"Mick and his friends hang out in front of the downtown libraryóhassling passerby, making noise, spitting on anything in sight. If the nightís slow they might even do a little ìstreet cleaning,î bashing some geek who has the bad luck to come anywhere near them. Unlike his friends, though, Mick would rather be playing drums in his metal band, but they broke up in a vicious scrap that left everyone in stitches. So when he meets Dariana, a keyboard player, heís psyched to get together. But for Dariana, Mickís bashing is not at all cool. When Mick and Darianaís band starts taking off, he knows heís got to change. But his old friends have other ideas, and they decide to ìpersuadeî Mick to see things their way. Set against the tough background of inner-city Halifax and its music scene, Good Idea Gone Bad is the story of one young man growing up in dangerous circumstances."