Amateur on Plastic (2020)

Butch Willis is a Washington DC rock legend The unique and unusual brand of outsider music that Butch Willis The Rocks created captivated the local music scene beginning with their appearance at the seminal Primitive Night in 1984 AMATEUR ON PLASTIC chronicles Butchs life and career from the beginning all the way through to present day The film combines archival footage interviews with Butch and live performances Stylistically the film hovers between amateurish and avant garde much like Butchs own music and career Amateur on Plastic also parallels the 1990s era of the seminal indie label TeenBeat