Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt (2025)

Doc'n Roll Film Festival is returning to Amsterdam, with an electrifying lineup of Dutch film premieres celebrating the legendary stories behind the music.

"The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt" is the story of two accounting students from Trinity University in San Antonio who found solidarity in their shared strangeness, gathered a tribe of like-minded outsiders – queers, weirdos and nonconformists, including the unforgettable naked performance artist/dancer Kathleen Lynch– and launched one of the most radical and unpredictable paths in rock history. Against all odds, and with a proudly unmarketable name, they became a legendary psychedelic punk band: unlikely icons who inspired acts like Nirvana and even landed  a number one hit. 

Butthole Surfers’ live shows were one-of-a-kind events – communal rites of passage for band and audience, and the antithesis of the digital isolation of our modern age. The film also goes deep on the personal lives behind the chaos, with intimate portraits of lead singer Gibby Haynes, guitar wizard Paul Leary, drummers Teresa Nervosa and King Coffey, and bassist Jeff Pinkus: uncompromising originals whose lives took extraordinary turns.

Melkweg often hosts different types of programmes at the same time, such as concerts, club nights and films. Please note that there may occasionally be some noise pollution from other programmes during the screening.