Not Fade Away 2012 American Drama Film

Not Fade Away is a 2012 American drama film and the first directed by The Sopranos' creator, David Chase. It was released on December 21, 2012. In 1960s suburban New Jersey, a group of friends form a rock band and try to make it big. In his late teens, Douglas Damiano lives with: his father Pat, who suffers from psoriasis and is physically rough with Douglas; his mother Antoinette, who frequently grows hysterical and threatens suicide; and his sister Evelyn, the film's narrator. Douglas sees his friend Eugene Gaunt singing and playing lead guitar for a band in high school, and resolves to join the band to earn the affections of a Grace Dietz. Douglas gets his chance when the band's drummer, Schindewulf, is drafted to go to Vietnam. In the wake of the “British Invasion“, Gene is trying to remodel his band after The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, and he believes Douglas is suited to this style. The band's membership fluctuates. With an awkward bass player losin