“ The rules of motherhood are being radically rewritten with a snarl, cymbal crash and power E-chord that would make the lads in AC/DC stand and salute.”
USA Today Feb1, 2005

    On June 25, 2004, The Wall Street Journal introduced “a new wave of garage bands featuring Mom on guitar, Mom on drums and, on lead vocals.  It's the musical version of the irreverent ‘momoirs’ that are showing up in bookstores.”  In Mommie Loudest Nancy Keates described a nationwide phenomenon called “mom rock”.  More broadly, she quoted Susan Douglas, author of The Mommy Myth, "mothers are saying no to the notion that they have to devote all their creativity to their children."
   
      MOMz HOT ROCKs is a feature length original music documentary on the emergence of mom rock bands in America and abroad.  The wave of maternal minded rock bands include:  Housewives on Prozac (New York);  Frump (Dallas);  The Mydols (Detroit);  Placenta (Oakland);  and The Candy Band (Detroit).  All are featured in MOMz HOT ROCKs which captures the 2004 beginning of the continually increasing media attention as these bands meet each other and converge in NYC for Mamapalooza in May of 2005.  MOMz follows Joy Rose and the journey of the bands thru May of 2006 when Mamapalooza has spread to over 30 cities worldwide including those in England, Canada, and Australia.
   
      Being in a band is likened to being in a marriage.  Never mind the laundry, the balancing act only intensifies as tasks increase with both family and blossoming new musical careers. .  Joy Rose (Housewives on Prozac) used music to energize herself while recovering from a kidney transplant.  Suzie Riddle (Frump) got the idea to start a mom rock band right before her 40th birthday. Rachel Yellow in Oakland was simply fed up with the public school system and dead beat dads.  In Detroit, Judy Davids cooked up the idea to start a band, the Mydols, with neighborhood mothers at a Memorial Day barbeque.  Paula Messner was convinced there could better kids music to listen to than Big Bird.  Each of them was acting alone, but together they rate as a phenomenon. I believe this is why:

•    Mom, like her counterpart Dad, is suffering from a mid-life crisis, but for the first time the midlife Mom is well-funded. Baby boomers might be the first generation of married women who work because they feel they have to, not want to. Years in the rat race have left them tired and fed up, but with cash burning a hole in their purses. Dad has a sports car; mom gets a shiny new drum kit.
•    Talking about my generation. Moms born after 1960 are the first group of cradle rockers. They started on The Beatles when they were in diapers. Rock ‘n’ roll is the only kind of music many older moms relate to. The punk music that shocked in college is being played today on “soft rock” radio stations as we drive our kids to school. Rock ‘n’ roll is about as normal as it gets.
•    50 is the new 30, and 40 is the new 20. Many moms are just about the perfect age to be starting a rock band. This movie is inspiring.
 
    MOMz HOT ROCKs is more than a documentary and more than a music video, it combines the best of both of these burgeoning genres and brings the audience a look into how women--MOMz, take on the world, manage their lives, raise great kids, and make music that will rock your socks off.