An enthusiastic Siberian rock 'n' roll band, The Leningrad Cowboys, journeys to New York with their manager (Matti Pellonpää) and a dead member who froze to death before his dreams of success could be realised.
They land a gig in Mexico, and the band, including the dead member strapped to the top of their Cadillac, drives there through the country that birthed rock music, meeting various characters along the road to success. Meanwhile, a crazed fan (Kari Väänänen) from home chases them down. This band of eccentric goofballs, maybe the worst band in rock-and-roll history, starts at the legendary CBGB club in Manhattan and proceeds to travel cross-country playing anywhere they can, creating an unusual marriage where the East is greeted with a restrained approval. This is a hilarious picaresque tale which throws off some clever cross-cultural insights.
