[UPDATE 4/28/22]: Dinosaur Jr. documentary Freakscene – The Story Of Dinosaur Jr. will make its long-awaited U.S. debut on Tuesday, May 31st. The film, which first debuted at Camp Fuzz last summer and saw limited screenings throughout Europe, will enjoy a wide release at dozens of theaters across the country.

Prior to the May 31st screenings, Freakscene will make landfall on the 28th at The Opera House in Brooklyn, NY, featuring an appearance from singer/guitarist J Mascis. The frontman will also appear the following evening for a screening at Amherst Cinema in the band’s hometown of Amherst, MA. Following the coast-to-coast screenings on May 31st, Freakscene will air at Crest in Sacramento, CA on June 3rd and finally Roxy Cinema in New York, NY on the 4th. The film will also be available digitally beginning on June 3rd.

Check out a trailer for Freakscene – The Story Of Dinosaur Jr. below as well as a list of participating theaters.

[9/28/21]: The saga of alt icons Dinosaur Jr. will be told in the forthcoming rockumentary, Freakscene – The Story Of Dinosaur Jr. A trailer for the film, set to arrive in North America this fall, is available now on YouTube.

Frontman J Mascis immediately sets the tone for the film as he opens the trailer by saying, “I don’t know where people got this idea that it’s supposed to be fun or something to play music. It never occurred to us that it’s supposed to be fun. Music was really important and we wanted to do it.”

Directed by Philipp Reichenheim, the trailer for Freakscene immediately dispels any perception of a fawning documentary. It appears to go beyond “warts and all” to a state of “Dinosaur Jr.: just warts.” Mascis along with his bandmates Lou Barlow and Murph candidly open up about their internal struggles as a band as they navigated unlikely success in the 90s through lineup changes, breakups, reunions, and more. The film features behind-the-scenes footage from archival performances as well as new interviews with the band and Kim Gordon, Henry Rollins, Bob Mould, Thurston Moore, and more.

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Freakscene – The Story Of Dinosaur Jr. made its debut earlier this summer at the band’s Camp Fuzz and is currently making the rounds in Europe. Watch the trailer below and follow the band’s social media accounts for screening information. Dinosaur Jr. postponed the first leg of its North American tour due to COVID, meanwhile, Barlow is set to begin his Septober tour tonight, September 28th, in Ithica, NY. Visit his “vastly confusing” website for tickets and a full list of tour dates.

Freakscene – The Story of Dinosaur Jr. | Trailer

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