Thirteen Movie Bands Better Than Real Bands
Lots of films create fictional bands, but there’s only a few that you think– why can’t I get the album or see them live? Here are nine of our favorite movie bands that we wish were real. Send us your favorites.
13. Wyld Stallyns
Bill S. Preston, Esq. and Ted Theodore Logan. Carlin loved them. They saved the world in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Nough Said.
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12. Barry Jive and the Uptown Five
They were once Sonic Death Monkey. They would soon be Kathleen Turner Overdrive but on one perfect night they were were Barry Jive and the Uptown Five. The world is better for it. Thank you High Fidelity.
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11. The Folksmen
The brilliance of A Mighty Wind is that it so accurate lampoons the harmless folk music genre and at the same time makes amazing music that could have come out of that era.
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10. Sexual Chocolate
There was one great thing about Sexual Chocolate and it wasn’t the music. That thing is of course Randy Watson’s Jheri curl. Please, keep that thing away from open flames. And the showmanship! It’s all about the showmanship.
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9. The Commitments
Here’s a great band of kids from Dublin must overcome the fact that they are the antithesis of soul (white AND from Ireland). Against those odds, they’re able to get their act together and belt out some great ones.
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8. The Wonders
Okay they only really had one song but they played That Thing You Do so well. And you can’t tell me you didn’t love that song every time it came on in the movie? Those clean cut teens really had something and we all wanted to hear what else the One-ders had to offer.
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7. Cap’n Geech & The Shrimp Shack Shooters
Even though the Wonders were great, they may have been overshadowed by their counterparts Cap’n Geech & The Shrimp Shack Shooters. Not only was Cap’n Geech all about partying on the beach and having a good time, but they also had matching sailor uniforms. Oh, and their name is ten times more amazing.
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6. The Blues Brothers
Jake and Elwood. They were the meaning of cool. How many real bands have used them as inspiration..if for nothing else…knowing how to wear a hat.
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5. Stillwater
The perfect pastiche of a 70’s rock band during rock’s declining period in Almost Famous. Everything about Stillwater, their attitude, image, and music were all so dead on. Cameron Crowe could have easily lied to us and told everyone this was just a real band that we’d all overlooked.
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4. The Soggy Bottom Boys
The great thing about the Soggy Bottom Boys is that they just thought they were singing into some tin can. Little did they know that they’d become such a huge phenomenon, and if they did then maybe they wouldn’t have to result to criminal acts. Oh, and they sang into a can.
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3. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Who needs that sellout Tommy Gnosis? Give us Hedwig and her band of misfits any day of the week. It’s too bad they have to shadow tommy by playing the crummiest chain restaurants and coffee shops, they deserve much better. Damn Hedwig, I can’t believe you’re not a real band, you’re sooo fine.
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2. Sex Bob-omb
Scott Pilgrim’s kick ass garage band from Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Although Scott seems pretty loosely interested in actually playing. They may not be the most popular band, and they may not be the most fine tuned, but damn if they aren’t loud and full of piss.
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1. This is Spinal Tap
What even needs to be said?
