The untold story of a series of Reagan-era guerrilla punk and industrial desert happenings in Southern California that are now recognized as the inspiration for Burning Man, Lollapalooza, and Coachella. Interviews and rare performance footage of Sonic Youth, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Redd Kross, Einstürzende Neubauten, Survival Research Laboratories, Savage Republic, Swans and more.

Five SST bands (SWA, Saccharine Trust, Meat Puppets, The Minutemen, & Hüsker Dü) taped live at "The Stone" in San Francisco on March 1st, 1985.