All guitar playing in the movie is done by Scott Shelly session guitar player and teacher. One of his most prominent students was a young Randy Rhoads.
Although Leif Garrett had released five albums as a teen idol he still nevertheless had to audition for this film and was cast on the basis of his ability to sing as a singer.
''Surgical Steel'' were an actual real-life band in Tucson and Phoenix in Arizona, USA where the movie shot.
The music was pre-recorded but all the vocal singing was live.
The name of the rock bands in the movie were ''Magic'', ''Pirate'' and ''Surgical Steel''.