Voyage of the Rock Aliens is a 1984 film directed by James Fargo and starring Pia Zadora and Craig Sheffer.

[1] A guitar-shaped spaceship and Robot 1359 (voiced by Peter Cullen), search the universe for the source of rock and roll music.

A rocket telephone booth lands in the town of Speelburgh and ABCD (pronounced "Absid") (Tom Nolan) with his group of aliens exit.

Meanwhile, a giant creature with tentacles lives in nearby Lake Eerie, a product of environmental pollution, and it periodically extends its arms throughout the town.

STUVWXYZ (pronounced "Stovitz") (Patrick Byrnes) stumbles across the path of two crazed mass murderers, Chainsaw (Michael Berryman) and The Breather (Wallace Merck), who recently escaped from The Speelburgh Asylum for the Criminally Insane.

[3] "On channel 5 they're airing an old Beach Party movie; on 9 one about alien invaders; on 11 a film about a mad, homicidal maniac on the loose; and on 13 a rock 'n roll program."

When Guidotti's script was spotted by executives at the production company Inter Planetary Curb, Vice President of Development Edward Gold[4] and consultant Charles Hairston polished the script, turned it into a musical,[3] and the film went into production under the title Attack of the Rock 'n' Roll Aliens.

[9][10] Similarly, Tom Nolan was chosen to portray alien leader Absid based on his acting background rather than singing abilities.

[10] Then-president of Curb Records Dick Whitehouse needed a new wave band for the film and learned of RHEMA through an acquaintance.

Whitehouse, star Pia Zadora and their entourage flew to Arizona to attend a showcase by RHEMA and subsequently cast in the film, minus bass player Bobby Freeman.

The cover of the album downplays the film in favor of the hit single "When the Rain Begins to Fall", prominently featuring Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora.