# Songs by Bands that Don't Exist **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2002, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-bands-that-dont-exist/98868 "2002-03-18T13:57:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-bands-that-dont-exist/98868/41 "2002-03-21T18:15:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bibliophile \* > \*\*And then there’s Stillwater from Almost Famous. I realize Nancy Wilson wrote a lot of the music for the movie, I think she may have even written “Fever Dog” [my favorite], but I’m not sure who was singing or who made up the rest of the band. \*\* The film credits list the Stillwater musicians only by the names of the characters in the movie, but the songs were performed by a group of well-known professional musicians including Mike McCready of Pearl Jam. Similarly, the Stooges-esque band Wyld Rattz in _Velvet Goldmine_ featured Mark Arm (his vocals were replaced by Ewan McGregor in the film and on the soundtrack album), Mike Watt, and original Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton. They enjoyed working together so much that they recorded some original songs as the Wyld Rattz, and I believe they also toured briefly. ---
**Author:** ![Neptune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@Neptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptune)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-bands-that-dont-exist/98868/42 "2002-03-21T18:39:10Z")
I can’t believe that no one’s mentioned The Ruttles. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-bands-that-dont-exist/98868/43 "2002-03-21T20:21:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cisco \* > \*\*[Alot of you might have heard the song covered by Sublime on Forty Oz to Freedom. If you listen at the end of the record he says “when we did ‘smoke two joints’ that was jacked from the toys.” \*\* Just to back track for a moment. Huh. I always heard that phrase as “when we did ‘smoke two joints’ that was Jack from The Toys”. So in other words, there was a guest appearance by some dude named Jack in some band called The Toys. Thanks for clearing that up for me. Carry on… ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-bands-that-dont-exist/98868/44 "2002-03-21T20:54:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skip \* > \*\*If I recall correctly, in the Tom Hanks directed film _That Thing You Do_, the fictional band in the film is **The Oneders** (pronounced like The Wonders, get it? They were one hit wonders), the song they performed (titled,suprise, _That Thing You Do!_) was actually released as a single and charted in the States. \*\* Yep. And Adam Schlesinger, of Fountains of Wayne and Ivy fame, wrote the song. The shame is, neither of those two bands have actually had any hits. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-bands-that-dont-exist/98868/45 "2002-03-21T22:21:24Z")
> [@](#): > > “The Shape Of Things To Come” by Max Frost and The Storm Troopers. The song is from the film Wild In The Streets and is credited to the nonexistent band in the film. I believe ‘Shapes of Things To Come’ was originally performed by the Yardbirds, and has also been recorded by Jeff Beck Group and the Black Crowes. Are we talking about the same song here? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-bands-that-dont-exist/98868/46 "2002-03-21T22:56:40Z")
No, different song. I could sing the whole thing to you, but I’ll just post the chorus: _“And nothing can change the shape of things to come.”_ digs ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-bands-that-dont-exist/98868/47 "2002-03-22T00:24:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TV time \* > \*\*And the first song by “Surfaries” (sp?)(it charted back in the early 60s) weren’t they (the group) really mostly the Beach Boys just jamming with some friends at another friend’s studio and then released under the Surfaries name? As I remember, they were really sweating their own record company finding out since a couple of them call each other by name on the record. \*\* Nope, the Surfaris were a real band. Possible source of confusion: the drummer-vocalist-primary songwriter was named Ron Wilson, but as far as I know, he’ s unrelated to the Beach Boys Wilsons. You could be thinking of Jan and Dean, whose biggest hit “Surf City” was written by Brian Wilson and featured backing vocals from Brian. Or maybe The Honeys, a female group produced by Brian Wilson; some of the Beach Boys sang backup on their stuff. The first \*\* Foo Fighters\*\* album was just Dave Grohl messing around in the studio by himself (except for the guitar part of X-Static). After the tracks were complete he formed a touring band, who posed for the photos in the CD booklet. Subsequent albums featured a band, which consisted of Dave Grohl and whoever. I think there are as many former members of the band as current. Let’s see… **Van Halen** ceased to exist in 1985, but songs were released under their name for another 13 years. ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-bands-that-dont-exist/98868/48 "2002-03-22T06:56:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kaylasdad99 \* > \*\* > > Sorry, **kyomara** , you don’t win anything. > > Let me just preview to make sure I haven’t been beaten to the punch… > > Nope. I claim the prize. \*\* Wow, man, you’re _serious_. _oo ee, oo ah ah…_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-bands-that-dont-exist/98868.md?page=2)