The Treasures of Long Gone John chronicles the eccentric art and musical obsessions of indie record producer Long Gone John. The product of a troubled childhood, Long Gone John found success through the establishment of the record label, Sympathy for the Record Industry.

During the past seventeen years, he has single-handedly released over 750 records without ever signing a contract and has helped launch the careers of the White Stripes, Hole, The Dwarves and Rocket from the Crypt. Along the way, he compulsively amassed a vast collection of art and pop ephemera, in addition to starting the Necessaries Toy Foundation.

The scope of the film broadens to expose the expanding popularity of the Lowbrow art movement and its bible, Juxtapoz magazine, and profiles the work of four artists in John’s immense collection of art, music and oddities: Todd Schorr, Mark Ryden, Camille Rose Garcia and Robert Williams. The Treasures of Long Gone John also features a wall-to-wall soundtrack with over forty original songs from the Sympathy catalogue, never-before-seen animated footage, state-of-the-art visual effects and time lapse photography. Gibbs guides us on unforgettable and exciting tour through a fascinating world of art, music and popular culture that was once revered only by the fringe – but is now embraced by the mainstream.