Sickened No More: Documenting the Life and Death of Weekend Nachos
★ 10 · 2017 · 110m · Documentary · Music
In 2004 a group of friends took the stage at a small coffee house in Dekalb Illinois with the sole purpose of pissing off everyone. Surprisingly, enough people liked what the band was doing that they continued to play music under the name Weekend Nachos. This documentary simply tells the story of Weekend Nachos.
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