 Antti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several months  sleeping on the streets of Istanbul, he returns to Helsinki where he s called into the army but discharged on mental health grounds after adding turpentine to the officers  soup. Zombie lives bleary-eyed in an apartment off his parents  house where his lonely, unemployed father suffers from heart disease. His girl-friend Marjo has taken up with a hairdresser but comes back to Zombie. His friend Harri hires him as a roadie for his band "Harry and the Mulefukkers" then gives him a chance as a bass player. He has his girl and he has a gig, but can Zombie put the bottle down?