I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk - Full Movie

Largely ignored and left to their own devices, a group of unassuming teenagers in Sioux Falls, South Dakota created their own culture, community, and economy. And when they moved out into the world, they brought what they learned along with them.
I REALLY GET INTO IT: THE UNDERAGE ARCHITECTS OF SIOUX FALLS PUNK is a documentary about the tenacity and ingenuity of youth, finding and following your convictions, and how the kids you least expect often make the most noise.
Featuring interviews with Larry Livermore (LOOKOUT! RECORDS), Ian Mackaye (FUGAZI, MINOR THREAT), Mike Park (SKANKIN' PICKLE), Terry Taylor (HAMMERLORD, NODES OF RANVIER), Rebecca Hanten (CADILLAC BLINDSIDE, THE CARDINAL SIN), Shawn Kock (BLOOD DRUGS, ABSOLUTE MONARCHS), and many more.
Features rare live footage of dozens of bands, including GREEN DAY, THE OFFSPRING, NEUROSIS, SPIRIT OF VERSAILLES, FLOODPLAIN, CHRIST ON A CRUTCH, AVAIL, SAMUEL S.C., SCHLONG, THE SNEAKIES, CITIZEN FISH, LIBIDO BOYZ, NATION OF ULYSSES, CRINGER, FACE OF DECLINE, SINKING STEPS RISING EYES...
Physical copies of the film can be purchased at ireallygetintoit.com.
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"I have seen burning busloads of punk rock documentaries, but I have never seen one like Brian Bieber's I Really Get Into It. This worthy debut... shows how the music of the damned was many kids' salvation." -Film Threat
Online Feature, Sound Unseen 2020
Official Selection, Sound Unseen 2021
Best U.S. Documentary, L.A. Punk Film Festival 2021
Official Selection, Decibels Film Festival 2021
Official Selection, South Dakota Film Festival 2021
Best Feature Documentary, Dakota Independent Film Festival
Official Selection, Seattle Film Festival 2021
Official Selection, SiouxperCon Film Festival 2021

[@tomobrien5345]

A day of housework has just met a 1.19 hour delay. Brilliant documentary.

[@ireallygetintoit]

Thanks so much, Tom. Happy we could help you procrastinate!

[@ireallygetintoit]

For those who are interested, here is a track list of the songs as they appear in the film. Every song comes courtesy of a band or performer who was part of the Sioux Falls scene at one point or another. All music used with artists' permission, obviously. 01:18 “Black is In” Face of Decline 07:54 “Darker Blue Bayou” The Young Evils - theyoungevils.bandcamp.com 09:40 “Beg Like the Beggars” Beehive Vaults 12:30 “Surface” The Muffins 14:50 “Battle Flag” Emmaline Twist - emmalinetwist.bandcamp.com/ 23:28 “The Others” Das Llamas - kzbin.info/door/-RzvAklNZGmUJu6fSTP2Xw 24:55 “Nobody Noticed” The Sneakies - thesneakies.bandcamp.com/ 27:50 “Karen” Lot Lizard (now Off Contact) - offcontact.bandcamp.com/ 29:27 “Running with Scissors” Jedi - thefountainpenconspiracy.bandcamp.com/ 30:41 “I Don’t Think About You” Rich Show - richshow.bandcamp.com/ 31:15 “Poppyseed” Jedi - thefountainpenconspiracy.bandcamp.com/ 40:50 “27” We All Have Hooks for Hands - weallhavehooksforhands.bandcamp.com/ 44:30 “Calloused” Floodplain - music.apple.com/us/artist/floodplain/611307265 47:13 “You Can’t Force…” Floodplain - music.apple.com/us/artist/floodplain/611307265 49:45 “Golden Hours” Emmaline Twist - emmalinetwist.bandcamp.com/ 51:09 “One I Love” Drug Cabin - drugcabin.bandcamp.com/ 55:30 “Grey Goodnight” Superconductor 58:09 “Old Baby” ex Licks - exlicks.bandcamp.com/ 1:01:50 “Skyrockets” Russ Stedman - russstedman.bandcamp.com/ 1:02:47 “Pushing Friction” Dead History - deadhistorymn.bandcamp.com/ 1:05:20 “Waiting in the Middle” Burlap Wolf King” - burlapwolfking.bandcamp.com/ 1:07:45 “Etude” Billy Music - www.discogs.com/artist/618730-Billy-9 1:10:05 “Hindsight is 20-1000” Adhesion - 1:10:45 “Beacon” Damn Your Eyes - damnyoureyes605.bandcamp.com/ 1:12:58 “Pardon” Floodplain 1:13:57 “Abusing Myself” The Sneakies - thesneakies.bandcamp.com/ 1:16:40 “Swing Set” Floodplain

