The 23 Best Fake Bands Of Film And TV

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The average lifespan of a band involves everything from playing gigs to breaking up then eventually reuniting, but a fictional band can experience all of the growing pains in one movie or TV episode. Sometimes these make-believe acts are silly and sometimes they're actually good enough to make viewers want to own their songs. Regardless, fictional bands entertain us, which is why we've picked our 23 favorites (and yes, we know we left out semi-fake artists like Spinal Tap and Flight of the Conchords). Check out these fictional groups below and relive their greatest hits.

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[Pierogi kid]

09:10 AM on 07/13/2011

The Schmenge Brothers band The Happy Wanderers from "The Last Polka"
Cabbage Rolls and Coffee Um Um Good

[SlurmsMcKenzie]

01:07 PM on 07/13/2011

I own that vhs tape some where !

[gregory57]

09:20 PM on 07/12/2011

Ricky and the Balloons? The Guess Who - Glamour Boy

[gregory57]

09:19 PM on 07/12/2011

Otis Day and the Knights? Animal House

"Do you mind if we dance wif yo' dates?"

[gregory57]

09:16 PM on 07/12/2011

Benny and the Jets?

[gregory57]

09:14 PM on 07/12/2011

The Banana Splits?

[gregory57]

09:03 PM on 07/12/2011

The Blues Brothers?!

[gregory57]

09:00 PM on 07/12/2011

Crucial Taunt: Wayne's World.

[Pierogi kid]

07:58 PM on 07/12/2011

made for TV movie "cotton candy" with manager ron howard also "the band" on Happy days (that was their name) and Leather and the Suedes headed by Pinky Tuscadero's sister Leather (Suzi Quatro) The commitments and the Barbusters from Michael J Fox and Joan Jett flick light of day. Also how about the Five Heartbeats?

[GaryNOVA]

04:36 PM on 07/12/2011

Gl;ad to see Frozen Embryos from My So Called Life. BUT...

Missing;

*Spinal Tap (it doesn't matter if there's a disclaimer ... this is unaccepatable)
*The Lone Rangers: movie "Airheads"
*Q Lazarus : "Silence of the Lambs"
*Autobahn: "the Big Laboswi"
* F..U Yankee Bluejeans : "Clerks"
*Wicked Sceptre: Mr. Show w/Bob&Dave
*Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes: Mos Eisley Star Wars Band
*The California Rasins
*Rod Torfulson's Armada featuring Herman Menderchuk : The Kids in the Hall

[gregory57]

09:01 PM on 07/12/2011

Great list. Herman Mendercuhk! Gotta love it.

[GaryNOVA]

01:22 PM on 07/13/2011

I saved the best for last.

[terry63]

03:55 PM on 07/12/2011

Never heard of most of these guys. Didnt the Monkeys do some of this? I know that they played their own music later in their carrier but I think they were a studio fake at the start. If so they should be number one as they are a staple of television rock bands. Maybe even the first and by all means the most popular.

[Oregonian76]

02:56 PM on 07/12/2011

Uhh... where's Spinal Tap? Yes, they do actually play their music, but they are and will always be the "number 1 fake band". I don't even like them and I say their exclusion from this list is not just an oversight, but a travesty.

The list is further invalidated by Wyld Stallyns not being in the top 5...

[stagebandman]

02:46 PM on 07/12/2011

Come on, THE ARCHIES!!!!! They actually had a number one song (Sugar, Sugar).

I assume they meant to leave out shows and movies that were made about bands, like The Partridge Family and "Eddie And The Cruisers", but then there's Ellen Aim and The Sorels from "Streets Of Fire" that should be included.

And before anyone mentions them, The Monkees may have been a fabricated band, but they were a real group, and toured for many many years, and still going.

[Alessandro Ambrossio]

02:00 PM on 07/12/2011

No clash at demonhead?

[Dominick Roffo]

01:57 PM on 07/12/2011

How could they forget Eddie and the Cruisers???

[CRMurray]

01:22 PM on 07/12/2011

I was hoping the Beets would be on here from Doug. Everyone knows Killer Tofu!