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The Mutants at Napa State
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cramps (Musical group).
- Mutants (Musical group).
- Punk rock music.
- Punk rock musicians--United States.
- Punk rock musicians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (22 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. Grasshopper Film 2023
- Summary:
- "Somebody told me you people are crazy, but I'm not so sure about that.... you seem to be all right to me." So says lead singer Lux Interior of The Cramps, challenging the mainstream stereotype of the crowd assembled before him at the Napa State Hospital. On June 13, 1978, the soon-to-be legendary rock band went to play Napa State, a psychiatric hospital in the small town of Napa in Northern California. Opening for them was The Mutants, an eclectic septet of art school punks from nearby San Francisco. Also in the van was seminal Bay Area art collective Target Video, there to capture the show using one of the first video cameras available to the public, democratizing a medium controlled by mainstream media outlets. What resulted may be the most unique punk show ever, as the two bands played for the residents at the hospital, a rehabilitation facility that was skimming the danger of being shut down by former California Governor Ronald Reagan.
- Credits:
- Joe Target, director
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen
- OCLC:
- 1402188466
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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