<p><strong>Hollywood The Band</strong> is the story about a fictional rock band in the 1970s as they navigate the entertainment industry in an attempt to procure a record deal in the midst of cultural political social and historical changes while dealing with their own issues beliefs and pasts. It is an epic tale of hard work and commitment that chronicles the hardships they must endure the obstacles they must overcome and the lessons they must learn. It reveals the inner workings of the music business and what it really takes to make it. With a keen sense of time place character and events it reflects the cultural shift and changing attitudes that defined a generation and influenced generations to come by interweaving issues ranging from sexual attitudes the drug culture racial and civil rights issues politics women's issues gay issues the Viet Nam War organized crime alienation dysfunctional families and violence. It is a true Hollywood story where success or failure is often a matter of talent luck and sacrifice.</p>