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The River Bottom Nightmare Band
Venus in Furs
Jet Screamer

― bsj30 (bsj30), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:28 (eighteen years ago) link

I don't know how to do it, so could someone post a picture of the band from The Big Lebowski?

― peepee (peepee), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:34 (eighteen years ago) link

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0810939983.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Sprocc, master of the splingtwanger from Planet Blipp.

― brianiac (briania), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:44 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.kungfunation.com/ProductImages/sho/wyc-dtl.jpg

― disco violence (disco violence), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:48 (eighteen years ago) link

WYLD STALLIONS

― Jonothong Williamsmang (ex machina), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:49 (eighteen years ago) link

C.w. McCall

― Max, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:50 (eighteen years ago) link

johnny bravo

from the bunch, when greg was "discovered" and was going to be a rock star.

― nein Socken (nein Socken), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:51 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.briandepalma.net/images/sign.jpg

― josh w (jbweb), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:58 (eighteen years ago) link

johnny bravo
he fits the suit

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:00 (eighteen years ago) link

Fiends In Human Form (from the book Infinite Jest)

― larry, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:13 (eighteen years ago) link

the Beets, seconded

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:13 (eighteen years ago) link

DUDEZ A PLENTI

― pauI, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:14 (eighteen years ago) link

Still no mention of Disaster Area?

Well, there is now.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:42 (eighteen years ago) link

That big list of band names in the Illuminatus trilogy to thread

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Eddie & The Cruisers

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

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

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 (eighteen years ago) link

river bottom nightmare band seconded!

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

Rod Torfleson's Armada featuring Herman Menderchuck

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

The Carrie Nations

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

I have a Jimmy Thudpucker album.

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

the gorillaz

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

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 (eighteen years ago) link

Terminal Crash Fear!

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

Chris Gaines

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

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

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

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

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

Blues Hammer!

The Queen Haters!

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

McClintic Sphere. He's so fucking cool.

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

Sam Therapy and King Dice

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

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

tie:
The Rutles
The Venus in Furs
The Wonders

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

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

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

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 (eighteen years ago) link

the rutles sucked

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

zip that lip

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

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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

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

The Masked Marauders, and I have their LP!

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

"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 (eighteen years ago) link

the tool on the stairs in animal house

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

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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

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

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

Melisma Marchant

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

CRUCIAL TAUNT

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

The Elastic Snaps.

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

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Los Punkitos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AClcybq5e0

― Moka, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 21:58 (thirteen years ago) link

I can't believe I forgot this one: The Takeaways!

David Reyne lipsync fail...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-6gn6ysYkM

― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link

love that clip

― keeley mod (electricsound), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link

Sweet & Sour was one of my fave TV shows. Man, I loved that damn song!

― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 23:16 (thirteen years ago) link

Driveshaft, of Lost.

But not really. It's just the only one I can think of.

― kelpolaris, Thursday, 13 May 2010 03:50 (thirteen years ago) link

"The hero of Espadair Street"

ie. danny weir aka. weirD and his band frozen gold. not as funny and glib an answer as some of the above, but that's a good book by one of my favorite authors (iain banks) the whole mythos and minutiae of the fictional band is really fleshed out well

also third or fourthing wyld stallyns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHBwryfycvk

― messiahwannabe, Thursday, 13 May 2010 05:46 (thirteen years ago) link

eight years pass...

Sacrifyx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mXAB3HO160

― peace, man, Thursday, 7 February 2019 16:07 (five years ago) link

Goggly Gogol

http://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/styles/full/public/image/clockwork-orange-a-1971-014-malcolm-mcdowell-record-store.jpg?itok=ecM-q9AZ

― Ex Slacker, Saturday, 9 February 2019 03:52 (five years ago) link

I had a Pavement tour EP that claimed they were touring with... *finds sleeve*

The Flotilla Chips
Parchmen
Temple's People
Slavegrinders
The Skin Music

Perhaps not 'favourites', but I've long assumed that they were all pretty bitchin', in a non-existent kind of way.

― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 9 February 2019 04:37 (five years ago) link

BIM

― yuh yuh (morrisp), Saturday, 9 February 2019 04:55 (five years ago) link

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