Not Your Ordinary Music Fest: ‘This Is Drop Dead’ : THE FRONT PAGE ONLINE

For nine years, New York and other cities around the world have played host to a scrappy DIY bacchanalia dedicated to drinking up, as the official website puts it, “Art in every aspect of Life.” Still young and independent enough to be considered underground, unlike other DIY-fests that have since sold out, the Drop Dead Festival (DDF) has become an international showcase of iconoclastic musicians and artists from a scene that might loosely fit under the umbrella of goth/death rock/punk if its members didn’t often achieve a more singular, category-defying individuality. Enter This Is Drop Dead, a documentary that presents a snapshot of the 2006 DDF in New York, by cinematographer Jessica Gallant and Theatre of Ice co-founder Brent Johnson. From the DVD cover: “Sixty-six bands. Three days. One Festival.”

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