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Church O' God Signs Following

sabadabadasabadabada 5,966 Posts
edited February 2011 in Strut Central
For some reason I feel like Rock may know the answer to this:

I remember a documentary about snakehandlers, and I don't think its Holy Ghost People, because I've seen that a few times, that had this crazy electrified hillbilly band in it. Anybody know the movie or the band?

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  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    This??

  • sabadabadasabadabada 5,966 Posts
    No. This band looked more early 70's, young longhairs playing electric guitars.
  • sabadabadasabadabada 5,966 Posts
    And I don't think its the later Movie Heaen Come Down, becuase that's 2006 and I remember seeing this in the late '90s. But I don't know if it was actually on TV or if it was footage filmed by my then GF's friend that could have been on a film he was working on, which then means it could be Heaven Come Down, only he finished the film almost a decade later.
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    Is "Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus" a possibility?

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389361/
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    BobDesperado said:
    Is "Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus" a possibility?

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389361/

    GREAT movie......highly recommended.
  • sabadabadasabadabada 5,966 Posts
    BobDesperado said:
    Is "Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus" a possibility?

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389361/

    Not from what I can see by the trailer. These guys were like the early 70s Dead if they had been pentacostal snake handlers.
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    sabadabada said:
    BobDesperado said:
    Is "Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus" a possibility?

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389361/

    Not from what I can see by the trailer. These guys were like the early 70s Dead if they had been pentacostal snake handlers.

    You don't mean the band Snakegrinder do you???
  • sabadabadasabadabada 5,966 Posts
    Rockadelic said:
    sabadabada said:
    BobDesperado said:
    Is "Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus" a possibility?

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389361/

    Not from what I can see by the trailer. These guys were like the early 70s Dead if they had been pentacostal snake handlers.

    You don't mean the band Snakegrinder do you???

    No. The band I remember was a really greasy sound.
  • The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
    JOLO
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    There are a bunch of clips out there from the Jolo Church in WV. I don't know if anyone has done a long doc on them. They're not exactly longhairs, but the music gets pretty nuts and approaches Hasil Adkins territory at times.



    Then there's this:



    And then there's the time the Jesus Camp kids went to a Venom show:

  • sabadabadasabadabada 5,966 Posts
    The_Non said:
    JOLO

    No. Much more 70s.
  • sabadabadasabadabada 5,966 Posts
    sabadabada said:
    The_Non said:
    JOLO

    No. Much more 70s.

    I thought maybe it was this too, but I distincly remember that there was footage of the band and that they were more country/rock jam then this. They looked more like David Korech.
  • The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
    The Jolo documentary (band) sounded like the Dead to me, really electric drugged out jamband shit. And there were wild eyed longhairz.
  • DustedDonDustedDon 830 Posts
    reminds me of that one scene from "Vanishing Point". love that film.
  • coffinjoecoffinjoe 1,743 Posts
    sabadabada said:
    sabadabada said:
    The_Non said:
    JOLO

    No. Much more 70s.

    I thought maybe it was this too, but I distincly remember that there was footage of the band and that they were more country/rock jam then this. They looked more like David Korech.

    i think i saw this on pbs a long time ago
    (late 80's? frontline or something)
    blew my mind
    started looking for this stuff on vinyl hard
    my friend jack found a beat copy of this style at a backwoods wv yard sale
    have not turned up any for myself
    when billy poor was setting up at lancaster i hounded him to find this stuff
    he was based in north alabama where one of the main churches had relocated
    after some snake bite death related services in wv
    he said he knew what i was talking about but never came thru

    as i recall, there was some drum & electric guitar duo banging it on at one of the churches on the pbs show
  • DCarfagnaDCarfagna 983 Posts
    Rockadelic said:
    BobDesperado said:
    Is "Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus" a possibility?

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389361/

    GREAT movie......highly recommended.
    Seriously? This shit was AWFUL. My lady is from deep south Mississippi and she about punched a hole in the TV. The DVD was actually thrown away!
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    DCarfagna said:
    Rockadelic said:
    BobDesperado said:
    Is "Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus" a possibility?

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389361/

    GREAT movie......highly recommended.
    Seriously? This shit was AWFUL. My lady is from deep south Mississippi and she about punched a hole in the TV. The DVD was actually thrown away!

    I thought the Church, Prison and Jesus Bar-B-Q scenes were amazing.....I can see someone from down that way looking at this film as every reason in the world to move the hell away...

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