{"id":484145,"date":"2019-04-01T12:47:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T18:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=816123"},"modified":"2019-04-01T12:47:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T18:47:02","slug":"off-launch-kickstarter-for-new-album-mockumentary-watermelon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/off-launch-kickstarter-for-new-album-mockumentary-watermelon\/","title":{"rendered":"Off! Launch Kickstarter for New Album\/Mockumentary \u2018Watermelon\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following an April Fools\u2019 Day prank<\/a>, hardcore supergroup Off! have genuinely announced plans for an upcoming new album\/mockumentary dubbed Watermelon<\/em>. The Keith Morris-led punk act have launched a Kickstarter<\/a> to make both projects a reality, with fans who contribute to the campaign receiving perks ranging from limited edition merch designed by artist Raymond Pettibone and a spot in the crowd during Watermelon<\/em>\u2018s final in-concert scene.<\/p>\n

Off! described the \u201cscience fiction punk mockumentary\u201d as \u201ca modern day Repo Man<\/em>.\u201d The film project has been in the works since 2016, with the band sharing a four-minute trailer showcasing the more mockumentary aspects of the sci-fi film. The film will also reportedly feature cameos by Jack Black, Jesus Lizard\u2019s David Yow, Dave Foley and Brian Posehn.<\/p>\n

As for the band\u2019s grand vision, Off! elaborated in an ambitious synopsis as part of the $175,000 Kickstarter:<\/p>\n

Five years after breaking up, OFF! are home in Los Angeles. Keith starts a romantic relationship with a girl who has just moved to town. They fail to have sex because of Keith\u2019s erectile dysfunction caused by diabetes. An infomercial promising powerful long-lasting erections lures Keith down a strange path to an eccentric doctor running a Brain Development Agency. An alternative Viagra made from mind-altering watermelons not only restores Keith\u2019s manhood, but also gives him the ability to travel through space and time.<\/em><\/p>\n

Keith offers the drug to the rest of the band as a solution to their problems. As they teleport through strange alternate realities, each member develops his own unique superpower. OFF! become hardcore heroes who can sense and stop unjust wrongdoings. On his podcast, Keith and the band become clairvoyants who are able to see and predict horrific events before they happen. When they turn to music, the group discovers a new experimental approach which not only redefines punk, but also becomes an underground movement. OFF!\u2019s revolutionary sound attracts more than a new audience of fanatic human followers.<\/em><\/p>\n

Watermelon<\/em> was announced two hours after Morris staged a April Fools\u2019 prank where he announced his new role as president of Kickstarter Music; the prank was, obviously, a ruse that paved the way for Off!\u2019s Watermelon<\/em> campaign.<\/p>\n