SWEET PAIN: THE MOVIE
This is the real-life movie of a trash rock 'n' roll band with a hot guitarist. This is Sweet Pain—the brainchild of a mother-lovin’, gutsy, tough guy: Corky Gunn. Flashback: The diaper years ... Corky toddles to the stage, where his uncle Charlie’s band is jamming the hot hits of the day, “Last Time” and “Under My Thumb.”
SWEET PAIN: THE MOVIE
Anne Leighton
This is the real-life movie of a trash rock 'n' roll band with a hot guitarist. This is Sweet Pain—the brainchild of a mother-lovin’, gutsy, tough guy: Corky Gunn.
Flashback: The diaper years ... Corky toddles to the stage, where his uncle Charlie’s band is jamming the hot hits of the day, “Last Time” and “Under My Thumb.” Uncle scoops Corky onto a stool and Corky grabs the microphone and screams, “I can’t get no girlie action!" Ladies over 30, teens, and Corky’s mom grin, smile and embrace Corky. The other toddlers are delirious.
Today: The Sweet Pain video “New Toy,” has a shot of three-year-old Corky standing by a drum set, holding a guitar. “When I was five years old my Halloween costume was a Paul McCartney mask.
I just always wanted to be a rock ’n’ roll star. As I got older I realized the Stones were cooler ’cause they were so anti-everything."
Flashback: Corky sees Kiss at the Electric Ballroom in Atlanta, 100 miles from his home. “That’s when I knew that I had to do it. The coolest thing I’ve ever seen in my life. It blew me away.”