Portland, Maine. A group of punks, the X Gang is led by scarred, silent Christopher X. His best friend, Kurt Blank, is a hulking and talented punk guitarist living in the closet. Sisters Patti and Betty Upchuck form the core of the feminist Punk Rock Virgins band, and are the closest to X and Kurt. With other young upstarts like the Hot Nasties and the Social Blemishes they've all but taken over Gary's, an old biker bar. It takes a bloody crime, and the brutal murders of two of their friends, to nearly bring it all to an end.