Your Favorite 'toon Bands

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Your favorite bands that existed only in cartoon/puppet form:

1) The Way-Outs. This from the Flintstones, it was a parody of the British Invasion. I think they came from Mars. Snappy tune: "We're going way out (way out)/ cuz that's where the fun is (way out)"

2) The River Bottom Nightmare Band (was this from Fraggle Rock?) "We hate what we don't understand/ River Bottom Nightmare Band"

― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 21:52 (twenty-two years ago)

River Bottom Nightmare Band A) weren't cartoons! they were muppets, and B) were from Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 21:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Flintstonewise, it's a tossup for me between the Way-Outs and that group that played "Bug Music" (he said yeah, yeah, yeah/she said yeah, yeah, yeah/We said yeah, yeah, yeah/AAAAAHHHH!")

But I really have to give it up for Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem. Animal's the drummer!!

― mike a, Tuesday, 16 March 2004 21:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Jem & The Holograms, obviously.

― Siegbran (eofor), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 21:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Puppetmastaz!

- and the goth-ish, Tom Waits-y trio that acts as background musicians throughout 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'.

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 22:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Crescendolls rule!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 22:27 (twenty-two years ago)

WE DONT BRUSH OUR TEETH
CUZ OUR TOOTHACHE WILL HELP US STAY MEEEEAAAAAN
THE GRASS
DOES NOT GROW
ON THE PLACES WHERE WE STOP AND STAAAAAAAAAAAND

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 22:35 (twenty-two years ago)

wait do monkeys count? cuz if so then my vote is for lancelot link and the evolution revolution.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 22:37 (twenty-two years ago)

the banana splits
big ups to The Electric Mayhem!

my fave Muppet musical act was Don Music
(Mary had a... had a... Mary had a... Oh, I'll never get it! plonk plonk plonk smash)

― autovac (autovac), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 22:46 (twenty-two years ago)

mystik! spiral!

― reo, Tuesday, 16 March 2004 22:49 (twenty-two years ago)

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

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 22:55 (twenty-two years ago)

The Northern Pikes

― Captain Sleep (Captain Sleep), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 23:15 (twenty-two years ago)

do the pooh sticks count?

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 23:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Do the pooh sticks count?

Only to ten, Mudhead!

Best toon band? The Archies, of course. "Sugar Sugar" is eternal, "Jingle Jangle" is close behind, when it comes to tambourine, nobody's better than Betty!

Honourable mention: the Beau Brummelstones

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 00:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Best toon band? The Archies, of course. "Sugar Sugar" is eternal, "Jingle Jangle" is close behind,

not to mention the impossibly catchy "bang shang-a-lang."

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 00:34 (twenty-two years ago)

toon band cover connections:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd900/d942/d94286b7687.jpg http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc900/c984/c98482dopxl.jpg

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 00:37 (twenty-two years ago)

oops, i mean:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd900/d942/d94286b7687.jpg http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc900/c984/c98482dopxl.jpg

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 00:40 (twenty-two years ago)

As far as the flintstones go, I liked the Beau Brummelstones. Also a big fan of the Alvin and the Chipmunks cover of "Puttin' on the Ritz"

― Joe Ross, Wednesday, 17 March 2004 00:45 (twenty-two years ago)

leonard & the love gods

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 00:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I SCREAM YOU SCREAM WE ALL SCREAM FOR MILLER-IN-THE-CAN!!!!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 01:09 (twenty-two years ago)

ROCK ROCK ROCK ROCK ROCK 'N' ROLL DEATH CAMP

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 01:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I got blood on my ampalang!

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 17 March 2004 01:14 (twenty-two years ago)

BLURILLAZ

― asgfaedfg (adamth), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 01:22 (twenty-two years ago)

riverbottom nightmare band, if they counted (which they don't).

i'm going with the crescendolls.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 01:51 (twenty-two years ago)

da gorillaz and the misfits.
Leonard and the love gods rock.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 02:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Billy and the Boingers.

― Jonathan (Jonathan), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 02:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Dennis and the Din-Makers

― Ben Dot (1977), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 02:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Faith Plus One

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 02:51 (twenty-two years ago)

MC Pee Pants

― Nate in ST.P (natedetritus), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 03:19 (twenty-two years ago)

MADD RAPPER

― $corpium ($corpium), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 03:41 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.forgotten-ny.com/forgottenblog/SugarBearsCD.jpg

― maypang (maypang), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 04:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Generation O! eh?

