Imaginary Tribute Bands!

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The Whom -- Who covers done in the style of Wham!

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 8 June 2003 04:58 (twenty-two years ago)

REM DMC - Southern college rock with two turntables and a microphone.

― Paul Cox (paul cox), Sunday, 8 June 2003 05:02 (twenty-two years ago)

The Alan Parsons Prostate - Iron Prostate does a track-by-track cover of I Robot

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 8 June 2003 05:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Jaw Division -- Slam poetry readings at a reconstructed Hacienda.

Fra.T.u. -- Russian college boys celebrating their inner lesbians.

― David A. (Davant), Sunday, 8 June 2003 05:22 (twenty-two years ago)

k.L.A.A.T.u. -- exactly what you think it is

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 8 June 2003 05:26 (twenty-two years ago)

k.L.A.A.T.u. -- Heh.

B-Low -- Mormon minimalists who love cocaine.

― David A. (Davant), Sunday, 8 June 2003 05:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Roger Wilco Troutman - alt-country funk

― Paul Cox (paul cox), Sunday, 8 June 2003 05:41 (twenty-two years ago)

(Paul Cox wins, but I already had this one written out):

Dawg Power -- hip hop covers of Chan Marshall tunes.

― David A. (Davant), Sunday, 8 June 2003 05:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Sputnik Drake -- Sigue Sigue Sputnik cover "Pink Moon" and sell it to Volkswagen

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 8 June 2003 05:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Can't -- Sid Vicious gets about 14 seconds into "Yoo Doo Right," fucks up, and dies onstage

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 8 June 2003 06:20 (twenty-two years ago)

HA!

― Paul Cox (paul cox), Sunday, 8 June 2003 06:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Run MDC -- millions of dead DJs

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 8 June 2003 06:31 (twenty-two years ago)

MDJ!

― disco stu (disco stu), Sunday, 8 June 2003 06:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Micro-Kiss -- Detroit Vocalcity

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 8 June 2003 06:51 (twenty-two years ago)

a reference to Mini Kiss, the midget Kiss tribute "band"

http://www.nyblade.com/pics/030425nightlife.jpg

(the guy on the bottom isn't in the band)

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 8 June 2003 06:54 (twenty-two years ago)

miss kiss and the hacker

― disco stu (disco stu), Sunday, 8 June 2003 07:11 (twenty-two years ago)

kiss and the revolution

― disco stu (disco stu), Sunday, 8 June 2003 07:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Beavis and Butterfield

http://64.95.118.51/images/opti/57/54/87180-resized200.jpg

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 8 June 2003 12:33 (twenty-two years ago)

(a Butterfield Blues Band tribute act plays while two teenage boys look on and make sarcastic comments)

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 8 June 2003 12:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Gang of Five - post-punk Jackson 5 covers

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Sunday, 8 June 2003 12:41 (twenty-two years ago)

haha!

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 8 June 2003 12:42 (twenty-two years ago)

~~two teenage boys~~ s trife

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 8 June 2003 12:42 (twenty-two years ago)

rodeohead : yorke 'n the boys in a C&W stylee

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Sunday, 8 June 2003 12:46 (twenty-two years ago)

"Packt Like Chewin' Tobacco in a Crushd Tin Box"

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 8 June 2003 12:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Augustus Pablo Cruise - dubbed out lite favorites

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Sunday, 8 June 2003 13:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Run-D.M.T.--psychedelic old-school

Momustn't--analog baroque tunes rewritten with a Christian message

― Douglas (Douglas), Sunday, 8 June 2003 13:16 (twenty-two years ago)

DEF - ABC reunites, rerecords all their old stuff as rap songs

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Sunday, 8 June 2003 13:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Spizzee Rascal -- "Where's Captain Kirk?" goes UKG

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 8 June 2003 13:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Non-Enon & On and On - Boyd Rice & Biz Markee team up to freestyle over instrumental versions of the songs on High Society

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Sunday, 8 June 2003 13:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Big Cunt -- Martha Stewart "redecorates" the Stuart Adamson oeuvre

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 8 June 2003 13:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Avril Labradford

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 8 June 2003 14:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Gastr De La Soul

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 8 June 2003 14:33 (twenty-two years ago)

And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead Kennedys

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 8 June 2003 14:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Dewey, Cheatham, Wakeman, and Howe -- if you've been injured, you may be entitled to rock out to this ambulance-chasin' Yes tribute band!!

