David Yow

David Yow

Born: August 2, 1960
in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
David Yow (born August 2, 1960) is an American musician and actor born in Las Vegas, Nevada and best known as the vocalist for the noise rock bands Scratch Acid and The Jesus Lizard. Yow's debut solo album will be released in June of 2013 on Joyful Noise Records.

Movies for David Yow...

Bliss
Title: Bliss
Character: Pizza dude
Released: January 20, 2024
Type: Movie
Part 2 of the Virgil Bliss trilogy, Bliss picks up Virgil's story 20 years later in the deserts of Southern California where a fugitive Virgil scratches out a meager existence as an Oxy-addicted stable hand.
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The Toxic Avenger
Title: The Toxic Avenger
Character: Guthrie Stockins
Released: September 21, 2023
Type: Movie
A horrible toxic accident transforms downtrodden janitor Winston Gooze into a new evolution of hero: THE TOXIC AVENGER! Now wielding a glowing mop with super-human strength, he must race against time to save his son and stop a ruthless and power-hungry tyrant bent on harnessing toxic superpowers to strengthen his polluted empire.
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The Butthole Surfers Movie
Title: The Butthole Surfers Movie
Character: Self
Released: May 1, 2023
Type: Movie
Follows the story of the groundbreaking Texas-based art-punk band founded by frontman Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary.
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Free LSD
Title: Free LSD
Character: The Boner Doctor
Released: January 20, 2023
Type: Movie
An elderly sex shop owner's attraction to a younger woman leads him to an erectile dysfunction doctor whose treatment reveals an alluring but treacherous alternate reality.
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Spoonful of Sugar
Title: Spoonful of Sugar
Released: September 24, 2022
Type: Movie
Millicent working on her thesis about children with severe allergies, is hired to babysit little Johnny, a sickly, mute child who suffers from every allergy under the sun. As she discovers Johnny’s dark family secrets, things begin to become unhinged.
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Dinner in America
Title: Dinner in America
Character: Eddie
Released: May 27, 2022
Type: Movie
An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with his band go on an unexpected and epic journey together through the decaying suburbs of the American Midwest.
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Mr. Bungle: The Night They Came Home
Title: Mr. Bungle: The Night They Came Home
Character: Audience
Released: October 31, 2020
Type: Movie
A reconstituted Mr. Bungle assembles in the Eureka public library to perform their unique brand of music.
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MetaVision
Title: MetaVision
Character: Gideon Moseley
Released: October 15, 2020
Type: Movie
A case of mistaken identity leads a young slacker to self-destruction after being subliminally hypnotized by a mysterious underground organization.
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Rattlesnake
Title: Rattlesnake
Character: Charlie
Released: October 25, 2019
Type: Movie
After a mysterious woman saves her daughter from a deadly snakebite, a single mother must repay the debt by killing a stranger before sundown.
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Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero
Title: Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero
Character: Himself
Released: March 12, 2019
Type: Movie
In May 1997, Tim Taylor, creative force behind the beloved Dayton, Ohio rock weirdos BRAINIAC, was on the verge of his band signing to a major record label when his life was cut tragically short by a freak accident. He was 28 years old. Devastated, his family, friends and fans were forced to pick up the pieces. This film explores the history and legacy of Taylor and one of the 90s most original bands.
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Under the Silver Lake
Title: Under the Silver Lake
Character: Homeless King
Released: June 21, 2018
Type: Movie
Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy.
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You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys
Title: You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys
Released: April 13, 2018
Type: Movie
YOU CAN COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES, THE BIG BOYS tells the true story of the beloved funk/punk band from Austin, Texas. Go beyond Austin's city limits and hear from some of music & skateboarding's greats about how the original "skate punk" band's message of DIY positivity still resonates today. Hear from such legends as Tim Kerr (Big Boys), Fred Armisen (SNL), Tony Alva (Dogtown & Z-Boys), Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam), Exene Cervenka (X) & many more as this VHS-inspired trip takes you back to those hot summers of Texas in the 80s. And then go make your own art!
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High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
Title: High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
Character: David
Released: February 28, 2018
Type: Movie
A minor league baseball player refuses to believe his career is over and takes desperate measures to keep his dream alive.
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An American in Texas
Title: An American in Texas
Character: Detective Crenshaw
Released: October 29, 2017
Type: Movie
Based on a true story, and set in late 1990 against the backdrop of the first gulf war, An American in Texas is the story of lifelong friends as they reach the cusp of adulthood and must decide between the hollow values of corporate careerism; or the narrow way of individualism and freedom.
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I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Title: I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Character: Marshall
Released: January 19, 2017
Type: Movie
When a depressed woman is burglarized, she finds a new sense of purpose by tracking down the thieves alongside her obnoxious neighbor. But they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals.
