It's tough starting over at a new school and Bernard Mullens has really gotten things off to a bad start. First he humiliates himself in front of his homeroom class, then he manages to get on the bad side of the seniors. Now he's kept up every night by the world's worst neighbors. You'd think it'd be a dream come true living in the same house as a rock and roll group, but Bernard's life is about to become a nightmare.
When The Deadbeats find themselves without a piano player less than a month before a battle of the bands, Bernard seems like their only choice. Sure, he's always wanted to be a musician, but this group is a little different than what he was thinking of. Halloween is fast approaching and he's about to discover that fame isn't all it's cracked up to be.