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Desolation Center

Desolation Center

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 16, 2018

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Documentary, Music

User Score

93%

Original Title

Desolation Center

Director

Stuart Swezey

Description

The untold story of a series of Reagan-era guerrilla punk and industrial desert happenings in Southern California that are now recognized as the inspiration for Burning Man, Lollapalooza, and Coachella. Interviews and rare performance footage of Sonic Youth, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Redd Kross, Einstürzende Neubauten, Survival Research Laboratories, Savage Republic, Swans and more.