The real-life exploits of glam band NOVA REX come back to life in this hilarious 2011 documentary DVD that recalls the heavy-metal group riffing through the late 1980s hair-band era before crashing into a wall of early '90s grunge. Turn it up loud and love it!—Dean Robinson
The 2011 "hair-metal rockumentary NOVA REX: AIN'T EASY BEING CHEESY shares the hilarious true tales of the hard-working, harder-partying glam band NOVA REX with lots of music plus classic video footage and photographs spanning decades of live performances and wild backstage action.
NOVA REX: AIN'T EASY BEING CHEESY captures the flamboyant era of late-1980s, early-1990s good-time party rock & roll and its crash into the inevitable wall of serious grunge. Guitarist JP Cervoni, bassist Kenny Wilkerson, vocalist Kevin Tetz and various music-industry insiders remember the times through funny and insightful interviews with director Dean Robinson.
They personally take you behind the scenes for an intimate look at a band whose time had come and gone. In a satirical light-hearted way, these guys just lay it all out there in a manner that will have you laughing and reminiscing about the good old days. If you were in a rock band or close to one (groupie), then this movie will have you smelling sex, drugs and rock & roll all over again. As for the younger generations of musicians, this is a great training film.
