The concert scenes were filmed in a Las Vegas arena before a Bon Jovi show (New Jersey tour). The stage set up is the actual stage set up Bon Jovi used for their show.
All songs are written, played and lip synced by the Beaver Brown Band.
The guitar played by Eddie Wilson is a Fender Mustang made by Fender Music Company from 1964 through 1982.
Harvey Atkin (playing Lou Eisen) and Kate Lynch (playing Lindsey Caputo) also worked together in Meatballs (1979) where Harvey was Morty, the camp director and Kate was Roxanne, the girl's head counselor.
As with the original movie, critics negatively reviewed the sequel, and the acting of Michael Paré and Marina Orsini, and also was very critical of the producers for being more concerned about selling soundtrack albums for the movie than promoting the movie itself.