Detroit Rock City

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Detroit Rock City (2009-present)

30 Minute
Sit-Com / Coming of age/music

From Executive Producers Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed, this show took over where the 1999 movie starring Edward Furlong left off. Four teenagers in 1978 who are part of the Kiss Army, despite their parents and teachers best efforts.

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Cast & Crew

CREW
Adam Rifkin - CEP/Writer
Gene Simmons - EP
Shannon Tweed - EP
Tim Sullivan - Writer
Kristen Stabile - CEP
Paul Stanley - CEP

CAST
AJ Nickell as Lex
Tristan Erwin as Jam
Joe Mandragona as Hawk
Jesse Camacho as Trip
Trish Cook as Mrs Bruce (Jam's Mom)
Leslie Hope as Hawk's Mom
Ron Jeremy as Lex's Dad
Joe Flaherty as Father McNulty

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episode guide

1.01 - "The Day After"

1.02 - "Cleveland Rock City"

1.03 - "Babe #5"

1.04 - "Canuck Road Trip"

1.05 - "Lex's Dad Gets Lucky"

1.06 - "Hotter Than Hal"

1.07 - "Mysery"

1.08 - "Mystery Exposed"

1.09 - "Christine Sixteen"

1.10 - "Beth I Hear You Calling"

1.11 - "The Spaceman Cometh"

1.12 - "Chongo and the Foxy Girl"

1.13 - "Mystery Plays the Epic"


2.01 - "Star Child" (2010)

2.02 - "Demon" (2010)

2.03 - "Cat" (2010)

2.04 - "Spaceman" (2010)

2.05 - "It's No Mystery" (2010)

2.06 - "Lick It Up" (2010)

2.07 - "Elvis Has Left The Building" (2010)

2.08 - "Barbara, ohhh Barbara" (2010)

2.09 - "The Return of Mrs. Finch" (2010)

2.10 - "Bad Trip"

2.11 - "Tow Jam"

2.12 - "Lex Lethal"

2.13 - "Matmok's Bad Bad Lieutenant"

2.14 - "Mascara Massacre"

2.15 - "Boogie Knights"

2.16 - "Party Every Day"

2.17 - "Like A Hawk"

2.18 - "Lex's Dad Gets A Reduction" (2011)

2.19 - "Family Jewel" (2011)

2.20 - "The Cleveland Cubs Strike Out" (2011)

2.21 - "Mystery Meets the Phantom (1)" (2011)

2.22 - "Mystery Meets the Phantom (2)" (2011)


3.01 - "Unmasked (1)" (2011)

3.02 - "Unmasked (2)" (2011)

3.03 - "Wicked Lester" (2011)

3.04 - "Casablanca" (2011)

3.05 - "Hot For Preacher" (2011)

3.06 - "Dressed To Thrill" (2011)

3.07 - "The Harder They Come" (2011)

3.08 - "Chase the Ace" (2011)

3.09 - "Mainline" (2011)

3.10 - "Kiss Me Deadly" (2011)

3.11 - "Christmas Mistress" (2011)

3.12 - "Twisted Sisters" (2012)

3.13 - "Mystery Loves Company" (2012)

3.14 - "The Fox" (2012)

3.15 - "Dark Light" (2012)

3.16 - "Introducing Mr. Blackwell" (2012)

3.17 - "With No Fanfare" (2012)

3.18 - "A World Without Heroes" (2012)

3.19 - "The Order of the Rose" (2012)

3.20 - "The Elder" (2012)


4.01 - "Return of the Real Lucky Hot Tub Dude" (2012) 0.9/3 2.15
Sep 18/2012

4.02 - "Rick Dees Must Die" (2012) 1.0/3 2.49
Sep 25/2012
When Rick Dees (of Top 40 and Disco Duck fame) comes to Cleveland the boys get pushed by the Kiss Army to plot his death. However they soon have competition from Jam's Mother who mistakes the words of her Priest to be a plea for her to kill Dees, and by Lex's Father who believes Rick deflowered his daughter.

4.03 - "Cleveland Sucks" (2012) 1.0/3 2.59
Oct 2/2012
When Cleveland's #1 rock station turns into a Top 40 station and takes Kiss out of the rotation the band tries to get them to change their mind through various tactics. When that does not suceed begin to run their own pirate radio station playing only Kiss songs. They run into legal trouble but not from the FCC; they are sued by Kiss' band manager

4.04 - "She's So European" 1.1/3 2.65
Oct 9, 2012
A new family moves next door to Lex, and while he doesn't trust the 21 year old daughter Yvette from France, he is disgusted when both his father and Hawk both fawn over her. The band throws a yard sale to try and raise money for new Amps and when a couple of "old guys" show too much interest the band tries to figure out which of their previously unwanted items is the valuable one that the men want so bad.


