▁where ▁Dave ▁Hill ▁would ▁be ▁the ▁experiment ▁of ▁the ▁title , ▁only ▁to ▁be ▁killed ▁off ▁by ▁a ▁" Tr iff id ▁thing " ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁fifteen ▁minutes . ▁ ▁R ather ▁than ▁producing ▁a ▁film ▁port ray ing ▁the ▁band ' s ▁" h appy - go - l ucky " ▁image , ▁the ▁band ▁accepted ▁S lade ▁in ▁Fl ame , ▁as ▁" a ▁sort ▁of ▁behind - the - sc enes , ▁n itt y - gr itt y ▁look ▁at ▁the ▁rock ▁' n ' ▁roll ▁business ". ▁The ▁approved ▁screen play ▁from ▁Andrew ▁B irk in ▁dep icted ▁the ▁rise ▁and ▁fall ▁of ▁a ▁fict ional ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁group ▁called ▁Fl ame . ▁However , ▁the ▁band ▁felt ▁the ▁original ▁story ▁failed ▁to ▁capture ▁the ▁true ▁feel ▁of ▁the ▁music ▁industry . ▁They ▁decided ▁to ▁inv ite ▁B irk in ▁and ▁director ▁Richard ▁L onc raine ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁band ▁on ▁their ▁tour ▁in ▁America ▁for ▁six ▁weeks , ▁so ▁that ▁they ▁could ▁experience ▁the ▁live ▁shows ▁and , ▁while ▁trav elling ▁between ▁locations , ▁record ▁an ec d otes ▁from ▁S lade ▁about ▁themselves ▁and ▁other ▁bands . ▁Most ▁of ▁these ▁an ec d otes , ▁about ▁inc idents ▁that ▁had ▁happened ▁to ▁both ▁S lade ▁and ▁other ▁bands , ▁would ▁be ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁the ▁script ▁for ▁Fl ame . ▁Ex amples ▁included ▁the ▁lead ▁singer ▁of ▁one ▁band ▁being ▁locked ▁in ▁a ▁coff in , ▁which ▁happened ▁in ▁real ▁life