― Daniel DiMAGGIO (Daniel DiMAGGIO), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 04:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I vote for Josie and the Pussycats. Hey, the Go Gos had to have had a precursor.

― jim wentworth (wench), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 05:06 (twenty-two years ago)

They WEREN'T cartoons,BUT... The Mosquitos;Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Fred, were the best TV band ever.
The Archies own this thread, though.

― Speedy (Speedy Gonzalas), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 06:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Prozzak.

― Xii (Xii), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 07:51 (twenty-two years ago)

The Northern Pikes

That's what came to my mind, too.

― abegrand, Wednesday, 17 March 2004 08:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Far out in front is Elwy and the Tree Weasels. ("Watch me twitch, hey!")

Distant second is Stinky Wizzleteats. ("If'n you ain't the grand-daddy of all liars! The little critters of nature... They don't know that they're ugly! That's very funny, a fly marrying a bumblebee! I told you I'd shoot! But you didn't believe me! Why didn't you believe me?!")

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 08:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Homer's band the B sharpes from the simpsons deserve a mention. As do The Jackson five for the video for 'ABC' taken from their short lived cartoon series. Though I agree with the contention that The Archies own this thread, it would be foolhardy to ignore the guitarist in the opening credits to The Funky Fantom.

― lukey (Lukey G), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 09:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Has a Banana Splits album ever been released? I haven't seen the programme in years but I remember the music in it as being a kinda soul-influenced bubblegummy K-K type thang - my False Memory tells me it was preety good.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 10:01 (twenty-two years ago)

there was one banana splits LP, "we're the banana splits," which for the past several years has been intermittently available as part of a bootleg cd that combines the album with a bunch of extra banana splits tracks plus an album's worth of tracks from another tv group, the beagles. at least i'm pretty sure it's a bootleg. maybe there was a legitimate cd release way back when that's been copied by shady underground cartoon bootleggers. either way, if you like soul-influenced bubblegummy k-k things, you totally want it if you can find it. their psychedelia homage "i enjoy being a boy" is one of the greatest songs of the bubblegum era. there are lots of other goodies to be found here too.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 15:26 (twenty-two years ago)

and it looks like this:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre800/e848/e84808x0dxj.jpg

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 15:27 (twenty-two years ago)

...and which belongs here

― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 15:30 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00002DESZ.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000002KNX.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.americanroyalarts.com/library/HB65.jpg

http://www.animationusa.com/picts/wbpict/bubba.gif

http://www.flash.net/~park29/leopoldo.jpg

http://members.tripod.com/~BobCurry2/bandold.jpg

http://www.cswu.cz/soundtracks/sw-single1.jpg

http://www.festivalcitybigband.com/images_members/muppets-animal.jpg

― christoff (christoff), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 18:05 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/images/Records%20Page/rec-creativity.JPG

― christoff (christoff), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 18:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Speedy, I believe the fourth Mosquito was not "Fred" but "Irving." Unless we're thinking of two separate groups...

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 18:38 (twenty-two years ago)

the banana splits, yeah.

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 18:56 (twenty-two years ago)

the california raisins did more to shape my musical taste than any other band

― Flotsam of the Fishfolk (Flotsam of the Fishfolk), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 20:09 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.pil.20m.com/tl.jpg

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 20:19 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.beefheart.com/datharp/pictures/pulsestrip.jpg

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 20:22 (twenty-two years ago)

The Chattanooga Cats. I don't know much about this cartoon, but I really like the creepy song they did called Birthday Suit.

― maypang (maypang), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 20:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Speedy, I believe the fourth Mosquito was not "Fred" but "Irving
Quite possibly. It has been years since I saw that Gilligan episode.

― Speedy (Speedy Gonzalas), Thursday, 18 March 2004 07:26 (twenty-two years ago)

My mark ups are not working!

― Speedy (Speedy Gonzalas), Thursday, 18 March 2004 07:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Kiss

― Chris Clark (Chris Clark), Thursday, 18 March 2004 14:40 (twenty-two years ago)

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