The Stars Are Underground

The film was first shown in the same year, 1996, and a VHS was released by Folkrum Records.

Directed by Daragh McCarthy, the film documents a generation of Irish bands who took their inspiration from American hardcore punk bands who, rather than pursuing major label deals, made their own self-financed records and released their own material.

[1] The bands featured and interviewed include Female Hercules, The Mexican Pets, and The Jubilee Allstars.

[2] The film inspired Academy Award winning singer/songwriter Glen Hansard of The Frames to write a song of the same name after he played on a tour of the film's screenings in rock venues in rural Ireland.

The Frames "The Stars Are Underground" appeared on their Dance the Devil album in 1999.