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Brothers Of The Head

Posted over 3 years ago
This weekend I saw a really interesting and disturbing film called "Brothers of the Head." It tells the tale of conjoined twins Barry and Tom Howe who are plucked from obscurity in England during the 1970's by a music promoter who grooms them into a punk rock group (Bang Bang). Unsettling in so many ways, the film is depicted as a documentary infused with commentary from their sister and bandmates with foootage which shows the brothers learning to play guitar, etc... The music is excellent and the story is incredible but ultimately confusing because I still am unable to tell if the film is fiction or not. This is driving me crazy. Please help! If anyone knows anything about "Brothers of the Head," and/or Bang Bang please let me know! I have been google-ing the shit out of this to no avail...Regardless it is an awesome film that should not be missed fiction or non-fiction. Conjoined twins are sooo punk rock!
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Comments (20)

  1. sugarbaby
    sugarbaby says Don't worry, its fiction. I saw it at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year and it still haunts me. Pretty cool website, too. http://www.brothersofthehead.com
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  2. champy
    champy says Thanks sugarbaby, that's what I figured, but I guess it was just really really well done because some of those scenes were very realistic. And the way that the people doing the commentary aged over the years was insane!
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  3. Spike
    Spike says Thank God for fiction. I smile and agree that "Co-joined twins are sooo punk rock!"
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  4. sugarbaby
    sugarbaby says The boys that played the twins were so believable. Cute too :)
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  5. champy
    champy says It's so good to see them apart!
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  6. Dirk1
    Dirk1 says Read about this on Netflix -- now I'm going to add it to my queue.
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  7. supertopsecret
    supertopsecret says Aghh, now i am going to have to see this!
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  8. Mike the Knife
    Mike the Knife says Plus, to enhance value, "Brothers of the Head" features all-too-brief appearances by the great Jonathan Pryce ("Brazil") as well as the equally awesome Jane Horrocks of "Little Voice," "Life is Sweet" and "Ab Fab" (she was Bubble). And, as a bonus, outrageous director Ken Russell ("Tommy," "Altered States") has a cameo as himself.
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  9. RGM
    RGM says KillA!!!
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  10. theseindifferentclocks
    theseindifferentclocks says sounds interesting. i'll have to invest in watching it... ps, look up postmarks yet? =]
    Permalink posted 11/28/2006
  11. jimmybearpearson
    jimmybearpearson says One of the many awesomenesses of MOGging is to find nuggets of creativity in MOGgers' posts... Thank you for sharing.
    Permalink posted 11/29/2006
  12. codyvmusic
    codyvmusic says Hey there. Thankyou sooo much for the comment. Makes me feel interesting. hehe. Well im glad you liked the article. I hope you enjoy my music and yes...VG is a great film...i need to buy a new copy my DVD got messed and my VHS was stolen. Nice to meet some one new, Cyas round.
    Permalink posted 11/29/2006
  13. executionstyle
    executionstyle says this sounds super interesting. i'm always down for a film that will haunt me for days after i watch it. and i read that you were at 330 ritch the other nite, and i feel ya on the favorite venue circa 2002. lol at those underage days.
    Permalink posted 11/29/2006
  14. Milton
    Milton says i will
    Permalink posted 11/30/2006
  15. srharris
    srharris says There's getting to be a whole sub-genre here. Twin Falls Idaho is also a fictional depiction of conjoined twins, played by real life (but NOT conjoined) twins Mark and Michael Polish. It's pretty good. I'll have to queue up Brothers of the Head.
    Permalink posted 11/30/2006
  16. srharris
    srharris says Forgot the ridiculous Stuck on You...well, actually I haven't seen it. But it's Farrelly brothers!
    Permalink posted 11/30/2006
  17. champy
    champy says Surprisingly, Stuck on You was really good. I think I cried at one point. Seriously.
    Permalink posted 11/30/2006
  18. guyt2030
    guyt2030 says Weird...seeing as this is my first comment on MOG and i was going through my old magazines.... I saw this film years ago... A British magazine called 'Bizarre Magazine' featured it as a film to watch... Indeed it is a rather moving film... here's the trailer for it...
    Permalink posted 12/01/2006
  19. budapest1rockjunkie
    budapest1rockjunkie says Kind of sounds like a mind-fuck. I would love to see it.
    Permalink posted 12/22/2006
  20. max
    max says i remember being very confused on the reality of it as well, quiet well well done...oh and champy, did i add you're pretty much the epitemy of awsomeness...as my hommies would say "on sitaz!", good luck with that one
    Permalink posted 12/22/2006

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