As they all get into the car, Perry asks what music they should listen to Salome excitedly tells him to play "Devil's Kind". The next day, Perry takes Salome to a guitar shop and trades his prized guitar from his old days for a limited edition electric guitar for her, which Salome is ecstatic about. Karen finally forgives him and offers to watch House Hunters. Karen's parents thank him for loving their daughter so much, and, using a tip from her dad, Perry offers to sleep on the couch. At home, an angry Karen reveals that his actual birthday is the next day Perry had confused the dates by thinking his birthday was the same day as the talent show. Perry is able to make it in time to the show and is elated to see his daughter performing. Perry chooses to go to the talent show despite the chance to revive his career.Īt the talent show, Salome is forced to use Perry's old guitar. After being released from custody due to being friends with the police chief, he starts rushing to Salome's talent show however, Christy runs after him and offers to let him play Ordinary World for Joan Jett, imploring that she will love it. Gary says he was forced to when Perry walked out on them because his wife was pregnant, despite a tour already lined up. Perry is handcuffed and confronts Gary about replacing him in the band. Infuriated, he smashes Salome's guitar as the police come to stop the party. Perry is excited to see his old band formed together again however, Gary reveals that his position has been replaced with another singer. When she begins making romantic advances, Perry refuses and instead decides to play her a song he wrote: "Ordinary World", but is interrupted when Gary calls Perry into the main room for a concert. Perry recalls how his record label dumped him despite him putting much effort into their album Christy remarks that she loved the record anyway. Retreating to his room for a nap, he soon wakes up when Christy enters and talks about their past relationship.
He angrily confronts Gary, who accuses him of being no fun anymore. Returning to his hotel room, Perry is enraged to find his room filled with strangers. Jake tells him that he seems confused in his actions when he reveals that he has already consulted Karen on the matter, Perry leaves, feeling betrayed. In his absence, his drummer Gary (Fred Armisen) excitedly invites a stripper and many others into the hotel room.Īfter receiving scornful comments from his wife's parents about his lack of ambition in life, Perry returns to work to fetch Salome's guitar accidentally, he interrupts a meeting with Jake's lawyer discussing a removal of Perry from the family business, citing his father's will. After purchasing the room for the day, he calls his old bandmates just after they arrive, Perry is reminded by his wife that he must let his in-laws into the house that he forgot about. Soon after, Perry rents the presidential suite from the pristine no-nonsense owner (Brian Baumgartner), who firmly reminds him that the hotel has a strict "no-party" policy. She reveals she is now a manager for Joan Jett, who is performing in New York that night. While waiting to rent a room, Perry runs into Christy (Judy Greer), an old girlfriend of his when he was in the band. Perry eventually finds a nice hotel where he plans to throw a reunion party for his band. Upset for him, Jake gives Perry the day off and $1000 to do whatever he wishes to, hopeful that giving him a day to relax will allow him to overcome what has been causing his apathy. His brother chastises him on his constant lethargy at work until Perry reveals to him that his family forgot his birthday. After picking up his daughter's new guitar his wife picked out for her, Perry arrives at work at his family's hardware store where his younger brother Jake (Chris Messina) has accepted the main responsibility. On his 40th birthday, the same day as his daughter's talent show, Perry is disappointed to notice that nobody has remembered his birthday. Forced to accept his new life, Miller reluctantly lives his grown-up lifestyle as a father of two with his hard-working lawyer wife Karen (Selma Blair), his talented guitar-playing daughter Salome (Madisyn Shipman) and his newborn child. His band gives a brief interview before they play their song "Devil's Kind".Ģ0 years later, Perry and his band have parted. In 1995, Perry Miller (Billie Joe Armstrong) performs in New York with his punk band known as The Skunks.
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