The Rock Life (VH1)

THE ROCK LIFE follows the members of Whitestarr -- a marginally successful rock and roll band from Malibu -- as they strive for large-scale rock stardom. The group's colorful cast of characters includes lead singer/producer Cisco Adler (son of music producer mogul Lou Adler), drummer Alex "Orbi" Orbison (son of the late Roy Orbison), and bass player Damon Webb. New to the band is tall, afro-sporting lead guitarist Rainbow Jeramy; former Los Angeles attorney Tony Potato performs as the band's official back-up dancer. After seven years of failing to get a song on the Billboard charts, the band members move into Adler's posh mansion and commit themselves to recording and promoting what they hope will be the one smash hit they need to catapult the band into true rock and roll fame. VH1's cameras are on duty as they try to get along and work with each other during long recording sessions and subsequent weeks on tour.

Perhaps all too predictably, the guys' constant bickering, partying with female groupies and drunken performances take center stage, making the show less about their hard road to success than their rowdy lifestyle. (Big surprise.)

And even though these rockers' lives may not be dull, there are times when the show definitely is. Aside from the aging performers' outrageous antics, which lose their charm rather quickly, The Rock Life provides little insight into what it's really like to be a rock musician -- or what really takes to succeed in the music industry.