Well this is a snapshot of the 80s and no mistake. It's also probably the only way I would ever have seen some of these music acts. Travis W. Redfish (Meat Loaf) is a young man from West Texas with a natural gift for fixing electronics. While on his way to deliver beer for his day job, Travis is sidetracked by a broken down van containing Hank Williams, Jr.'s music equipment for a show that night and a wannabe groupie named Lola (Kaki Hunter). Lola is desperate to get to New York City and meet Alice Cooper and Travis is desperate to get with Lola. It's a match made in movie heaven. So Travis becomes a roadie, working for acts as diverse as Roy Orbison to Blondie, making a name for himself before finally making the jump to NYC and Alice Cooper himself.
This has not aged well but I could see it being a cult classic. For one, the number of legit musicians in it is outstanding. It actually reminded me a lot of the Cannonball Run films for the sheer number of cameos. Alice Cooper is surprisingly natural and I'm a little sad now that he didn't pursue more acting. He has done more cameos that I expected, however.
OMG I just found out that Alice Cooper is going to play King Herod in the live Jesus Christ Superstar coming out later this year on NBC! That is going to be AMAZING. I wasn't going to watch it but now I just might.
Anyway, back to Roadie. The humor is really dated and the major plot point about a twenty-something guy desperately pursuing a sixteen-year-old is super creepy and gross now, but the movie remains a pretty fun watch if you don't think about it too hard.
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