# Favorite fake bands from TV & Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 9, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099 "2010-11-09T22:30:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099/61 "2010-11-10T17:31:48Z")
The Band With Rocks In from Terry Pratchett’s _Soul Music_. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099/62 "2010-11-10T17:44:54Z")
I know it’s _foreign_, but I’m really surprised that no one here has heard of [Detroit Metal City](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Metal_City) – the group giving its name to the anime series and the live-action movie, which are really very funny. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099/63 "2010-11-10T18:38:36Z")
Twaughthammer [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aKNodRa71Cg/hqdefault.jpg ""Fallacies" By Twaughthammer (Breaking Bad)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKNodRa71Cg) ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099/64 "2010-11-10T19:11:27Z")
The Oneders! ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099/65 "2010-11-10T19:31:54Z")
No love for Jeffster yet? Shame on you. ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099/66 "2010-11-10T19:38:13Z")
Faith + 1 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7uu-TtAKpCw/hqdefault.jpg "South Park:Faith+1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uu-TtAKpCw) Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oFFQpd9akSg/hqdefault.jpg "Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld- Self Titled") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFFQpd9akSg) ---
**Author:** ![Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methyl_Ethyl_Death)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099/67 "2010-11-10T20:53:30Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > [Dethklok](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZInM3r_OtDo)! > > (They do have a touring component, and two Dethklok albums have been released, so I don’t know if they really count as fake…) Might as well mention Snakes & Barrels ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099/68 "2010-11-10T21:06:54Z")
Milli Vanilli ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@Mister\_Owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Owl)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099/69 "2010-11-10T21:36:33Z")
The Weird Sisters from Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099/70 "2010-11-10T21:48:49Z")
The Moe Syzlak Experience featuring Homer And [Creed Bratton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creed_Bratton) from The Office says he was in The Grass Roots! ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099/71 "2010-11-10T22:33:27Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > And [Creed Bratton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creed_Bratton) from The Office says he was in The Grass Roots! Maybe I’m being whooshed, but Creed Bratton was indeed in The Grass Roots, a very real band. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099/72 "2010-11-10T22:34:07Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The Band With Rocks In from Terry Pratchett’s _Soul Music_. If we’re doing books, then the Nazgûl, from _the Armageddon Rag_. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099/73 "2010-11-10T23:06:20Z")
[Oscar Drill and the Bits.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvE8pPXWQYI) ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099/74 "2010-11-11T00:30:17Z")
> [@The New and Improved Superman](#): > > _Ahem._ Please see post #2. Sorry, that’s what I get for skimming the thread. Who could forget The Modal Nodes . > **[Mos Eisley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_Nodes)** > > Mos Eisley is a spaceport town in the fictional Star Wars universe. Located on the planet Tatooine, it first appeared in the 1977 film Star Wars, described by the character Obi-Wan Kenobi (played by Alec Guinness) as a "wretched hive of scum and villainy". > A notable scene set in a seedy Mos Eisley cantina crowded with numerous alien races made a particular impact on audiences. Location filming for the spaceport took place from 1975 to 1976 in Tunisia, with interiors filmed at Elstree Studios nea... ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099/75 "2010-11-11T03:16:32Z")
> [@AllShookDown](#): > > Strange Fruit from “Still Crazy.” That was the first band that I thought of. The score had a clutch of half-decent original songs, too. > [@Candyman74](#): > > The band from the Mos Elisley Cantina, of course! This only occurred to me now: if the Mos Eisley Cantina band’s “clarinet” players were brothers, would they be known as “The Eisley Brothers”? (And yeah, I know it’s spelled differently.) Was George Lucas a huge fan (and does he have a stack of Stax wax), or is that outpost’s name just a coincidence? ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099/76 "2010-11-11T11:07:11Z")
The [Beau Brummelstones](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l1n_xNL9CI). ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099/77 "2010-11-11T14:21:01Z")
And then there is the old standby from the '50s: Joe Elastic And His Rubber Band. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099/78 "2010-11-11T20:17:05Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > No love for Jeffster yet? Shame on you. Shame on you too for waiting so long! **JEFFSTER!** Although, they have performed in Comic Cons so does that make them a real band? ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099/79 "2010-11-11T21:54:47Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Maybe I’m being whooshed, but Creed Bratton was indeed in The Grass Roots, a very real band. Whooosh! ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099/80 "2010-11-12T00:20:38Z")
My first thought was Cap’n Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters (i.e., The Wonders / Oneders when they were making a cameo in a beach movie). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-bands-from-tv-movies/560099.md?page=5)