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Eddie & The Cruisers

Sometimes...it's like Eddie's still alive.

― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:50 (twenty years ago)

What, no Hedwig? Come on, people!

Also: Kinnie Starr as the drummer for "The Dolls" in "Down And Out With The Dolls" - great movie.

Illuminatus band names seconded.

― sleeve (sleeve), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:58 (twenty years ago)

river bottom nightmare band seconded!

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:08 (twenty years ago)

Rod Torfleson's Armada featuring Herman Menderchuck

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:10 (twenty years ago)

The Carrie Nations

― Black Arkestra (Black Arkestra), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)

I have a Jimmy Thudpucker album.

― shieldforyoureyes, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

the gorillaz

― nein Socken (nein Socken), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

when i was a kid i was a big Zit Remedy fan, but now that i'm all growed up i really like Driveshaft. seconded and thirded on the Carrie Nations!

― heywood jablomi (heywood), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 21:08 (twenty years ago)

Terminal Crash Fear!

― Bill E (bill_e), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

Chris Gaines

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 21:45 (twenty years ago)

man i love the carrie nations, and not (only) for the boobs!

― chris andrews (fraew), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 22:59 (twenty years ago)

say, the Meatls aren't real ... or are they?

― when something smacks of something (dave225.3), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 23:13 (twenty years ago)

Blues Hammer!

The Queen Haters!

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 23:31 (twenty years ago)

McClintic Sphere. He's so fucking cool.

― wmlynch (wlynch), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 23:36 (twenty years ago)

Sam Therapy and King Dice

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 00:42 (twenty years ago)

i'm surprised no one has put down jem and the holograms from the 80's cartoon jem. they were awesome i must say.

but i do have a soft spot for their musical nemesis the misfits as well.

― ollie, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 01:15 (twenty years ago)

Drimbl Wedge & The Vegetation (Bedazzled)
http://stabbers.truth.posiweb.net/stabbers/imgs/disco/drimbl_wedge02.jpg

Citizen Dick (Singles) "Tonight we rock Portland!"

Ziggy Stardust.

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 02:01 (twenty years ago)

Secondary votes to Lancelot Link & the Evolution Revolution, and Kidd Video (hey, they did a cute "Where Did Our Love Go").

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 02:11 (twenty years ago)

cotton candy from the ron howard b-movie of the same name!

and, p.s., i just looked up the imdb page on ron's brother clint, who starred in "cotton candy," and noticed that it fell in the middle of this consecutive streak of movies for clint:

"grand theft auto" (1977)
"i never promised you a rose garden" (1977)
"harper valley p.t.a." (1978)
"cotton candy" (1978)
"rock n roll high school" (1979)

i was initially impressed by #3 and #4 in that list, and wondered if he's the only actor in history who's had consecutive roles in movies named after the only major pop hit by a female country singer. (must remember to use that one in a trivia thread sometime.)

then i realized this was a full-on five-picture streak whose titles are a video game, two crossover country smashes, a fictional rock band, and a ramones classic.

in later years he has appeared in "an innocent man" (1989, unclear if billy joel is aware of this one), "ice cream man" (he had the title role in this 1995 pic, whose jonathan richman link may or may not have been coincidental), "that thing you do" (1996, fictional rock hit, yay) and, um, "beethoven's 5th" (2003).

i hereby declare clint howard most.awesome.actor.evah.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 02:47 (twenty years ago)

tie:
The Rutles
The Venus in Furs
The Wonders

― Roxymuzak, Mrs. Carbohydrate (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 02:48 (twenty years ago)

ooh, Dudez A Plenti and Zit Remedy are such good answers!

― Roxymuzak, Mrs. Carbohydrate (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 02:49 (twenty years ago)

i was initially impressed by #3 and #4 in that list

obviously i meant #2 and #3, d'oh.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 02:50 (twenty years ago)

the rutles sucked

― chris andrews (fraew), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 02:52 (twenty years ago)

zip that lip

― Roxymuzak, Mrs. Carbohydrate (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 02:53 (twenty years ago)

The Rutles had some great ones that transcended the parody bit ("Cheese and Onions" is majestic, "Get Up And Go" is almost better than "Get Back," and "I Must Be In Love" would have been huge in 1965).

The Beets really did have something good going on, especially when they got Mr. Bone in with the yodelling. Doug and Skeeter's little garbage can band has also always sort of been the archetype of what I would want making musc to be like...

But the absolute definitive winner and still champeen of the thread is and always will be Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Far and away.

― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 04:25 (twenty years ago)

Yet unmentioned: Those sexy gals from NJ who are big in outer space but can barely get arrested on earth, Krazy, Honey and Woo-Woo, coming together as "Yeah!" (exclamation mark included)

Also, "Leonard and the Love Gods" from Hate comix.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 04:54 (twenty years ago)

Nazgul from George R.R. Martin's "The Armageddon Rag"

― Kevin K (kevin k), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 05:21 (twenty years ago)

The Masked Marauders, and I have their LP!

― nickn (nickn), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 05:22 (twenty years ago)

"Get Up And Go" is almost better than "Get Back"

At times I think it is equal or better! OTM!

― Roxymuzak, Mrs. Carbohydrate (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 05:44 (twenty years ago)

the tool on the stairs in animal house

― W i l l (common_person), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 06:13 (twenty years ago)

I seem to remember Denise Huxtable being really into the Walking Lemons. I trust Denise Huxtable's taste.

― nabiscothingy, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 06:53 (twenty years ago)

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/leatherpromo.jpg

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 08:12 (twenty years ago)

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 08:19 (twenty years ago)

Melisma Marchant

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 14:54 (twenty years ago)

CRUCIAL TAUNT

― 6335, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

The Elastic Snaps.

― patita (patita), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 21:45 (twenty years ago)

The Oneders. Was it The O-needers?

― elgolfo (elgolfo), Thursday, 13 October 2005 13:22 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

On the inner cover of Half Man Half Biscuit's Cammell Laird Social Club, there is an "Also available:" section where a number of fictional albums are pictured. Alongside Jack Charlton Reads The Book of Job, my favourite is probably Those Bones by The Correct Speech Gospel Quartet.

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Saturday, 3 December 2005 21:52 (twenty years ago)

six months pass...

could someone post a picture of the band from The Big Lebowski?

http://cdn-27.cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users8/tinyelvis/tv/big_lebowski--large-msg-1125463516-2.jpg

― Marmotdeth (marmotwolof), Friday, 9 June 2006 06:18 (twenty years ago)

http://www.starwarsholidayspecial.com/images/photos/cantina/cantina_band-th.jpg

― latebloomer's potater chip of the proletariat (latebloomer), Friday, 9 June 2006 06:28 (twenty years ago)

I'm with Tom Carson in thinking that Josie and the Pussycats movie underrated.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 9 June 2006 06:41 (twenty years ago)

Chinese White Bedsock (one for the Archers fans)

― eyesteel (eyesteel), Friday, 9 June 2006 08:17 (twenty years ago)

Georgie Saint and the Sinners.

If anyone remembers seventies australian soap "The Young Doctors" Georgie Saint was the hunky lead singer; looked liek a genetic boss eyed hybrid of leif garret and hulk hogan, think a young Nick Nolte with a lemon juice bleached perm, or a lost member of Razorlight.

If that's not enough then there's always Figrin Da'n and the Modal Nodes from the Mos Eisley Cantina on Tatooine.

― Macro Voyeur (Macro Voyeur), Friday, 9 June 2006 09:02 (twenty years ago)

The Paranoids (from Crying of Lot 49)
I always thought that the Paranoids' (60s psychedelic garagepunks) names were Miles, Dean, Serge and Leonard was just so OTM.

― avery keen-gardner (avery keen-gardner), Friday, 9 June 2006 09:48 (twenty years ago)

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/i/impossi2.jpg

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Friday, 9 June 2006 10:06 (twenty years ago)

The Three Little Bops from Looney Tunes. It was the story of the Three Little Pigs, but in this version they had a jazz band, and instead of wanting to eat them, the big bad wolf wanted to join the band. Unfortunately the wolf was pretty much tone deaf until he managed to kill himself, but "didn't go to heaven, was the other place".

The moral of the story was explained by one of the pigs:

The big, bad wolf, he learned the rules! You gotta get hot to play real cool!

― shorty (shorty), Friday, 9 June 2006 11:53 (twenty years ago)

the Fabulous Stains

4 Jacks And A Jill

Funky See Funky Do

― hank (hank s), Friday, 9 June 2006 12:17 (twenty years ago)

Creme Brulee
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― Neil Stewart (Neil Stewart), Friday, 9 June 2006 12:25 (twenty years ago)

Trying again...
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― Neil Stewart (Neil Stewart), Friday, 9 June 2006 12:26 (twenty years ago)

Trying again...
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― Neil Stewart (Neil Stewart), Friday, 9 June 2006 12:26 (twenty years ago)

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