4.05 - "Get A Job" (2012) 1.0/3 2.47
Oct 30, 2012
Jam's parents give him a choice; get a job or join the army. Trip tries to lose weight by every fad diet and exercise device on the market. Lex gets a job as a busboy at a male stripclub where his Dad frequents.


4.06 - "Hustle" (2012) 1.1/3 2.81
Nov 13, 2012
When their High School puts on a musical featuring Disco music, the boys in Mystery work to sabotage the production. However, Lex falls for the lead actress and secretly works against his own sabotage efforts. Lex's father dates one of his teachers causing conflict within the band and at home.

4.07 - "Cram Jam" (2012) 1.1/3 2.74
Nov 20, 2012
The boys try to cram for mid-term exams but they can't get Kiss and girls off their mind, so they elect to go for a road trip to see a band instead.

4.08 - "Mrs Robinson's Mom" (2012) 1.1/3 2.90
Nov 27, 2012
Jam gets a dream job working at a record store but when he is forced to wear a Disco Inferno shirt he can't handle it. Hawk is courted by a much, much, older woman; Trip tries to get Hawk to understand that her tea and crumpets is only leading him on to much more.

4.09 - "River Styx" (2012) 1.2/3 3.02
Dec 4, 2012
After falling asleep listening to Styx' album "Pieces of Eight" each band member has a dream about gaining fame and fortune but having to sell out the rest of band to achieve it.

4.10 - "The Gift Exchange" (2012) 1.1/3 2.92
Dec 11, 2012
When the boys can't afford something nice for their Mothers for Christmas they contrive a plan to steal something from each of their mothers' that another member would want to gift to their own mother.

4.11 - "Gods of Blunder" (2013) 1.1/3 2.80
Jan 15, 2013
Armed with misconceptions, stereotypes and bad advice the boys of Mystery head to Windsor, Canada where they expect to be treated like gods of thunder.

4.12 - "Hot Dogs" (2013) 1.1/3 2.77
Jan 22, 2013
The boys of Mystery discover the joys of downhill skiing, and the ski bullies and babes that come with it.

4.13 - "Parts Unknown" (2013) 1.1/3 2.70
Jan 29, 2013
The boys get involved with a backyard wrestling group, combining their music with the antics.

4.14 - "Unplugged" (2013) 1.1/3 2.82
Feb 5, 2013
Mystery signs up for a battle of the bands, not realizing that it is only open to acoustic bands, giving the boys a major case of nerves. They decide to perform Hard Luck Woman.

4.15 - "Open Jam" (2013) 1.1/3 2.71
Feb 12, 2013
When Jam is the object of unwanted sexual attention from his teacher, he doesn't feel he can turn to his Mom so instead he goes to Lex's father for advice. Lex's Father though decideds to take matters into his own hands by hitting on the teacher. Trip has a hard time dealing with news that he is half Jewish; until he remembers that Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are Jewish, so then he begins to flaunt it.

4.16 - "Chikara" (2013) 1.0/3 2.58
Feb 19, 2013
The boys become infatuated with a cool Asian girl Naomi until she puts her sites on replacing Jam in the band. Trip begins to sneak what he thinks are his Mom's diet pills but they are actually valium. Father McNulty becomes infatuated with music from the Bee Gees causing the boys to take extreme measures.

4.17 - "Lex's Power Ballad" (2013) 1.1/3 2.76
Feb 26, 2013
Lex's latest crush writes a power ballad for him, which the band hears and loves; but when they perform it at a party she turns psycho with anger at Lex for changing the lyrics to be from a man's point of view. Jam's mom wins a Camaro after buying a raffle ticket, and he tries to convince her to keep it instead of selling it.

4.18 - "Memphis Sux" (2013) 1.0/3 2.55
Apr 9, 2013
When the band finds out that Cleveland is in the running to get the rock and roll hall of fame against Memphis the band tries to impress the selection committee while they are touring the city; their efforts of course backfire.

4.19 - "Glee Club" (2013) 1.1/3 2.95
Apr 16, 2013
Forced to join the glee club or be suspended the group reimagines the original Detroit Rock City as a school musical.

4.20 - "John Hughes" (2013) 1.2/3 3.18
Apr 23, 2013
A young screenwriter named John Hughes hangs around the school much to the displeasure of the band who think writing is for nerds, so they go about making his life a living hell.

4.21 - "Monsters Revealed" (2013) 1.1/3 2.92
Apr 30, 2013
Each of the band members battles the monster within; rage, chaos, jealousy, and fear. The band practices Kiss' newest song, Lick it Up and try and get over Kiss taking off their make-up and being unmasked.


4.22 - "4ever" (2013) 1.1/3 2.99
May 7, 2013
Season Finale
Despite some last minute scares, and a couple summer school courses to be taken, the entire group improbably graduates from high school and must decide what to do the following year.