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 8 June 2003 15:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Rollerskate Skinny Puppy

― Andrzej B. (Andrzej B.), Sunday, 8 June 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Geriatric Furs -- Richard Butler and co. cover their own tunes, ca. 2030, bring whole new meaning to "Sleep Comes Down". Butler amazes by actually remembering all song lyrics.

Roky Music -- The glam rock gods live on in the stylings of a psychedelic rocker who's a bit, um, touched.

No -- A group of contrarian prog-rock fans falls apart as soon as the group leader insists that no, he won't be the round about, damn it. [I know this band's been done before. This is different.]

*points to above* Lame?

― Dee the Lurker (Dee the Lurker), Sunday, 8 June 2003 15:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Siamese Dream Theater - "Today" performed in 13/8, "Disarm" as an epic 11-minute guitar/keyboard duel

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 8 June 2003 15:19 (twenty-two years ago)

The Richard D. James Calum

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 8 June 2003 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)

This is real, so it doesn't exactly qualify, but I'm currently one of the prime movers behind an ad hoc ensemble called "Cheap Painters" : Cheap Trick songs perfomed in the style of the Red House Painters. I have a session in about an hour to put the finishing touches on our version of "Up The Creek" (Yes, it's just as bad as the original--our version of "She's Tight," OTOH, is pretty nice).

― J (Jay), Sunday, 8 June 2003 15:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Also real - Gabba who I believe are Abba in the style of the Ramones, and vice versa

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 8 June 2003 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)

The Karpenters - German heavy metal versions of Can't Smile Without You. Kraven Karpenter would be their lead vocalist.

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 8 June 2003 16:41 (twenty-two years ago)

the barry white stripes. a new-style power trio: guitar, basso profundo, drums.

― fact checking cuz, Sunday, 8 June 2003 16:47 (twenty-two years ago)

oh dear, there is already a Karpenters but they aren't German or heavy metal.

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 8 June 2003 16:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Solution 8

All Tar covers, all the time. Dance steps included.

― mosurock (mosurock), Sunday, 8 June 2003 17:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Heart of Glass: Minimalist new wave.

― JS Williams (js williams), Sunday, 8 June 2003 17:10 (twenty-two years ago)

When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Waterboys -- art-pop covers of Mike Scott songs

Kathleen Hanna Barbera -- Bikini Kill and Le Tigre songs, performed in Yogi Bear and Quick Draw McGraw voices. Not to be confused with the Joan Jettsons.

Transformers -- Lou Reed songs performed by Optimus Prime and friends. http://www.wkyc.com/assetpool//images/0331941134_optimus1.jpg

― JesseFox (JesseFox), Sunday, 8 June 2003 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Steely of A Down- Nu Metal never sounded so complex.

― brg30 (brg30), Sunday, 8 June 2003 19:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Cope Shoot Cope - Julian Cope covers played with two bassists, a sampler and a found-sound/odds'n'ends drummer.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 8 June 2003 20:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Poi Division - Joy Division covers played Hawaiian-style (ukeleles).

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 8 June 2003 20:35 (twenty-two years ago)

T.A.A.T.U.U - their Estonian equivalent.

Eiffel '66 - replacing the choruses of all their songs with "One world cup and two world wars, oh-oh, oh-oh!"

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 8 June 2003 20:38 (twenty-two years ago)

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Television Vamp
The Barry White Stripes
Belle and Sebastian Bach

― rainman (rainman), Friday, 16 January 2004 22:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Bikini Killing Joke
Guided By Vortis
Murder by Duath
Dillinger For Fighting

Alex in NYC should have come up with Bikini Killing Joke. For shame!

― Voltairine de Chomsky, Saturday, 17 January 2004 02:47 (twenty-one years ago)

No La Tengo

Liz Fare

― nickn (nickn), Saturday, 17 January 2004 07:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Red Hot Chili/chocolate treats - The soundtrack of Chocolat played by aging californian rockers.

― Jole, Saturday, 17 January 2004 08:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow! some really brilliant ideas so far. I love "Belle and Sebastian Bach", but the absolute best is "Aerosmiths". Here's some more:

Pet Shop Boyz II Men
The Magnetic Field Mice
Thelonious Monkees
Bronski Beatles

― daavid, Sunday, 18 January 2004 03:26 (twenty-one years ago)

A couple more:

Kenny G-Spot - Sleazy soft jazz
Bauhouse - House covers of Bauhaus

― daavid, Sunday, 18 January 2004 03:52 (twenty-one years ago)

"If You Can't Think Of A Good Name, Then Don't Have One - A Tribute To Neutral Milk Hotel
-- William Bloody Swygart (thingummy9...), January 16th, 2004."

