like a bad episode of vh1j's behind the music

Rating: 5/10 (8 March 2011)

This movie paled in comparison to some of the shows vh1 has done about bands. There's usually just a lot more craziness going on that what this movie showed. Sure there's drug use, but it's tame for some rockers.
The movie starts in LA where Joan Jett and Cherie Currie are still teens in the club scene. Joan teams up with a music producer and they find other players for the band and eventually hire Cherie to be lead singer. The band's big gimmick is they are still teens. Next thing you know, they are touring overseas, which I don't see how since they didn't have parents with them. They start the drug use, but nothing to wild. Cherie gets a big ego and gets more attention, leading to tension in the band. And I guess they just broke up, the movie does not give enough details here.
FINAL VERDICT: vh1 does it better