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The Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tale
Title: The Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tale
Character: Himself
Released: July 18, 2016
Type: Movie
"How comes no one has ever made a film about The Melvins?" Well, no one has ever tried or thought it even possible.....until now that is. The Colossus Of Destiny - A Melvins Tale is a film about a band who have defied all the rules, for over 32 years and counting, and still managed to succeed and do it their own way. The journey of band members King Buzzo and Dale Crover leads us from the backwards-waters of the Chehalis River in Washington State, down through the Golden Gate of Northern California, and finally settling into the Los Angeles River Basin of Southern California. With the rest of the world thrown in along the way. You will witness first hand the beliefs and attitudes, values and obscenities, slows and fasts, triumphs and toils, loves and hates, wits and giggles of a hugely talented and influential band. And you will also come away with a lesson in how to survive in the wicked world of the music biz without taking yourself too damn seriously.
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Too Late
Title: Too Late
Character: Arthur
Released: March 25, 2016
Type: Movie
Private investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past.
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Bleed
Title: Bleed
Character: Deputy
Released: March 25, 2016
Type: Movie
It seemed perfect - a new house, a new marriage, a child soon to be born. But when Sarah and Matt invite their friends to celebrate, the situation turns deadly as they enter a burned-out prison on a ghost hunt.
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Walden Pink
Title: Walden Pink
Character: Walden Pink
Released: March 20, 2016
Type: Movie
Walden Pink is a glimpse into the frustrating and melancholy life of a middle-aged man passing through a loop of daily confrontations.
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Southbound
Title: Southbound
Character: Danny
Released: September 17, 2015
Type: Movie
The film contains five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway. Two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales.
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Entertainment
Title: Entertainment
Character: Party Host
Released: August 11, 2015
Type: Movie
Set in the Mojave Desert, the film follows a broken-down comedian playing clubs across the Southwest, working his way to Los Angeles to meet his estranged daughter.
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Records Collecting Dust
Title: Records Collecting Dust
Character: Himself
Released: January 9, 2015
Type: Movie
Written and directed by San Diego based musician and filmmaker Jason Blackmore, Records Collecting Dust documents the vinyl record collections, origins, and holy grails of alternative music icons Jello Biafra, Chuck Dukowski, Keith Morris, John Reis, and over thirty other underground music comrades.
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The Dicks from Texas
Title: The Dicks from Texas
Released: December 31, 2014
Type: Movie
A punk band from Texas whose music and persona was extreme and political and the supporters who've followed and loved them for over 35 years.
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Upsidedown Cross
Title: Upsidedown Cross
Character: Preacher
Released: September 25, 2014
Type: Movie
Abandoned, abused by the police and in the throes of withdrawal, Nadine, a drug addicted young prostitute, returns to her childhood home and the mother she ran away from. Nadine's mother, Delilah; a fanatical Christian who believes demons have possessed her daughter, searches for a "cure" for Nadine's erratic behavior. When she finds a rogue preacher willing to exorcise her daughter for a fee, neither realizes they have invited the devil into their home. While her mother turns a blind eye to the bizarre practices unfolding in her own home, Nadine, racked with mental and physical pain, has no choice but to put up with the preacher's increasingly violent charade.
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Moments the Go
Title: Moments the Go
Character: Tom
Released: May 1, 2014
Type: Movie
An existential nightmare of Clive Runnels, as he seeks to correct a swerving life trajectory amid a breakup, his band collapsing, and the new responsibilities of an all-consuming blue-collar roofing job. Fever, his promiscuous younger girlfriend tests her yearning for wilder direction just as Clive accepts a position in charge of his fellow roofers who are out to make his life hell. A poet and neighbor attempts to lend support, along with Clive's boss, but even these angels manage to fall from grace. The story veers when Clive stands up for himself, punching out his relentlessly taunting co-worker. What follows is an unexpected trip through this surreal, cinematic poem.
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Breadcrumb Trail
Title: Breadcrumb Trail
Character: Himself
Released: April 15, 2014
Type: Movie
Breadcrumb Trail focuses on Slint's seminal album, Spiderland, and the Louisville music scene from which the band originated.
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Five Directors' Interpretations of Opening Suite
Title: Five Directors' Interpretations of Opening Suite
Character: Man (segment "Nearly Invisible")
Released: December 10, 2013
Type: Movie
A short film set to the music of David Yow, consisting of the segments "Snow Blind" (directed by Adam Harding), "Nearly Invisible" (directed by Jennifer Lynch), "Secret Kitten" (directed by Todd Adam Philips), "Swell" (directed by Tim Rutili) and "No, Proko" (directed by Jared Varava).
