From
Austin, “The Live Music Capital of the World” Texas comes Rock
Opera, a hilariously raucous and seedy tale of drug fueled rock
and roll debauchery. Rock Opera sets a fictional tale of double
crossing drug deals in Austin’s real life underground music
and drug scene.
Filled
with great Austin bands and local scenesters, the story unfolds
with Toe’s half-assed attempts to fund a road trip for his band
PigPoke by selling marijuana. Rock Opera was written and directed
by local Austin filmmaker and musician Bob Ray and according
to Bob is “a true story that could have happened.”
Rock
Opera starts off as a rambunctious stoner comedy and turns into
a tense and action packed thriller as we follow Toe’s exploits
through ramshackle houses, punk dives and backwater towns as
he frantically scrambles to get his band on the road. A series
of mishaps and dimwitted double crosses puts Toe in peril and
he struggles to keep his head above bong water as chaos chases
him to the frenzied climax.
Rock
Opera features live performances by Nashville Pussy, Fuckemos,
PigPoke, and Witchbanger, plus the music of Butthole Surfers,
Fuckemos, Ed Hall, Cherubs, Phantom Creeps, El Flaco, Honky,
Tallboy, Los Pinkeys, Titz, The Crack Pipes, Antebellum, Voltage,
Squat Thrust, Pong, El Insecto, and an original score by 16
Deluxe.
“I
like Rock Opera a lot. If every pot user out there goes to see
Rock Opera, I think you’ll have sa hit on your hands.”
--Richard Linklater, director of Slacker, Dazed & Confused,
Waking Life
