IFF Boston Review: “Trigger”
For some rock n’ roll bands, the price of making successful music, is an intensely screwed up personal life. All of the backstage drama between members often leads to powerful creative influences that can be parlayed into hit songs; however the pressures of fame can form a dangerous powder keg. Just one spark of conflict caused by a drug or alcohol induced argument can ignite this explosive potential, tearing the band apart.
A prime example of a commercially popular band that suffered from this problem is the female rock group The Runaways. The pitfalls of fame affected these young women, and they left one another on bad terms. If The Runaways guitarist Joan Jett and lead singer Cherie Currie reunited years later to hang out though, the result would be something akin to the Canadian independent drama “Trigger,” directed by Bruce McDonald and written by Daniel MacIvor.