The rock and roll movie features songs by Tim Worman and the Polecats, The Ramones and Electric Light Orchestra and performances by the Ad-Libs, the Silhouettes, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and others.

[1][2] Joey King Sr. (James Quinn) was part of a successful doo wop singing group in the 1950s and now works at a gas station and is a borderline alcoholic.

Joey Jr doesn’t want to go back home and spends the night with his girlfriend Janie after persuasion from his friends.

The next day his bandmates rent Joey Jr an electric guitar for the audition for the Doo Wop show which Joey and his band get the gig after impressing the show’s producer Frankie especially with the Heavy Metal guitar solos on “Unchained Melody” with Vito and the Salutations.

Meanwhile, Bobbie (a female mechanic) revealed to Joey’s father that he was jealous of the son's talent and his drinking snowballed after his wife Cathy’s death.