Detroit Rock City (1999)

Set in 1978, the retro romp Detroit Rock City (1999) follows four teenage boys — Hawk (Edward Furlong), Lex (Giuseppe Andrews), Jeremiah (Sam Huntington), and Trip (James DeBello) — who form a KISS tribute band in Cleveland, Ohio. Luckily for them, they win tickets through a radio giveaway contest to see their idols in concert. The only glitch is the group is playing in Detroit, Michigan. As you can guess, getting to Motor City proves to be a misadventure. This is especially the case when Trip flings pizza out of the car window and it hits a car driven by two rude disco dudes (David Quane and Nick Scotti) who are none too pleased. Needless to say, consequential shenanigans follow suit. Yet no matter what obstacles this quartet of friends encounter, they’ll do whatever it takes to see KISS, even if it means doing a striptease for a room full of horny ladies. During this revealing scene, Mr. Furlong bares his chest and boxer shorts which sport the words “Kiss This” on the seat of his panties. Not to be outdone, a topless stripper (Christopher Lee Clements) puts the motion into this motion picture when he gyrates his barely-clad bulge and be-thonged buns. The movie also includes Melanie Lynskey, Natasha Lyonne and Ron Jeremy as well as songs by Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Bob Ezrin (“Shout it Out Loud” and “Detroit Rock City”) plus David Bowie (“Rebel, Rebel”) and Van Halen (“Runnin’ With the Devil”). This flick is a real hummer!