Idea for a movie?
The '80s. An alternative radio DJ claims he listens to every tape that gets sent to him by aspiring bands but when a dreamy middle aged record shop owner sends in his weird, outsider songs, the tape gets chewed up in the DJ's car stereo and he angrily hurls the cassette from the window. It is found, however, by a group of kids who rewind it and become obsessed with it, eventually forming a band to perform the songs. They become an underground hit, mostly thanks to the DJ. The songwriter invites them to play a session at his shop with the intention of introducing himself to them, but when he sees first hand the pressure their new record company are putting them under and the tensions in the band, he resolves to enjoy his success vicariously, and stay in his unassuming but happy life.