possible.....until now that is. The Colossus Of Destiny - A Melvins Tale is a film about a band who have defied all the rules, for over 32 years and counting, and still managed to succeed and do it their own way. The journey of band members King Buzzo and Dale Crover leads us from the backwards-waters of the Chehalis River in Washington State, down through the Golden Gate of Northern California, and finally settling into the Los Angeles River Basin of Southern California. With the rest of the world thrown in along the way. You will witness first hand the beliefs and attitudes, values and obscenities, slows and fasts, triumphs and toils, loves and hates, wits and giggles of a hugely talented and influential band. And you will also come away with a lesson in how to survive in the wicked world of the music biz without taking yourself too damn seriously.

This film is a biography of a friendship. Set in the indie rock utopia of an evergreen forested Olympia Washington of the early 90's, this film chronicles the journey of the love of three friends from childhood to adulthood over a span of 20 years. Nestled in the mythology of bands such as Beat Happening, Bikini Kill, Unwound, and the Melvins, the story of KARP is the story of a childhood love forced to make adult changes in order to survive an adult world and how the choices we face as we follow our dreams affect those whom we love most. It is the story of how so often the thing that frees you can become your largest obstacle.

Recorded on May 1, 2006 at Kentish Town Forum, Live from London 2006 features the amassed crew of Mike Patton, Buzz Osborne, Dave Lombardo, Trevor Dunn, Dale Crover and Sir David Scott Stone. Filmed by Douglas Pledger, Matthew Rozeik and Alex Gunnis the music is culled from the sole Fantômas / Melvins Big Band release (Millennium Monsterwork) as well as music from both the Melvins and Fantômas catalogues. Bonus feature is an audio commentary with Danny DeVito, Ipecac co-owner Greg Werckman, booking agent Robby Fraser, Melvins' Dale Crover and Buzz Osborne.

An Anti-MTV-Rock'n'Roll-allegory. A comment on Grunge's corporate happy misery.