A still psychotic but brilliant Wilko Johnson leads us to the geometric guitar sounds of furious R&B through the story of the group that put the roll back into rock'n'roll. From the refineries of Canvey Island to world domination from-the-pub, whipped up in a meteorite of nicotine and Delta blues-punk.

Saturday 7th / 20:45 / Aribau Club 2 (*)
Sunday 8th / 20:30 / Aribau Club 2
(*)Presentation & Q&A with Julien Temple

Punk was like a mushroom, but even mushrooms need subsoil in which to grow. In a 70's world of conceited artists, pompous and progressive music bores, someone had to level out the ground for the guys with the safety pins. This missing link, this imaginary bridge, was pub rock (R&B played in bars): and its emperors were the majestic Dr. Feelgood. In Oil City Confidential, the yet psychotic yet lucid Wilko Johnson (and the spasmodic guitar of its crucial period) leads us to the geometric guitar sounds of furious R&B, through the story of the group that put the rock back into rock'n'roll. From the refineries of Canvey Island to world domination from-the-pub (a thousand tours), whipped up in a meteorite of nicotine and Delta blues-punk, buckled to its deceased and charismatic front man Lee Brilleaux, first hand witnesses lead us through Doctor's story. Temple, the hidden member of the band, blends gangster films from the 50s (Brighton Rock, The Criminal) into the biography, emphasizing how dangerous the band was to outsiders. In the end, the result resembles a thriller about a mythical band with a lovely (well boozed up) carcass that it left in its wale. A must for all you lovers of speed rock'n'roll.

JULIEN TEMPLE is possibly the most famous documentary filmmaker in the world. His works include Joe Strummer: The future is unwritten, The great rock'n'roll swindle, The filth & the fury and Glastonbury.