The Tritonz are under the gun. They have an album contract to fulfill, and they're just working so hard out there on the road, they're having a hard time writing some new kickass tunes to make their record label happy. Seeing the need for some peace and quiet, their Archie Fan Club member of a manager decides to get them just what they needed — solitude.
Packing up the five members of the Tritonz and their girlfriends (except for the guitar player, he gets stuck with the keyboard player) they head to the country and shack up in an old farmhouse complete with a recording studio in the barn. What they don't know however is that ten years before the original owners of the house were killed. Killed by what, you ask? Rubber demons. Nasty stuff, rubber demons. With little to snack on in the last ten years, the demons make their return to feast upon the Aqua Net-seasoned flesh of the Tritonz!
Hair metal, horror, and general demonic mayhem should join together in perfect harmony. When you think about it, it just makes sense. Sure the hair metal bands of the '80s aren't nearly as satanic as the Norwegians and their black metal and whatnot, but it's metal all the same.
Imagine my growing fear as we kick into this opus to mall hair with a lingering ten-minute shot of a driving van. While the Tritonz did indeed travel in style in their custom Ford Econoline, I stopped giving a shit after about the first minute of traveling shots, yet director John Fasano felt this was indeed an important element to the story. Continuing on from this lackluster start, Rock and Roll Nightmare continues to plod along without much excitement. What they do have however is a showcase of '80s pop culture that is perhaps a bit off the mark and all the more hilarious because of it.
The first bit of funny to catch my eye occurs when the Tritonz prepare for their first rehearsal at the farm house. Kicked back, eating dinner bedecked in fluffy sweaters and blue jeans, the band looks pretty comfy, but it's time to strap on their weapons and rock! Naturally, this must be done in full concert regalia, as seen above.
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