[@markschroeder5559]

As a kid in the 70's 80's, that was how I bought records, walked into a record store and blindly bought records based on the artwork. I still have and love those records today. I also went to shows without knowing the bands that were playing and saw descendents, circle jerks, fishbone, zero boys etc before knowing how awesome they were. Plus all the art/punk bands in Indianapolis basement shows, house parties and abandoned buildings would be temporary venues.

[@ireallygetintoit]

This sounds very familiar to me (and probably a lot of other people reading this), Mark. :)

[@ALightShiningInDarkness]

Ernie November was my jam too. Urban Hermit shows had crazy energy, saw a lot of great artists pass through there. Never stop making noise.

[@babyobyd]

I am from Yankton and I visit Sioux Falls often! This is so cool !

[@mustardtoast8328]

this is awesome, 17 years old and still looking to start a scene!!

[@ireallygetintoit]

Thanks, man! Find your people - it'll change your life! :)

[@inr2412]

100% possible and much needed. If you've got the people that wanna play, find a little hole in the wall you can sneak into and set up shop. My local scene is in the basement of a porn shop lol another is in an abandoned autobody shop. If people want it as bad as you they'll bring equipment and skills to the table. Find local bands from other areas online and ask them if they wanna play at your spot to get some variety. Best of luck.

[@G-Whizard]

This just popped into my feed. Live in Sioux Falls. I’m not a big fan of punk but I found this fascinating. Recognized a few people from around town. Really cool.

[@jonwitkop3723]

Loved going to the Nordic shows. The music scene in Sioux Falls was very interesting back in the 90's.

[@ireallygetintoit]

It was a special place for a lot of people in Sioux Falls for sure

[@strumbowely]

So in the spirit of punk rock...do we share this far and wide, or is it cooler that a documentary of this caliber is relatively unknown? A real conundrum

[@ireallygetintoit]

The first one, please.

[@markrosenquist8259]

Great documentary!

[@ireallygetintoit]

Thanks, Mark! I appreciate you watching!

[@Nicks66Service]

Pretty lovely work, this. Grew up in Sioux Falls, and after returning from a year in Los Angeles but before moving to Minneapolis for school, Rick Smith, Rich Show and I put No Direction together in 1980. We'd occasionally practice/whoop it up evenings at my pop's 66 station on 12th and Grange. At the time, KAUR was pretty much the only way to hear anything raucous and strange so I spun records there, often returning on weekends with a load of punk/noise/weirdo LPs cadged from pals in Mpls. to play on the air, late at night- it felt like sacred duty to get this stuff on the air in SF. Very pleased there are still folks in my hometown with talent and good ideas, and their heads screwed on properly, enough to merit such a beautifully kindhearted and well-put-together doc like this. Thank you.

[@ireallygetintoit]

Thank you so much, Nick!

[@mvarnzo5709]

You guys had a big influence. I had a chance to catch you guys a couples times in my teens, once at a Washington High canteen in the cafeteria. I see the record has been reissued. Very cool.

[@Nicks66Service]

Credit where due- Charles Luden took over drumkit duty by that time. I had relocated to Minneapolis and played in bands there during the 80s. Glad to read the LP is available again!

[@mvarnzo5709]

@@Nicks66Service Props just the same. I was friends with Lance who played drums in Rich's next band Flag With Hank. They had a pretty magical little run in SF back then. Evolved into Violet and apparently they still get together and play out some.

[@mvarnzo5709]

So cool to stumble on this. I graduated SF Washington in '89 and remember skanking and moshing like crazy in that sweaty little venue very well even before the years covered here. Seeing that slippery ass tile floor gave me a flashback. I think the Dissent shows you could get in for a can of soup sometimes. And endlessly sifting through bins at Ernie November just down the road from Axtell Park Jr. High. What a great little scene. Thanks for documenting it. Also, at one time, the voice of the pizza puppet was Jamie Smith, who just ran for Governor of SD, was a classmate, is great singer and really nice guy. lol!

[@ireallygetintoit]

Thank you for watching!

[@pong86r]

Learning about local scenes like this warms the soul. There is something so special about seeing history through the lens of camcorders. Thanks for your love in finding all the people & putting this together. I was in Omaha around this time, learning about the Cog Factory. All ages shows are THE BEST!

[@powertripper888]

Life and friends flashing before my eyes. Ernie November was the jumping off point for learning where shows were. Hanging out there and looking at records that weren't in the other stores. Best buy was the only other place.

[@nedkelly8553]

I grew up in Minneapolis and started going to shows in 1990, but of course eventually I was familiar with most of the Souix Falls bands with it being nearby ... And a bunch of those SF SD people moved to the Twin Cities over time, of course, and I got to know them there ... Really enjoyed this documentary. Really good stuff. PS: Wasn't there an Ernie November in Mankato, MN? That's another scene that could really use a documentary like this one. Small town, great music scene with Marty's and so forth.

[@ireallygetintoit]

Thanks for watching and for the kind words! Agreed about Mankato.

[@robspecht9550]

Nice work Brian!

[@justsomedudeyouknow8372]

I grew up in spokane, had no idea punk and underground music existed. The first punks i ever saw were on tourist postcards, but i didnt think they were really people. Like, i thought it was just a pic of some people dressed up for the postcard. I entered the punk scene at around 16 in around 86/87 because my best friend got into punk and played me lps at his place all the time. Gbh, black flag, cricle jerks, the exploited, sex pistols lps. And no matter where i've gone in life its always been the underground for me. It's my home unlike any other.

[@gregoryholmes5877]

So when the city decided to throw the book at Nordic it was basically the punk rock Footloose, wild!

[@ireallygetintoit]

Basically, yeah. It was a very bizarre moment in Sioux Falls.

[@crave809]

I am always telling my kids about the Sioux Falls music scene growing up, this was a nice trip down memory lane! Even though I was one of the little punks in the scene in the late 90’s to ‘00s. Definitely paints a way “cleaner” pic than I remember tho😂 almost wholesome, we were anything but 😅 Fantastic work I love seeing these landmarks almost forgotten to time. It’s nice to see that the scene is still kicking I’ll have to make a trip up! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@crave809]

1:16:03 I remember screeching weasels awesome band!!!! They were swesome😂, but I don’t remember gigglebees being crowded, maybe in the 80s. All I remember is the last time I went they didn’t have the robot! I never returned 😢

[@briantomcollins]

I grew up at the same time as a lot of these people. I love these little documentaries. It's pretty friggin' cool to see how the scene came about and evolved in other places. I grew up around New Haven CT, so i was lucky enough to have Toad's Place, among other gems. The Tune Inn was legendary. I miss those ''5 bands for 5 bux'' days. Great doc.

[@ireallygetintoit]

Thanks for watching, Brian!

[@hoomanot]

Such a wonderful, sweet and humane documentary, in all aspects. Thank you for putting this together, made me feel better :)

[@ireallygetintoit]

Thanks for the nice words, and thanks for watching!

[@hoomanot]

@@ireallygetintoit Anytime. It was a fun watch, and I got introduced to a lot of new bands, which is always amazing. I miss being a teenager and going to all the metal concerts that used to happen in my city way back in the mid 2000's. Now it's all gone, but when I watch stuff like this, it all comes back, with a loud bang :)

[@agricola]

Sioux Falls got on my radar in the late 90s when there was an explosion of bands playing music that i was heavily into at the time…..spirit of Versailles, exam, caligari, eclipse of Eden, ect….I remember being kinda shocked at how all these bands came out a place where I thought there wasn’t much of anything….then again my own town (Kalamazoo mi) had its own “emo explosion” in the early-mid 90s and sometimes I wonder if someone somewhere else was thinking the same thing about us….

