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Rock Star (2001)
This is based on a true story. (SPOILER, maybe?)
That it is. It's based on The rise to fame of Tim "Ripper" Owens, formerly of Judas Priest and current singer of Iced Earth. He was in a Priest cover band, among others. Priest's guitarist sister saw him perform live, liked what she saw, and set up an audition. Tim sang 1 verse before he was given the job. Be reminded that this was after Priest has been without a singer for 8 years! He held it for 6 years before Rob Halford came back. During that time he did multiple tours and 2 albums. He also did the vocals for Iced Earth's latest album, "The Glorious Burden". It was originally a favor, but eventually he joined the band. Another note: Judas Priest was originally involved with making the movie, but then backed out. And Owens never saw a dime for it either. Weird, huh?