# Bands that appeared playing in movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 22, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-appeared-playing-in-movies/755368 "2016-05-22T15:49:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-appeared-playing-in-movies/755368/121 "2016-05-27T14:30:34Z")
Time to close the thread! 🙂 Thanks, akrako1. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-appeared-playing-in-movies/755368/122 "2016-05-27T15:43:12Z")
> [@akrako1](#): > > i’ve actually been working on this very topic… Actually, the OP is just looking for bands that are not appearing as themselves. ---
**Author:** ![akrako1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@akrako1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akrako1)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-appeared-playing-in-movies/755368/123 "2016-05-27T16:36:15Z")
d’oah! didn’t read carefully enough! most bands i listed aren’t usually identified in the movie in question, i typically had to do some research to figure out who it actually was. don’t have the time to go back thru the comps and figure out which ones tho! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-appeared-playing-in-movies/755368/124 "2016-05-27T17:14:19Z")
**Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets (featuring Sam Meyers)** appeared in the 1994 film “China Moon,” starring Ed Harris and Madeleine Stowe. They are shown playing “Tell Me What I Want To Hear” in a bar. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-appeared-playing-in-movies/755368/125 "2016-05-27T18:21:08Z")
Los Lobos played the whorehouse band in **La Bamba.** ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-appeared-playing-in-movies/755368/126 "2016-05-27T18:35:34Z")
Damn, ninja’d! Came in to post **Alice Cooper** in **Monster Dog**. Love that flick 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-appeared-playing-in-movies/755368/127 "2016-05-27T18:58:53Z")
_Get Crazy!_ Damn, I loved that movie. I don’t think it’s ever come out on video (well, VHS maybe) and I don’t think the various cable channels are interested in digging up a master. I don’t think I’ve seen in it in like 30 years. There’s something about a movie that features a six-foot anthropomorphic joint that just can’t go wrong. ---
**Author:** ![jeezums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jeezums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeezums)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-appeared-playing-in-movies/755368/128 "2016-05-27T19:44:33Z")
Jim Carroll performing “It’s Too Late” in the 1985 James Spader film Tuff Turf. Robert Downey Jr plays the drummer in his band. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-appeared-playing-in-movies/755368.md?page=6)