My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star

Jace Darnell is the hopeful front man of the struggling rock band SlipDog. Undaunted by his band's lack of success and a lack of support from his father, the self-proclaimed ""super sexed-up"" vocalist pushes his group towards the ultimate goals of fame and fortune. Jace's bandmates include spaced-out guitarist Doc, punky bassist Joe, and dumb-jock drummer Danny. In the opener, Jace makes a deal with their sleazy manager Dole, who's forced to become their manager only after the band is unable to pay for his services such as rehearsal space; Jace meets and offends the beautiful Sarah unaware that she could be what SlipDog needs; and the band goes to the extremes to get their new demo tape played on the radio.

Feeling the need to add a missing element to SlipDog, Jace tries to convince a reluctant Sarah to contribute her DJ skills. She agrees to give the band a limited shot, but Joe is less than enthusiastic about the new addition. Meanwhile, the band runs into drummer problems when Danny becomes unavailabe due to a football accident. Luckily the ever-resourceful Sarah is able to produce a back-up drummer in the form of her friend Lucas.

After Slipdog plays a concert at a local school, three girls become obsessed with Jace. They follow him home and intrude on a rehearsal. Jace tells them to stop idolizing him, but they won't. At another performance, they climb onstage, dive into the audience and ruin the show. The owner of the club threatens to not hire the band again, prompting Jace to berate the girls. Later, he feels remorseful and tries to apologize to them—but they've already chosen someone else to worship.

SlipDog embarks on a road trip for a gig in Idaho, but rising tension among the bandmates culminates in a quarrel when they finally reach their destination. Things don't fare any better when they realize that the place that booked them has burned down and they are forced to play Potato Fest instead.

SlipDog gets a gig at a hot venue, but the band has to pay the owner unless at least 100 patrons come to the bar. Now it's up to the band to get the word out and make sure they get 100 music fans to attent but not without a few hitches. Meanwhile, Sarah is going stir crazy working her bland job at the unemployment office after Jace tells her that maybe its time to move on to something she truelly cares about and concentrate on SlipDog full time.

Jace and the SlipDog members are unable to write any good songs. Meanwhile, Jace's father Eric is depressed because he did not succeed at music but manages an amplifier and guitar repair store. When Jace hears one of Eric's unfinished songs on an old audiocassette, he is finally inspired. At a concert attended by Jace's mother Gina, Jace invites Eric to come onstage and perform a piece with the band—the song from the tape.