The Roadie

With most rock and roll bands, groupies latch onto the roadie to get close to the band, with The Derumba, the groupies latch onto the band to get close to the roadie.

The Derumba are a four piece band from Dundee who are on the verge of being signed by a major record label. Their manager, Vince, has only one problem with the band -Felix, their roadie. Vince feels that Felix has too much influence over the band and is constantly leading them astray, which is to the detriment of his hard work in attempting to portray the bands image in a positive light.

Due to a case of mistaken identity, Felix is accused of cheating on his girlfriend. Vince uses this opportunity to get back at Felix by encouraging the rumours. After the resultant break up, Felix goes on a downward spiral of a continuous drink and drugs binge. Meanwhile, the band secure a support slot for an up and coming tour with a major rock group. This helpfully gets them signed up and their debut single is recorded and pushed through for release. It goes top ten and thrusts more attention and pressure on the band. After Felix begins receiving more attention than the band, there is talk behind the scenes and things are not as they seem. Things begin to unravel when Felix’s best friend and lead singer Jake, finds it beneficial to encourage his binges. After endless nights of too much drugs and casual sex, Felix begins to see the cracks with his childhood friends. He shows his loyalty to Jake by taking the fall on a drugs charge. Unexpectedly, Felix is jailed and consequently he learns where he really stands with the band. It is during this time that they are scheduled to go into the studio to record their debut album and due to Felix’s absence they are about to find out as to how much he was needed in the band.

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