The website's consensus states: "Like its title, Rock Star is rather generic, being not so much about the heavy metal scene than about rock cliches and formula". On Metacritic, the film has a score of 54 out of 100 based on 32 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "B−" on scale of A to F. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 2.5 out of 4 stars and wrote: "By the end of the film I conceded, yes, there are good performances and the period is well captured, but the movie didn't convince me of the feel and the flavor of its experiences." Tim "Ripper" Owens, the inspiration for the story, noted to Rolling Stone that while he considered Rock Star "a Spinal Tap kind of movie" that distanced from the real facts to feature "all the cliches of sex, drugs, and rock and roll", he found the portrayal of the band members as accurate and was still flattered to become the basis for a movie. When Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill was asked about his reaction to Rock Star in an interview in PopMatters magazine, he said "I mean, I quite enjoyed the movie. It was entertaining, you know?" Hill was quoted as saying "It had nothing to do with Rob Halford, Ripper Owens and Judas Priest, it's got nothing to do with that, whatsoever. It was fiction. Apart from the fact that 'Local Boy Makes Good'? That was the only true aspect of the movie." Hill was quick to add "I watched it once. I don't have the urge to watch it again." Soundtrack A small number of the songs featured in the film and on the soundtrack were released after the dates given in the film. They are marked with an asterisk. Partial list of songs that were featured in the movie but did not appear on the soundtrack CD: AC/DC – "Are You Ready"* Culture Club – "Karma Chameleon" Def Leppard – "Let's Get Rocked"* Def Leppard – "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" Foghat – "Chateau Lafitte '59 Boogie" Frankie Goes to Hollywood – "Relax" Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch – "Good Vibrations" Ralph Saenz, Peter Beckett, and Steve Plunkett – "California Girls" (The Beach Boys cover) Talking Heads – "Once in a Lifetime" Steel Dragon – "Reckless" (Phoenix Down cover) Jennifer Aniston - Believe