| Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Les Claypool |
| Written by | Les Claypool |
| Produced by | Matthew J. Powers, Jason McHugh |
| Starring | Les Claypool |
| Cinematography | Matthew J. Powers |
| Edited by | Agent Ogden |
| Music by | Les Claypool |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Troma Entertainment |
Release date |
|
| Country | U.S. |
Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo (also known as National Lampoon Presents Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo) is a 2007 mockumentary film by Primus lead-man Les Claypool, featuring himself as well as others using pseudonyms. The movie has been screened at film festivals internationally, including the Bonnaroo Music Festival and the Raindance Film Festival in London.
The movie tells the story of a UCLA filmmaker making a music documentary. Claypool himself plays the role of drummer-singer Lapland "Lapdog" Miclovik of rising jam-band Electric Apricot, heading to the holy grail of festivals, Festeroo.[1][2]
The band Electric Apricot played occasional shows in 2004 and 2005, unannounced, in the California area for footage. The Electric Apricot also made an appearance at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, in 2007.
Besides the leads, notable names in the cast include Bob Weir, Mike Gordon, Warren Haynes, Seth Green, Matt Stone, Wavy Gravy, Dian Bachar, Arj Barker, Gabby La La, Sirena Irwin and Sam Maccarone.
The soundtrack album was released on March 18, 2008, while the DVD was released May 13, 2008.[3]
Poster art and packaging designed by Zoltron and Dave Hunter.
- ^ Jam Band Turning It Up To Eleven news.jamradio.org, March 3, 2008, Retrieved March 24, 2008
- ^ Meline, Gabe (2008-01-02). "Les Claypool's 'Electric Apricot'". www.metroactive.com. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ^ Soundtrack Album to Les Claypool's Jam Band Mockumentary 'National Lampoon Presents Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo' Features the Fictional Band Plus Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Gov't Mule, and More PRNewswire, biz.yahoo.com, January 31, 2008, Retrieved January 31, 2008