The world will never tire of footage from the mid-60s of girls shrieking and sobbing and slapping their faces and tugging their girlfriends’ hair and, ultimately, passing out from excitement at watching a rock band. Usually it is the Beatles or the Rolling Stones but, if you are lucky enough, it might be a band like the Namelosers or the Gonks. The Namelosers and the Gonks were the titans of the Swedish pop scene in 1965 — so much so that they got to party with the Stones when they swept through Malmo that year. The super 8mm footage of that party is the launching point for this bittersweet documentary. 40 years later we meet the former rock stars as they talk about girls, rock’n’roll in their blood, hairstyles and girls (and girls.) Life’s been good to them, I guess, but people get older, things change, and talking about the old days can’t help but bring a tear to the eye. A lot of times you’ll hear a once-hit song from decades past and wonder “what do those guys do now?” Now you know.