*applause*

― Stupid (Stupid), Sunday, 18 January 2004 04:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Name TBA, but a Japanese schoolgirl doing Henry Rollins spoken word would be nice.

― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Sunday, 18 January 2004 05:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Explosions in the Skylab - Texas post-rockers who support GW's Mars plan

― Leee Majors (Leee), Sunday, 18 January 2004 06:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Cure Phase - Robert Smith soundalike who sings about smack and God

― Leee Majors (Leee), Sunday, 18 January 2004 07:01 (twenty-one years ago)

The Plaid Dog - Ed + Andy and Ken -- REUNITED!

― Leee Majors (Leee), Sunday, 18 January 2004 07:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Godspeed You Black Francis!

― Leee Majors (Leee), Sunday, 18 January 2004 07:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Queeritualized - Spacey drone rock with a homoerotic slant.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 January 2004 07:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Queens of the Stonewall - gay stoner rock
Joyce Carol Hall & Oates
Rectal Vagina
Steppenpeanutbutterwolf - Born to be vinyl
William the Orbital - it had to happen eventually

― Leee Majors (Leee), Sunday, 18 January 2004 07:20 (twenty-one years ago)

"Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Divas!" - cross-dressing spuds, currently performing in a spectacular double-bill with futuristic Neil/Nell Young act "Trans".

― jazz odysseus, Sunday, 18 January 2004 08:10 (twenty-one years ago)

However well-intentioned, tribute band "Hardly Nomi" just can't seem to hit the high notes.

― jazz odysseus, Sunday, 18 January 2004 08:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Former Beverly Hills 90210 star pays tribute to metal - get your tickets now! One night only: "Judas Priestley"!

― jazz odysseus, Sunday, 18 January 2004 08:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, relive the glory of NWOBHM hits with "Maiden Voyage: The Story of Eddie".

― jazz odysseus, Sunday, 18 January 2004 08:26 (twenty-one years ago)

The Apprenticeship of Lenny Kravitz
They Might Also Be Giants
Let Another Man Come In And Do The Popcorn: The Hits of James Brown

― jazz odysseus, Sunday, 18 January 2004 08:40 (twenty-one years ago)

The Allmost Brothers

― jazz odysseus, Sunday, 18 January 2004 08:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Small Faces / Black Sabbath cover band "Ozzy and Marriott"

― jazz odysseus, Sunday, 18 January 2004 08:48 (twenty-one years ago)

A friends suggestion.

Nurse With Unwound

― mzui, Sunday, 18 January 2004 08:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Totally Fired, featuring ex-Fall members

― jazz odysseus, Sunday, 18 January 2004 09:28 (twenty-one years ago)

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Deadheads

― jazz odysseus, Sunday, 18 January 2004 09:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Black Oak Arkestra

― jazz odysseus, Sunday, 18 January 2004 09:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Y Can't Lou Reed

― jazz odysseus, Sunday, 18 January 2004 09:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Lest We Foghat

― jazz odysseus, Sunday, 18 January 2004 09:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Big Black Star - I don't know what to say but theres three bands in there

Limp Bizkit and Nico - impotence meets decadence

The Forearms - parapelegics doing Shins covers

The Hard Girls - steroid laden female bodybilders singing "I Wanna Destroy You" sounds frightening

Gloria Estefan and the Air Miami Sound Machine - Mark Robinson going south of the border!

Public Image Limited Flow - El-P awkardly raps over post-punk dirges

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Sunday, 18 January 2004 10:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Pogues Dog Pondering...

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Sunday, 18 January 2004 15:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Pansy Multiplication

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 18 January 2004 15:56 (twenty-one years ago)

nine months pass...

rodeohead : yorke 'n the boys in a C&W stylee
-- mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchnet7...), June 8th, 2003 1:46 PM.

not imaginary anymore!!

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 09:41 (twenty years ago)

BUSTY -- the Busted tribute band, as performed by chiX0rs.

