Dead Moon' Imagine The White Stripes in 25 years if they manage to stay hip. This loving documentary tribute to the band begins with founder Fred Cole's 60s' roots in psychedelic garage punk and culminates with a feast of performance footage from across the globe'Latvian biker rallies to a smokin' gig in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Fred began his music career as Deep Soul Cole ('The white Stevie Wonder'), moved through The Lollipop Shoppe (included on the seminal Nuggets compilations) and then through a succession of swampy blues metal, raucous New Wave and trash punk acts. Fred added his wife, Toody, on bass when he got tired of drugged band members getting flaky on him; the pair pulled drummer Andrew Loomis out of a gutter, straightened him out and formed Dead Moon in the mid-80s.

Fiercely independent, Dead Moon presses its own records (in the spare bedroom of a house they built from scratch!), run its own music business and general store and lives on a steady diet of bourbon and cigarettes. Now that the members are grandparents, Dead Moon are intent on growing old disgracefully.

Dead Moon will play @ Ding Dong Lounge on Aug 6 & 7. For details, phone 03 9662 1020

D/P Kate Fix, Jason Summers WS Magic Umbrella Films TD Video/Col/2004/88mins

Kate Fix was born in New York, USA. Films: Unknown Passage: The Dead Moon Story (MIFF 2004).

Jason Summers' films: Unknown Passage: The Dead Moon Story (MIFF 2004).