Endless Calls for Fame takes place in the gritty streets of New York City in the 1990s during a time when punk and indie rock was moving from the underground into the mainstream after the cultural tsunami of Nirvana. Using her rediscovered personal archival footage, director Olivia Serafini-Sauli shares the first-hand story of this unique musical era through the lens of one promising band's experience, The New Rising Sons. The film brings to life a vibrant New York music scene of the past as it follows the band’s brush with stardom, their dissolution, and their journey to redemption 20 years after they were formed.
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00:00In the moment in time the New Rising Suns existed, you sort of bet on dreams.
00:10It was an amazing time in New York. It's just at a moment in a place, you had like
00:17a certain energy. There was still that promise that you could be a rock star.
00:22It was obvious right away that the three of us had some sort of an aesthetic together.
00:28They kind of looked like the Verve. They looked like a young version of the Rolling Stones.
00:32The feeling of excitement in the room because it was like they had that energy, like they
00:35had a buzz.
00:36A certain pop appeal. They had a cool image. People were like, this is going to be a big
00:40band.
00:42Every show was sold out. Lines around the block.
00:44It would be massive. It just sounded amazing.
00:47The dream of making music, you know, it was all just like, bam.
00:50You're going to have lackeys all over the place in about four months.
00:53We had done months of work to get to that point.
00:57Kevin and I just were clashing a lot.
00:59Cracks that we're developing become crevices.
01:01The record label sees it as a sign of weakness.
01:04That's more of an incentive for them to be like, hmm.
01:07These people don't realize they have your lives in their hands.
01:10The dream was over the second the New Rising Suns was over.
01:14And I was like, I'm not going to let this die just yet.
01:20At that time in our lives, the three of us were supposed to be together.
01:24This is a band that a lot of people didn't get a chance to hear, you know,
01:27and they were really good.
01:32I think it's very unusual for a band to get a second chance like this.
01:40The stars really did come together for Drew, Kevin, and I.
01:46We were part of a big thing in New York.
01:48Right time, right place, slash wrong time, wrong place.