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JIM holds down the bottom for Bucks County psychedelic bandsThe I.V.s,The Citadel and Mysore Gandhi. Rare footage confirms it; no one looks good in paisley.
Due to a suspicious equipment malfunction, JACKIE bombs at the Glenburn School Earth Day talent show, thus ending her career as a protest singer.
With the help of a Sears cassette player, 7 year old EVAN feverishly practices his vocals preparing for the day when he replaces the lead singer of Loverboy.
A child is born to hippie parents in NewYork City.They settle on the more conservative "PETER" rather than their second choice, "Nixon Sucks".
PHIL is lured into the car with an Isgro’s canoli, only to be spirited away to a life in New Jersey.
At Gerald Veasley's Bass Boot Camp jam sessions, JIM's feeble attempts at funk are booed. He miraculously redeems himself by recalling the bass riff to "Expressway toYour Heart," and vows never to stray from rock and roll.
JACKIE dissolves the all-female bandThe Vavooms just weeks before their first gig and seconds before their first fist fight.
After the demise of power pop bands Chemical Road and Gel, EVAN has difficulty finding another band as he possesses neither a satanic voice nor a desire to "kick ass and rule the world". He musters up the courage to answer just one more web posting and finds Jim and Jackie.
After a stint as a Nashville session drummer, PETE realizes just how red a red state can be and flees north, the hateful click track still echoing in his ears.
After trying out ten drummers and about to abandon the search in favor of a drum machine, Jackie, Jim and Evan finally find Pete (!), who, despite his impeccable sense of timing, does not require an AC outlet.
Between the Melrose Diner or The Beloved Infidels, something in South Philadelphia calls PHIL back.
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