YOU DIDN’T COME TO SEE MY BAND / Horror Murder Mystery Comedy

An ex-rocker-turned LAPD homicide detective forms an all-undercover cop rock band in order to catch a serial killer who keeps murdering people who didn’t come to see his band.

SYNOPSIS:

YOU DIDN’T COME TO SEE MY BAND

By

David Ballard

LOGLINE

An ex-rocker-turned LAPD homicide detective forms an all-undercover cop rock band in order to catch a serial killer who keeps murdering people who didn’t come to see his band.

SYNOPSIS

Rock musician-turned-LAPD detective JASON BARRETT (32) is assigned by CAPTAIN HOAGLAND (55) to solve a series of murders committed by the Rock & Roll Killer, who uses musical instruments to slay his victims and always leaves a note at the scene of the crime that says “You didn’t come to see my band.”

As the bodies keep piling up, Jason’s girlfriend and PR expert TANYA DONNELLY (27) suggests that he form an undercover rock band and let her promote a series of tribute concerts for the victims. He and the band can then conduct informal interviews with all the musicians, and she can record on-camera interviews with everyone else who comes to the shows. Analysis of the tapes with a voice stress analyzer will reveal if anyone is acting suspiciously, thus narrowing down the pool of suspects.

Initially Captain Hoagland rejects the idea as being stupid. After the Mayor’s gay brother’s husband becomes the Rock & Roll Killer’s next victim, however, Captain Hoagland reluctantly “greenlights” the idea, under one condition: Jason’s band has to be called Stupid Idea. Jason then proceeds to enlist the help of overweight evidence room officer ADAM “LANDO” LAND on drums (31), nerdy criminalist PHIL OXLEY (32) on bass and sexy undercover narcotics officer SONNY SONOBUONI (34) on vocals. Even though they suck, they don’t care because they are only in the band to catch a killer.

Over time, however, Stupid Idea actually become kind of good! And when Phil switches from bass to the instrument he played in college marching band – the sousaphone – they take it to a whole new level. Thanks to Phil’s onstage, “fire-enhanced” antics with his sousaphone, a video of their first live performance goes viral on Youtube, and against all odds Stupid Idea literally becomes an overnight success.

The band becomes so famous so fast, in fact, that their musical career starts getting in the way of their police work, and Jason learns the hard way that he can’t be a rock star and a good cop all at once…unless he is willing to pay the ultimate price.