Dimitri Coats dives into the creation of OFF!'s groundbreaking film project "Free LSD". Hear the story behind the band’s journey with punk legend Keith Morris and the eight-year odyssey that led to their ambitious cinematic swan song.
Topic Include:
- Interview intro
- The inception of "Free LSD"
- How different is “Free LSD” from the original “Watermelon” plans?
- Learning how to write a script
- Buzz and Dale of Melvins played on some Free LSD demos
- Mario was originally written into the movie
- Early filming at live shows for movie prep
- OFF! almost didn’t survive losing the rhythm section
- Dimitri’s background in acting
- Greater confidence in acting than music
- Working with Malcolm McDowell
- Managing OFF! prepared him for movie production
- Jonathan P Shaw was attached very early on
- Sculpting the mood and emotion of the film
- Bringing in new fans to OFF! through the movie
- OFF!’s breakup and potential reanimation
- Keith and Dimitri’s focus is diverging
- The community of friends that appear in the film
- Working with Jack Black – filming on an iPhone
- How DH Peligro saved “Free LSD”
- The passing of DH Peligro
- Participation of David Yow, Davey Havok, Don Bolles, Zander Schloss
- Coordinating concepts that carry through the album, movie and packaging
- Giving the band permission to try new things
- Retiring the band directly after their most ambitious project
- OFF! is exhausted and ready to move on
- Conflict and evolution of friendship and bandmates of Dimitri and Keith
- Keith and Dimitri helped one another reinvent themselves
- Big contributors to the film, revising the script to budget
- The meticulous details of the film
- The crew following Dimitri’s vision
- The challenges during filming the movie
- The process of developing OFF! music
- There was a lot of extra songs/outtakes from the Free LSD sessions
- The Blu-Ray / CD package of “Free LSD”
- Potential additional theatre screenings & Q&A
- The Blu-Ray / CD will be the only place for fans can hear 2 of the outtakes
- Lots of easter eggs, details and additional layers to the movie
- Interview wrap-up
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