Real Spanish band:
Tony Manero. They started doing covers from 75-85, later expanded but still dress like something Manero saw in his bad dreams. I really like their work, too. Some of them are in other bands, this one is covers-only and only for fun.
Bwhahaha!!
Springsteen tribute band: Cover Me
Kansas/Springsteen tribute band: Nebraska
The The tribute band: The The The
For Led Zeppelin: Followed Zeppelin
Okay. Thought of another one:
Was (Not Was) = Not (Was (Not Was))
Boy Shop Pets
That would be the tribute band for the B-52s.
I always thought that **Meat Eating Orchids ** would be a great name for a Nirvana cover band.
Some gender bender bands
Princess and the Nude Power Generation.
The Flaming Lisps
Janes a Dyke son.
Sisters of Mersey (Liverpudlian Goth Chicks, mmmmnnn)
They Might be Midgets
Notvana
Evanisn’ts
Oi (from Oingo Boingo, to Oingo…)
Something Very Corporate
…and You Will Know Us As the Band that Sounds Like And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
Impostor (Elvis Costello tribute)
Sludge-filled Rivers of Jersey City (Fountains of Wayne)
Billy Idolizers
Sticks ‘n’ Stones (double cover band)
Hyannisport
Ju-87 (Covers the B-52’s and SR-71. And Prussian Blue.)
Keaner
Merely Adequate Charlotte
The Vaccine
Cyanide (a loving tribute to Poison ;))
Waffle Hours [Wallflowers]
Okay Okay Okay [Yeah Yeah Yeahs]
Penis [Whitesnake]
Troubled Jester Squad [Inclined Brown Possibly]
Herb Tea Lads [Beastie Boys]
Who Da Bris [Jewish Tribute to Ludacris]
This is the best answer yet. Problem is, nobody wants to cover them.
Worse than Ezra (better than ezra)
Mrs. Missus (Mr. Mister)
And-And (the-the)
Willy Lyre (Billy Sqier)
Handguns Making Love
The Disheveled Gang
The South Side of Chicago
ReREM
Blinder Melon
They Might Be Giants, but probably not
Fake (rhymes with Cake)
Green Afternoon
You Got Served (by the Postal Service)
Was there ever an actual band called the Shitty Beatles?
Hmm, Tribute Bands:
REM: (Love ya M!) No Stipends.
Talking Heads: Muy Guillotine
The Doors: Shut It, Rimbaud Styllee
Lou Reed/Velvet Underground: Slip Y’all On My Banana Appeal
Beastie Boys: Enuffuckin’ Sez Forty, Yo!
That’s what whitesnake refers to?!? :smack:
Who else is nerdy enough to want a REM tribute band called /* … */
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Old
Purple Hays (some dude with the last name of Hays who likes playing Hendrix)
A Hard Night’s Day (Beatles, of course)
Bow Jones (Aerosmith)
Jefferson Starplane/Jefferson Airship
John Mellan Cougarcamp
Jefferson Hardship
The Bleach Boys
King (who was formerly Prince)