A reporter begins tracking down rumors of an unreleased album by a rock band whose charismatic leader disappeared after an accident and was presumed dead years before. As she approaches surviving members - who have since gone on to other things - she gets different points of view on Eddie's life and artistic drive, and the mystery about that album deepens. With the Cruisers' lyricist and pianist, she seeks the second album musical tapes and is lead into their painful past...