Punk rock + the burbs = hell for all. Suburbia is about a group of disconnected youth who call themselves T.R. (The Rejected). The young characters are a mix of teens who have been abused, ignored or mistreated by their parents and have found salvation in punk. Their lives at home were so terrible that they'd rather live together as squatters in a roach infested, condemned house on the edge of the suburban jungle. It is here, at the T.R. house, through the unconventional family they've created where they finally have a sense of security and love.
The T.R. kids are punk, in the true sense of the word. They are revolting against all convention; because the "normal" world has rejected them for too long. Why should they want to be part of something that didn't want them in the first place? With every great punk story, you must have great punk music. Suburbia has live performances by T.S.O.L, DI and The Vandals.
The film was written and directed by Penelope Spheeris who before had documented the punk scene in the film The Decline of the Western Civilization. Later she went on to direct another movie centered around rock, Wayne's World.
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