![]() Rob and Chris argue, and Rob criticizes Chris for preferring to remain the singer in a tribute band rather than create his own music. The next day, Chris goes to rehearsal but he finds out that he has been replaced by his arch-rival, the erstwhile lead singer of another Steel Dragon tribute band. During a show, Rob plays a guitar solo instead of following the note-for-note accuracy to the original Steel Dragon song and, after Chris sabotages Rob's amplifier mid-song, a fight breaks out between the two onstage. Chris experiences his own strife with his Blood Pollution bandmates, particularly guitarist Rob Malcolm. Internal struggles among the actual Steel Dragon band members culminate with the firing of their lead singer, Bobby Beers, and the beginning of recruitment sessions to find a new vocalist. By day, Chris is a photocopier technician and by night, he is the lead singer of a Steel Dragon tribute band called Blood Pollution (the name is taken from a Steel Dragon song). In the mid-1980s, Pittsburgh resident Chris Cole is a fanatical admirer of a heavy metal band called Steel Dragon. Rock Star garnered mixed reviews from critics and was a box office flop, grossing $19 million worldwide against a production budget of $57 million. Brad Pitt was initially signed to play the lead role, but left due to creative differences, and Wahlberg was eventually hired for the part. After optioning the filming rights to a New York Times profile of Owens by Andrew Revkin, Warner Bros. The script was inspired by the real-life story of Tim "Ripper" Owens, a singer in a Judas Priest tribute band who was chosen to replace singer Rob Halford when he left the band. It tells the story of Chris "Izzy" Cole, a tribute band singer who ascends to the position of lead vocalist in his favorite band. I’d gone to see early Thin Lizzy and fallen in love with them, and within a handful of years, I’m standing alongside Phil playing ‘The Boys Are Back in Town’ in Tokyo and Osaka.Rock Star is a 2001 American musical comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Herek from a script by John Stockwell, and starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston. While Ure felt Lynott didn't fully enjoy the Japanese tour, he noted, "For me, that whole trip was a schoolboy’s dream. That mock tantrum got us what we wanted.” ![]() I remember thinking, He’s got it sussed, he knows what he’s doing. “He turned around and smiled and said, ‘That truss will be there in an hour.’ And it was. Ure said he was “quite taken aback” since Lynott was usually a “softly spoken guy,” so he followed the bandleader to their car and asked if everything was all right. He stormed out and said, ‘I’m off, I’m going to the airport.’" And Phil just exploded, completely lost it. "The promoter was all apologies, but he said that because there were a lot of tours out at the time, there were no other trusses in Japan. "I remember turning up for one soundcheck and the promoter told Phil that there was only one lighting truss, instead of two," he recalled. He went on to recount his dramatic backstage story. You’d get this explosion of applause and then after about three seconds it’d just cut straight off, and the audience would just sit looking at you, awaiting the next song. The first thing, which I know all bands comment on, was the audience reaction. Ure added that "the whole trip was equally bizarre. “My very first memory was the look of horror on Phil’s face when we walked into the first hotel and all the girls were screaming ‘Midge!’ the Rich Kids had never been to Japan, but we were big in the pinup magazines because we were quite pretty boys, and so all these kids recognized me. “Japan was an amazing experience,” said Ure, who was also in Ultravox at the time.
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