‘THE NORTHERN IRISH BAND HAVE GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH, AMASSING A SIGNIFICANT GLOBAL FOLLOWING.’
HOT PRESS
WHEN SEA SAVAGE hit the American Billboard charts, cult Irish thrash band Gama Bomb were trapped by lockdowns, missing a drummer, and unable to tour.
Survival Of The Fastest joins Domo Dixon, John ‘JR’ Roche, Joe McGuigan and Philly Byrne as they return to stages across the UK and Europe on a quest to perform for 10,000 people at Hellfest, ‘The Glastonbury of Metal’.
‘Warm and wayward…
a joyous chapter in the story of Ulster punk.’
DOCS IRELAND
Kiran Acharya's warm and wayward documentary, made when filmmaking globally had all but stopped, has been celebrated as a joyful chapter in the story of Ulster punk, previously seen in John T Davis’ Shellshock Rock (1979) and Good Vibrations (2013).
Survival Of The Fastest takes us from the earliest sparks of Northern Ireland’s Peace Process to Tokyo, Newry, the Netherlands, London, Belfast and beyond with a band of friends trying to keep the show on the road.
‘Loveable eejits, classic thrash worship,
and madcap live shows.’
METAL HAMMER
The film opens as part of the official selection for Docs Ireland, programmed alongside Irish Premieres for director Toby L’s Blur: To The End and Antony Crook’s Mogwai: If The Stars Had A Sound.
This exclusive screening includes an introduction, limited edition artwork, director interview and Gama Bomb Q&A. Survival Of The Fastest is produced by Sara Gunn-Smith for Quiet Child Films.