The Rocker is a 2008 American comedy film directed by Peter Cattaneo and written by Maya Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky, from a story by Ryan Jaffe.

Matt Gadman, Fish's high school-aged nephew, plays keyboards in an alternative rock band called A.D.D., along with his friends Curtis Powell and Amelia Stone.

Because the other members are all minors, they have to sneak out to the gig, but are apprehended in the process, as Fish borrowed his sister's minivan without permission, which she reported as stolen.

However, Fish commits stereotypical acts, despite the physical costs on his body, and he vandalizes a hotel room, causing the band to be apprehended again.

's release, Kim, Curtis' mother, promises the other parents she will stay for the remainder of the tour, so their kids won't be influenced by Fish's antics.

When the new drummer from the label proves to be lazy, Curtis eventually apologizes to Fish and convinces him to put aside his resentment and play the show.

During Vesuvius' set, the lead singer's microphone falls off the stand while the voice track of their song continues revealing that they have been lip-syncing.

"Promised Land" is a new song recorded for the film by Chad Fischer and fellow Lazlo Bane member Tim Bright.

"The Rocker Score Suite" performed by Chad Fischer contains an excerpt of "Take No Prisoners"[5] originally by The Rage from the album Big Spill.

"Promised Land" was released as free downloadable content for the video game Rock Band, which is shown being played in the movie.

[10] A viral marketing effort for the film was begun on August 11, 2008, when Rainn Wilson posted a message to the MySpace blog of Jenna Fischer, his co-star from The Office.

According to his message,[11] he had "kidnapped the lovely Jenna, put her, bound, in the trunk of my Firebird and logged onto her MySpace to send out this bulletin....To free America's sweetheart...you must attend my new movie, 'The Rocker', which opens August 20th....As soon as the film grosses 18.7 Mil, she will be released and given a peach smoothie."

A subsequent blog entry pointed readers to freejennanow.com, where videos were posted and features such as a "Free Jenna Game" and countdown tickers could be found.

magazine, a trip to the MySpace Black Curtain Screening in London, Gibson musical equipment and an assortment of 20th Century Fox merchandise.

The site's critics consensus reads: "With a predictable and lightweight story, the earnest efforts of the cast are squandered by The Rocker's bland script.