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All Roads Lead
Title: All Roads Lead
Character: Paul Keller
Released: November 24, 2013
Type: Movie
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Resurrection Slope
Title: Resurrection Slope
Character: David
Released: January 19, 2013
Type: Movie
In 'Resurrection Slope' A young boy at the brink of adolescence takes a harrowing journey through a mystical dreamworld, confronting his emerging questions of individuality and gender. Through splintered fantasies of his reckless, fading beauty of a mother and cruel, alcoholic father, he performs a holy ritual that will one day form into a defiantly singular adult persona.
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The Jesus Lizard: Club
Title: The Jesus Lizard: Club
Character: Himself
Released: August 23, 2011
Type: Movie
Underground heavyweights The Jesus Lizard return to the stage and this DVD is from the first show of their reunion tour. The original band (David Yow, Duane Denison, David Wm. Sims, Mac McNeilly) was untouchable back in the 90s and prove to be the exception that proves the rule when it comes to punk reunion shows/tours. Always an insanely tight live band, this show proves they still got it when it counts. Singer David Yow is the demented James Brown to the rest of the band's Famous Flames. Blood, sweat, punches, hair pulling and more!
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Fix: The Ministry Movie
Title: Fix: The Ministry Movie
Character: Himself
Released: July 21, 2011
Type: Movie
Provides an insider's view of the groundbreaking, outrageous, creative juggernaut that was the band Ministry - during their world tour - as front man Al Jourgensen slips into drug addiction. Ministry made industrial rock mainstream, and along the way their music and take no prisoners lifestyle influenced the leaders of today's most important bands, many of whom are in the film.
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Fully Loaded
Title: Fully Loaded
Character: David - bartender
Released: June 27, 2011
Type: Movie
On a rare evening out, two feisty single moms discover that it's not so easy to hook up with a total stranger anymore.
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Sunday Punch
Title: Sunday Punch
Character: Arthur
Released: September 20, 2010
Type: Movie
After one too many bad nights, a ring girl decides it's high time to get out from under the thumb of a local gangster, and burn every bridge she can on the way out.
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Al's Beef
Title: Al's Beef
Character: The Preacher
Released: May 3, 2008
Type: Movie
Bloodied, barefoot, and branded like cattle, a mysterious woman wanders into a desolate frontier town with an aim to kill the son of a bitch that done her wrong.
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The Jesus Lizard: Live
Title: The Jesus Lizard: Live
Character: Himself
Released: June 5, 2007
Type: Movie
While the studio recordings of Chicago's Jesus Lizard are part of the canon of 90s indie rock, anyone who saw them knows their reputation as the live band of that era is completely accurate. This film captures the original quartet in 1994 playing to a packed and frenzied crowd at the Venus de Milo in Boston. The band's workman like approach to their taunt, pummeling sound is contrasted by front man David Yow's Dionysian revelry as he whips himself and the crowd into an ecstatic mess. This 2-camera shoot catches all the blood, spit and sweat of a truly killer live band at their peak.
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Bullet on a Wire
Title: Bullet on a Wire
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
An unattractive social outcast (Jeff Strong) visits a stranger (Lara Phillips) in prison after setting off the events that landed her there.
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The Jesus Lizard Live at CBGB's
Title: The Jesus Lizard Live at CBGB's
Character: Performer
Released: December 31, 1997
Type: Movie
The Jesus Lizard blast through an incendiary set on New Year's Eve 1997 at the legendary CBGB's in New York City's Lower East Side. High quality. but unofficial release.
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Walls in the City
Title: Walls in the City
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Story about a woman who lives among the poor and down and out in Chicago.
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Pigface: Glitch
Title: Pigface: Glitch
Released: April 9, 1992
Type: Movie
Pigface live 90-92, an hour long video features live performances from over 15 shows plus an exclusive look behind the scenes: backstage, on the bus, and in the studio. It's an amazing spectacle of late 80's/early 90's indie-music icons. KMFDM's En Esch, Ministry's Chris Connelly, Nine Inch Nails creator Trent Reznor, Nivek Ogre (Skinny Puppy), William Tucker (RIP), Raven (Prong/Killing Joke), Andrew Weiss (Rollins Band/Ween), and leader-slash-drummer Martin Atkins (Public Image Ltd./Ministry/Killing Joke) keep this video spinning with their over-the-top antics and Spinal Tap-ish tour foibles. This should be in your video collection between the Who's ""The Kid's Are Alright"" and Dave Markey's ""1991: The Year Punk Broke.
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A Desert
Title: A Desert
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
While on a road trip, a photographer befriends a young couple whose reckless ways turn his world upside down and into a nightmare in this unpredictable and horror-tinged neo-noir knockout.
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Seymour Ruck
Title: Seymour Ruck
Character: Seymour Ruck
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Seymour Ruck (David Yow), a down on his luck man gets a call that could bring him rebirth and an escape from his miserable world. In the end, Seymour probably shouldn't have accepted the offer.