Heavy Load are a punk band that play ramshackle, noisy covers of well-known pop songs. They are vigorous and exude an infectious joy for life seldom seen in music or elsewhere. In 12 years, their music has apparently “neither improved nor deteriorated”. They also happen to have three members with learning disabilities.
Heavy Load, the movie, is a personal quest by director Jerry Rothwell to understand what makes the band so happy. He sets this out explicitly at the start and frequently inserts himself into the film, guiltily examining the role his cameras play in the tribulations the band go through.
