When they signed with one of the world’s biggest record labels, Rye Coalition was primed to finally get their glory, or so it seemed. Like countless rockers before them, childhood best friends started a band in a basement with a couple simple goals in mind: have fun and play good music. Rye Coalition’s first recording was a demo cassette tape backed by a tour in a beat up school bus long before most of them had their driver’s licenses.

As their talent and fan base grew, they released albums on indie labels and toured the country for over ten years on bigger and bigger bills: (Mars Volta, Queens of the Stone Age). After gaining momentum from 2002’s On Top LP, engineered by Steve Albini, they were signed to Dreamworks Records and none other than Dave Grohl came on as their producer. Then, it all imploded.

Supplemented by the band’s home movies, the filmmaker has continuously documented these singular rockers for over a decade, brazenly chronicling choice moments with Rye Coalition (and those who know them well) on tour, at home and in the studio. Although the band was praised by critics and supported by an absurdly dedicated grassroots fan base, somehow these Jersey rockers never got their due. Until now.