On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 78% based on reviews from nine critics, with an average rating of 8/10. Drake Bell as Damien Collins, member/leader of the band called Damien's Inferno.Denise Richards as Ms Faust, Johnny's mother.Bill Goldberg as Hawk, The Relentless' tour manager.Sebastian Gregory as Dylan James, drummer of The Relentless.Olivia Culpo as Gretchen, Johnny's girlfriend.Jesse Sullivan as Lily Mayflower, bassist of The Relentless.Ben Bruce as Leo Donovan, one of the two guitarist of The Relentless.Mark Boone Junior as Elias Collins, owner/head of the Akkadian Records.Guitar sound by Lee McKinney of Born of Osiris Booboo Stewart as Vic Lakota, one of the two guitarist of The Relentless.John Bradley as Ricky Rollins, Manager of The Relentless.Johnny's singing is performed by Remington Leith of Palaye Royale Andy Biersack as Johnny Faust, lead singer of The Relentless.The lawyer gets Johnny off on a technicality. She brings with her a lawyer, Damien's father. He is also visited by Gretchen who tells Johnny she still loves him. He tells Johnny he has a choice in his future and to go with his feelings. While in prison, Johnny is visited by the archangel Gabriel - the homeless man. A moment later, the Devil appears in the guise of Johnny's mother's new boyfriend, and when the band goes on stage and performs, Johnny takes the gun and first holds it to his head before shooting and killing the Devil. The Relentless land a gig at a music festival but the Devil says that they have to kill a man during their performance, though he intends to make it look like part of the concert. Johnny tries to get back together with Gretchen to no avail. The band is successful, and Johnny's mother receives treatment for her cancer, which goes into remission. The band performs more shows and receive a lot of adoration but also a lot of backlash, leading them to almost quit the music industry. American Satan is well-received and tops the charts. Lily refuses to go to rehab and disappears. Johnny overdoses on heroin and almost dies, but is revived by a paramedic - the homeless man the group encountered outside the liquor store. They later learn that the girl's dad killed himself because of this. A fan's mother gets Johnny to take her teen daughter's virginity he does, while Dylan has sex with the mother. Gretchen dumps Johnny, and he turns to heroin and sex with Lily to try to cope. This leads to Leo heavily using alcohol and pills. At the same time, Ricky overdoses on cocaine and dies. Johnny and Gretchen try to maintain their long-distance relationship, but matters are complicated when Johnny and Lily sleep together. This inspires The Relentless's fans to confront their bullies, leading to more deaths, all blamed on the band. In Kansas, a bar fight results in the death of a man, and Johnny is arrested. The Relentless get a record deal and record an album, called American Satan. Damien climbs an electrical fence and dies from electrocution. They lock him in a van and set it aflame, but Johnny has a change of heart and lets Damien out. Damien insults Johnny's mother, so the band decides to sacrifice Damien. Johnny learns his mother has breast cancer and cannot afford treatment. Lily tells Johnny that her ex-band member Damien raped her the night she left the band. Moments later, the band is accosted by another man who implies he is the Devil and can make them stars if they perform a human sacrifice. While leaving a liquor store, some of the members encounter a homeless man who tells them to rely on feeling more than perception. After moving to Los Angeles they hold auditions for a bassist, and choose a woman, Lily. Johnny Faust, lives in Columbus, Ohio with his mother and his girlfriend Gretchen. The Relentless are an aspiring rock band, half from England and half from the US, who all move to Los Angeles to become famous.
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