Golden Lemons

America in fast-forward mode: the German punk band Die Goldenen Zitronen is on tour with schizophrenic rock star Wesley Willis. For both The Golden Lemons and Wesley, the tour is a marriage of convenience in close proximity. In theory, they are worlds apart. On the one side, there is the German band that has walked the thin line between music and politics for eighteen years. On the other, there is Wesley, driven onto the stage to purge himself of the demons haunting his mind. The monotonous wilds of the United States of America, fast food, bad coffee, encounters with young supporters. It’s fourteen days of bus, gig, bus, gig, from San Francisco via Las Vegas to the Mexican border; fourteen appearances as Wesley’s support band playing to an audience that doesn’t speak a word of German. (DOK.fest München)