― Catty (Catty), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 12:23 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...

the white stipes
the fiona apples in stereo

― megan m. (bang-clank equipment), Saturday, 5 February 2005 05:06 (twenty years ago)

In college I was in a Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem cover band called:
"Big and Deadly But Not Really Very Cool". We didn't actually do any
cover tunes, so it was imaginary, in a sense.

― shieldforyoureyes, Saturday, 5 February 2005 05:37 (twenty years ago)

Shoegazi -- you know, Shoegazer versions of Fugazi, etc.

― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 5 February 2005 05:58 (twenty years ago)

SHAMELESSLY AND BLATANTLY STOLEN FROM LUDIC KID...

TRIBUTE BANDS

Lo Tenía
Public Enemy No. 3
No Rush
A Tribe That, For Legal Reasons, Cannot Be Called Quest
Fauxgazi
Mother of Pearl Jam
Almos Def
The Additional Replacements

WORST POSSIBLE BAND NAMES

Brak Rebel Motorcycle Club
Yanni Yates Yazz
We've Got a Mother Box and We're Gonna Use It
D'Souza Q
Burning Speer
...And You Will Know Us By the Traces of Feces
Insane Grown Potsie
Hope Drops a Floatie
I'm Waiting for McMahon
Hulk Smash Puny Hymen
Shah Nah Nah
The Scene is Mao
Quisling Cousins
Get Giuffria On
Sahara Hotnuts
The Inappropriate Umlauts
Rocket from the Womb
The Erotic Adventures of Uday
Lady Miss Udo Kier
The Executioner's Schlong
I.M. Stoned Weekly
Ronnie James Deus ex Machina
Placenta Vawoman
RAHOWArd Jones
Nick Nickelback's Dumbassssssssss Song

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Saturday, 5 February 2005 06:25 (twenty years ago)

Lamprey, Hairbricks, and McCartnipple.

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Saturday, 5 February 2005 17:08 (twenty years ago)

Das Kinky Boots - the music from The Avengers recreated via steam valves and shouting German men with beards.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 5 February 2005 17:27 (twenty years ago)

Nuge As The News

A Cat Power cover band doing the songs in the style of Ted Nugent.

- OR -

A Ted Nugent cover band doing the songs in the style of Cat Power.

either way, its GOLD. and my idea. you hear?

Poon

An all-female Spoon cover band.

[not my idea but i think i want to do this.]

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Saturday, 5 February 2005 17:30 (twenty years ago)

Terra Firma Thighs and Buttocks- Antagonistic British rap for the Bridget Jones set.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 5 February 2005 17:32 (twenty years ago)

Razorloight- Brummie indie.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 5 February 2005 17:33 (twenty years ago)

Half David, Half Sullivan - the songs of Half Man Half Biscuit except with all proper names replaced with 'David Sullivan', e.g 'David Sullivan Is Alive - Why?', 'Visitor For David Sullivan', 'Used To Be In David Sullivan', 'David Sullivan - Anchorman', 'Hair Like David Sullivan Blues' etc.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 5 February 2005 17:36 (twenty years ago)

Menswurr - Wiltshire Britpop.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 5 February 2005 17:38 (twenty years ago)

"Doody Now For the Future: A Scatological Tribute to Devo"

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 5 February 2005 18:34 (twenty years ago)

"Poon

An all-female Spoon cover band.

[not my idea but i think i want to do this.] "

I like it. I lolled lightly at that.

― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 5 February 2005 18:45 (twenty years ago)

The Utah Jazzanova
The Zutones - the bluetones with a saxophone bit every now and then
(The Imitation) Tuesday Weld
Phishshifter
Go East

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 5 February 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Brother Bobsleigh - all male Sister Sledge tribute
Rosetta Stone - one woman (called Etta) Stone Roses tribute
Busker Dü - street performers do Husker Dü

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 27 April 2006 07:50 (nineteen years ago)

four years pass...

Jaco Homo: devo songs performed in jazzwank-fusion stylee

― (ಠ▃ಠ)o ((cloud)) (crüt), Monday, 15 November 2010 22:27 (fourteen years ago)

U2FO -- answer songs to "roxanne, roxanne" performed with lots of guiter delay, and occasionally interrupted by calls from foreign heads of state.

― fact checking cuz, Monday, 15 November 2010 23:48 (fourteen years ago)

trey songz: ohia - plaintive indie-rock remixed for your lady

― fact checking cuz, Monday, 15 November 2010 23:55 (fourteen years ago)

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