The Rutles
Disaster Area
The Way Outs
Lux Dujour from the BBC America series “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency”
Billy and the Boingers
Or Deathtongue, whichever.
Toad the Wet Sprocket.
The Carrie Nations from Beyond The Valley of the Dolls. Looks like someone beat me to it, though.
Someone on Reddit whipped this up a year ago …
Why can I not yet buy this? Seth? Fox? You own the image, make it, and shut up and take my money.
Pain(a punk band on a CHiPs episode)
Frank Poncharello (he performed Kool & the Gang’s “Celebration” on the same episode of CHiPs)
I would answer “Wyld Stallyns” except I actually have one. This one.
Eddie and the Cruisers
and of course…B-B-B-Bennie and the Jetssssss
Priss and the Replicants. Because it is two layers of nerdy.
Definitely this.
The Mosquitos - Bingo, Bango, Bongo and Irving
Pale Horse and Krystalnacht, two groups which had a helluva last concert in NYC in Watchmen.
Oh, yeah! I gotcha covered:
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Camel Lips (from the John Waters film Serial Mom - played by L7)
The Juicy Fruits
The Beach Bums
The Undead
All from* Phantom of the Paradise* (and all the same band - their producer kept chasing trends and changing their style)
And of course, Beef, from the same movie. I have seen someone in a “Death Records” shirt at a con, but I don’t know if it was bootleg or licensed.
I’m not sure whether you don’t understand the premise of the thread, or I’m being whooshed.
I wish I’d gone to this show!
Jet Screamer (The Jetsons)
Drive Shaft (Lost)
The Bang-Bang (Brothers of The Head)
Hotblack Desiato - who couldn’t love a dissolute rock star who spends a year dead for tax purposes
Just to add Disaster Area would be a good one too
“Many worlds have now banned their act altogether, sometimes for artistic reasons, but most commonly because the band’s public address system contravenes local strategic arms limitations treaties.”