[@ireallygetintoit]

That generation of bands came up right after I left town. That whole crew was hypermotivated, super talented, and so hard working. Kind of wish someone would make a doc about that era, just for my own curiosity.

[@ALightShiningInDarkness]

Kalamazoo, ITFOW ripped. That might have been Kokomo Indiana, haha. Eta*Yall had Bear vs Shark, awesome.

[@jasonk134]

From Sioux Falls love this doc

[@ireallygetintoit]

@@jasonk134 Thanks Jason!

[@Multi-Waves_Sketchbook]

Dang things actually happened in Rapid City this is so exciting and cool to hear

[@ButtonPusher]

Madhatter Pub, Nordic Hall, Knights of Columbus, Terrace Park, Pomp Room, Center Stage.. I went to so many shows here in Sioux Falls.. shared the video with my daughter to show her what I did when I was her age. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.

[@ireallygetintoit]

Thank you for watching!

[@unkelkreepy8529]

Always dug on Libido Boyz

[@danielktdoranie]

Loved the Season to Risk posters. My favourite band

[@ireallygetintoit]

Season to Risk + Cher UK was one of my first shows at Nordic. I fell in love with both bands instantly!

[@alphabuzz]

It's really a great documentary man, congratz! Yo, what's the name of the tune that played at the minute 59:00?

[@ireallygetintoit]

Thanks so much for watching! That song is “Old Baby” by ex Licks. Another great band featuring Shawn Kock (also featured in the doc). Favorite record of the last 5 years, easy: exlicks.bandcamp.com/album/ex-licks

[@JoelligerentTV]

Jeffcoats from There? They were great Their tune Bob Ross was so killer

[@ireallygetintoit]

I don’t recognize the name, but who knows?

[@davidhokmin]

13:51 Im the guy on the right.. boy this movie nailed what that place was and what it meant to weirdos like me.

[@ireallygetintoit]

Thank you for watching!

[@GabrielRodrigues-pe1xu]

Billie joe shared this video in his story and he got me here

[@ireallygetintoit]

Nice! I’ll take that endorsement. There are some very fun clips of them playing early, early gigs in the doc and a couple of full live sets from 1991ish elsewhere on the channel. Thanks for checking it out!

[@07Crossfire500]

Billie Joe sent me here

[@ireallygetintoit]

Tell him we said hello. :)

[@lindereno]

have you added this to any facebook punk groups?

[@teamenemy.]

What's Facebook?

[@ireallygetintoit]

I have not, no. Feel free to share it as far and wide as you'd like, though!

[@lucasmachado120]

billie joe was here !

[@craymangemahorney6106]

the diy punk scene of the eighties made their own records

[@T.A.Rogowski]

Tapes, Cassette Tapes.

[@KiarenGrae]

Whats the song at 28 minutes ? Edit Fuck it, Pin the entire track list please :)

[@ireallygetintoit]

Good call. Just added a pinned comment with all songs timecoded as they appear in the film. Thanks for watching!

[@KiarenGrae]

@@ireallygetintoit Legend!!

[@hatguy626]

Shout out nuttys north

[@mijofeo]

@12:28 ❤

[@alxbksucksanyway]

I’m here because Billie Joe Armstrong told me to watch this video

[@ireallygetintoit]

Thanks for stopping by! There are a couple of really fun vintage clips of Green Day performing super early in there career elsewhere on the channel. Make sure to check those out, too! :)

[@anfrankogezamartincic1161]

I live in a village near a small town that had a ton of shitty bands but that was everything i wanted and needed. I feel nostalgic watching this great film. I am 56 now but i still go to gigs, i don't mind if the band is D.R.I. (they played a month or so ago) or MENTALNI NERED (i'm from Croatia)

[@ireallygetintoit]

Thank you for watching!