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Portrait of legendary 90s UK country-post-punk band Country Teasers & Ben Wallers.

Featuring old an new unreleased live footage, and interviews with:
- Ben Wallers, the band's eccentric frontman, provocative lyricist, now performing as the Rebel.
- former Country Teasers bass player Simon Stephens, now a successful playwright
- Eric Friedl, Greg Cartwright and Jack Yarber from Memphis lo-fi garage trio the Oblivians.
- Tim Warren of Crypt Records, USA/Germany-based garage-punk label.
- Pat Morgan and David R. Edwards of Datblygu, one of the most influential bands in modern Welsh-language music and Ben’s heroes.

  • Nicolas Drolc
    Director
    Death Must Be Earned, Bungalow Sessions
  • Gisella Albertini
    Director
  • Massimo Scocca
    Director
  • Nicolas Drolc
    Writer
    Death Must Be Earned, Bungalow Sessions
  • Gisella Albertini
    Writer
  • Massimo Scocca
    Writer
  • Nicolas Drolc
    Producer
    Death Must Be Earned, Bungalow Sessions
  • Gisella Albertini
    Producer
  • Massimo Scocca
    Producer
  • Ben Wallers
    Key Cast
  • Simon Stephens
    Key Cast
  • Tim Warren
    Key Cast
  • Eric Friedl
    Key Cast
  • Greg Cartwright
    Key Cast
  • Jack Yarber
    Key Cast
  • David R. Edwards
    Key Cast
  • Pat Morgan
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 34 minutes 53 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 9, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    7,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, Video 8, Super 8
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Calgary Underground Film Festival
    Calgary
    Canada
    June 23, 2020
    World Premiere (virtual)
  • Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
    Melbourne
    Australia
    June 30, 2020
    Australian Premiere (virtual)
  • Fifigrot Festival International du Film
    Toulouse
    France
    September 20, 2020
  • Rock This Town Musical Film Fest
    Pau
    France
    October 2, 2020
  • Rising Sun International Film Festival
    Kitakyushu
    Japan
    November 7, 2020
    Asia
  • Doc’n Roll Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    November 10, 2020
    UK
Director Biography - Nicolas Drolc, Gisella Albertini, Massimo Scocca

Nicolas Drolc is an independent filmmaker based in Nancy France. in 2014 he released his first feature length documentary “Sur les toits” (On the rooftops) a film about the prison riots that shook France in the early 70s.
In 2017 he completed a second feature film “Death must be earned” - a portrait of Serge Livrozet - a figure of french 70s counter-culture, former safe-cracker, prisonner, writer, and anarchist activist. “Bungalow Sessions” was his third feature documentary completed in 2019.It portraits 6 amercian folk/blues underground musicians and was filmed in Drolc's backyard in Nancy France. Drolc produces, directs, shoots and edits on his own, with his company “Les Films Furax" entirely outside the stronghold of the television system and corporate interests.
Gisella Albertini and Massimo Scocca are from Turin, Italy. Throughout the 90s they went around Europe and the USA hunting for gigs of underground lo-fi/garage-punk bands and filming them with a video8 camera.

Gisella was hooked on music and records for as long as she can remember. Since the 90s she’s done interviews for music ‘zines, ran a mailorder of obscure B-movies, organized gigs and played in garage bands, like lo-fi duo Two Bo’s Maniacs.

Massimo has a long-time interest in photography, music and cinema. He wrote about rock’n’roll and pop culture, shot photos for ‘zines and books, played and still plays in blues punk bands - most notably Two Bo’s Maniacs and LAME.

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