Jandek
Biography
Singer/songwriter from Houston, Texas.
Known For & Full Filmography16 Titles

Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A collection of films from an eclectic array of contributors commissioned to raise funds for the Bristol independent cinema The Cube.

Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as Himself
From an episode of Hardly Sound, this is a documentary focuses on enigmatic underground Texas musician, Jandek as he weaves through a one-act play called "Kooken".

Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as himself
Just after 4 p.m., the rail-thin Jandek - clad in all black from his Panama hat to his dress shoes - bassist Keith Vivens and drummer Tyson Sheth nonchalantly walked onstage. "Yall in for a wild time tonight," Vivens said, and he was right. Instantaneously, the trio launched into a prodigious jam like George Clinton and Parlaiment-Funkadelic might have in 1975. Vivens' gelatinous five-note bass figure took care of the melody, Jandek's astringent blues guitar filled in the accents and Sheth's cucumber-cool drumming kept things moving forward. It was off the cuff and in the pocket, and just kept going... and going... and going...

Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Jandek enters a purple room and gets down with his bad self.

Movie - 2006, 2h 15m • as himself
Video of the first ever concert by Jandek

Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as himself
The audience had not made a single sound during this whole approach. Then the two-hour set began. First an instrument started a pattern, then others joined, and finally Jandek—nearing and withdrawing from the microphone until the timing struck him—began. "I took a train," he moaned, "to Colorado...

Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as himself
Jandek performs the piece "Outcast of Civilization" for two hours.








