LIKEHELL: The Movie
Presented by Sound Unseen
Friday, May 27, 2022
6 pm Doors // 7 pm Movie
$12 Advance General Admission
$16 At The Door
All Ages
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The unbelievably true and amazingly accurate story behind rock's most legendary supergroup!
LIKEHELL: The Movie takes you into the turbulent, multi-decade journey of superstar Minneapolis band, LIKEHELL.
No stone is left unturned, no scandal unexplored in this "documentary" and the tell-all expose will give you an obscenely intimate view into the lives of the world's most volatile band as told by the band themselves with the help of some of America's biggest names in music.
Following the screening will be a Q&A with director/editor/writer Ryan Schaddelee, writer Ingrid Soderberg, and LIKEHELL drummer Tony Oliveri moderated by Minneapolis radio icon Brian Oake. Other LIKEHELL band members will also be in attendance.
Their music was raw, aggressive, inspired. Their look, breathtaking. Their bank accounts and pants, bulging. But hardships and tragedies, much worse than any rock band has ever experienced plagued their numerous climbs to the top and eventually brought about their repeated plunges to the depths of, like, hell. Take a ride on LIKEHELL's turbulent rock and roller-coaster and witness their never-ending ordeals. Featuring cameos by members of Velvet Revolver and Queens of the Stone Age among others.
55 minutes / USA / 2005
From Twin/Tone Records:
Seeing LIKEHELL perform is like being at a party in Hollywood’s underground. It’s 4 a.m. The dark and brooding mix with the mischievous and wild. The beautiful walk among the depressed. It’s a blur of all things carnal, experimental, glamorous, and psychotic. Around every corner is another mesmerizing scene, another form of satiation, another potential explosion.
Formed in 1994 by brothers Nick Eldorado (vocals) and Tony Oliveri (drums), and longtime friends Frank Thorpe (bass) and Matt Bockley (guitar), LIKEHELL is a band that defies categories. Its music is a merger of such genres as heavy metal, glam, psychopunk, 70s anthem rock, and even a little bit of burning-through-the-desert-in-a-dusty-cadillac country, with lyrics that are direct and deadpan.
The hard-driving backing of Oliveri, Thorpe, and Bockley serves as a catapult for the always theatrical Eldorado, a sexy, cherub-faced madman who is mellow one second, desperate and explosive the next. The band’s tight-knit history and common philosophy that the show is the antecedent to the ‘biz’ combines to form a cool and easy, creative and ferocious stage presence that makes for a raucous and unpredictable live performance.
An underground band at heart, LIKEHELL has nonetheless stepped into the spotlight since its inception, sharing the stage with an impressive array of bands, including Beck, Iggy Pop, Soul Asylum, Motorhead, Queens of the Stone Age, The Cult, and Buckcherry. Over the years, the band’s hard work, diverse appeal, and reputation for incredible live performances have earned them a loyal following of fans who come from all corners of the music spectrum and will continue to cross genre lines to witness the rock ‘n’ roll spectacle that is LIKEHELL.
