Rock trivia 7 is about those Bands from record, TV, Video, DVD who used nom de plumes etc Autobahn – film - Kraftwerk spoof band in The Big Lebowski - some priests in an episode of Father Ted also did a splendid Kraftwerk impersonation once Bad News – TV - Comic Strip heavy metal spoof band featuring Vim Fuego, Spider Webb, Den Dennis and Colin Griggson - they actually played at Reading and got canned off Barking Spiders – Record – Alias for Aussie band Cold Chisel Barry Jive & The Uptown Five – film - originally Sonic Death Monkey and nearly called Kathleen Turner Overdrive. Featured in High Fidelity as did The Kinky Wizards Benny & The Jets – record - legendary band from an Elton John song Breaking Glass – film - band from film of same name featuring singer Hazel O'Connor and sax player Jonathan Pryce Carl & The Passions – record - early name of the Beach Boys which they later resurrected for an album title Creme Brulee – TV - 70s band featured in League Of Gentlemen Crucial Taunt – film - terrible 80s style band that Wayne's girlfriend plays bass for in the Wayne's World films Dingo Ate My Baby – TV - band featured in Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Oz the werewolf played bass for them Disaster Area – radio book & TV - from Douglas Adams' The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe - the best place to hear them is from a concrete bunker 37 miles from the stage Earl Vince & The Valiants – record - (early) Fleetwood Mac pseudonym used for a b side track called Someone's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes – film - that weird band playing in a bar in the original Star Wars film Flame – film -Slade as they appeared in the film Slade In Flame Frozen Gold – book - Ian Banks' invented band for his novel Espedair Street Glen Ponder and Chalet – TV Alan Partridge's house band - Aha! Heaven 17 – book - & film  - originally the name of a fictional band in A Clockwork Orange as were The Blow Goes, Comic Strips, The Mixers, The Sharks, The Humpers, The Legend, Bread Brothers, Johnny Zhivago, Cyclops and Goggly Gogol Jim MacClaine & The Stray Cats – Film - David Essex's band in Stardust with Keith moon , dave edmunds. Jocks Wa-Hey – TV - Glasgow band featured in the appalling TV show The Young Person's Guide To Being A Rock Star Josie & The Pussycats – film - all-girl group from film of same name Keelhaul – computer game- feature in Escape From Monkey Island computer game Kipper – film - band featuring Robin Asquith and Duffy out of Please Sir in an odd afro wig in the film Confessions Of A Pop Performer Maxwell Demon & The Venus In Furs – film - Brian Slade's creation in Velvet Goldmine, which also featured the Iggy Pop-esque Curt Wild & The Wylde Ratttz – Mayhem – TV - punk rock band featured in an episode of Quincy - hooray! Naz Nomad & The Nightmares  -  Record - The Damned pseudonym for their 60s style album Give Daddy The Knife Cindy Otis Day & The Knights – film - band featured in the film Animal House PJ And Duncan - record/TV - Ant and Dec's characters in the kids TV show Byker Grove. they had a couple of hits under that name apparently Rock Follies – TV – Record – 1970’s show featuring Julie covington Ruben & The Jets – record - Frank Zappa and The Mothers doo-wop spin-off Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – record - The Beatles, of course. John Lennon mentions Charles Hawtrey & The Deaf-Aids from the roof of Apple on the Let It Be album. There was an awful film made of the Sgt. Pepper album featuring the Bee Gees etc. Todd Rundgren's Utopia made a fine if slightly odd spoof Beatles album called Deface The Music, and of course we can't forget... Shelley Maze - TV - 70's tv show featuring charlotte cornwall Smeg & The Heads – TV - band once featured in Red Dwarf Soggy Bottom Boys – film - Bluegrass band in Brother Where are't Thou Spinal Tap – film - David St Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, Derek Smalls Tufnel-St. Hubbins Group plus their support act The Folksmen (who were played by the same actors). SPOTS – live - pseudonym for The Sex Pistols (Sex Pistols On Tour) when they kept getting banned everywhere Stillwater – film - from the film Almost Famous Strange Fruit – film - band from the excellent film Still Crazy. Main members were Jimmy Nail, Stephen Rea, Bruce Robinson, Timothy Spall and Bill Nighy Stryker – TV - Armstrong & Miller's Scandinavian rock spoof band Sweet Sue And Her Society Syncopators – film - the jazz band in the film Some Like It Hot featuring singer Sugar Kane (played by Marilyn Monroe) plus Josephine and Daphne (Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis) The Archies – TV - & record - cartoon band created by Don Kirshner when he started losing control of The Monkees The Banana Splits – TV - Fleegle, Dropper, Snorky and Bingo "na-na-na, na-nana-na" The BC-52s – film - the B-52s as they appeared in the film of The Flintstones The Be Sharps – TV - barbershop quartet in The Simpsons featuring Homer Simpson, Apu, Principal Skinner and Barney Gumbel, who replaced Police Chief Wiggam The Black Knight – record - Cliff Richard (eek!) used this pseudonym for disco track The Blues Brothers – film - Jake and Elwood. Other bands featured in the film were: Murph And The Magictones and The Good Ol' Boys The Boyds – TV - puppet birds that sang the theme tune on H R Pufnstuf The Carrie Nations – film - all-female band featured in the film Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls The Commitments – film - r'n'b band from Irish film of same name some members were previously in a band called And And And The Corduroys, Ye Gods – TV Bands led by Eric Daley - a Peter Cook invention from an interview on Clive Anderson Talks Back. Other band members included Jez, Reg and eight-year-old Blind Tony Tin Tin. Eric retired to create his own anchovy farm The Dukes Of Stratosphear - XTC alter egos for their psychedelic homage albums. They also recorded under the names The Three Wise Men, Terry & The Lovemen, The Colonel and Arch Marble & The Hallmarks The Electrocutes – film - They're really the Donnas in the Mellisa Joan Hart film Drive Me Crazy The fabulous stains - film - Punk film starring Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Ray Winston, Paul simonon  The Flowerbuds – film - Played at the fantastic pop festival at the end of Carry On Camping The Glimmer Twins – record - Mick and Keef from the Rolling Stones have used this pseudonym for production duties - The Stones also used the name Nanker Phelge (named after a gurning face they used to make to each other) when the whole band composed tracks together The Herman Rodriguez Four – TV - one of several bands mentioned or featured in Monty Python, others include: Arthur Ewing & His Musical Mice, The Bolton Choral Society, The Rachel Toovey Bicycle Choir, The Hunlets, Jackie Charlton & The Tonettes... The Little Ladies – TV - Julie Covington, Rula Lenska and Charlotte Cornwall as all girl rock band in the very poor 1970s ITV show Rock Follies The Lorells – TV - appeared in a Dr Who adventure where the doctor (played by Sylvester McCoy at this time) and his assistant (Bonnie Langford, ugh) visit a 1950s holiday camp The Majestics – TV - from BBC show Tutti Frutti that featured 1950s Scottish rock band reforming in the 1980s. Starred Robbie Coltrane and Richard 'I don't believe it' Wilson The Metal Gurus – live - Pseudonym of The Mission when they Glam it up The Monkees – TV - & record - originally very much a manufactured group formed by Don Kirshner - their early records were mostly played by session men, but they gradually started to take over control until they were writing and playing all their own stuff The Muppet Show Band/Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem – TV - The Electric Mayhem band appeared in The Muppet Movie. The house band in the TV show featured Janis, Floyd and is worth a mention for Animal, one of the finest drummers in the history of music and role model for many The Muswell Hillbillies – record - The Kinks as they appeared on the album of that name The Nobs – live - when Led Zeppelin played in Denmark they had to change their name to The Nobs for a concert as Count Evan von Zeppelin objected to the use of his family name on a German tour The Partridge Family – TV - horrible horrible family band featured in US TV show of same name. Featured David Cassidy as the sexily named Keith The Pinheads – film - Marty McFly's band in Back To The Future, which also featured Marvin Berry & The Starlighters The Rutles – TV - Stig, Barry, Ron and Dirk who were also Sgt. Rutter's Darts Club Band other bands mentioned or featured in Rutland Weekend Television include Les Garcons De La Plage, Punk Floyd, Arthur Hodgson & The Kneecaps, The Wretched Admiral Sphincter, The Grunties, Red Buttocks, The Hot Nadgers (or Nudges?) , Vomit, Mantra Robinson, The Splint, Toad The Wet Sprocket, (there was later, coincidentally a band of this name), The Machismo Brothers, also bluesmen Ruttling Orange Peel and Blind Lemon Pie The Turds – magazine - Private Eye's punk creation featuring singer Spiggy Topes the Woolpackers - record/TV - Some of the cast of Emmerdale Farm used this name when they made a country record together Timmy! & The Lords Of The Underworld – TV - from South Park which also featured Fingerbang Tinker's Rucksack – TV - folk-singing creation of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer as were the magnificent Mulligan And O'Hare Willie & The Poor Boys – record - album title and alter-ego of Creedence Clearwater Revival Wyld Stallyns – film - Bill and Ted's heavy metal band in Bill And Ted's Big Adventure Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars – record - David Bowie  If you know of any others drop us an email        (We believe most of the information is accurate but dont bet money on it as we cant be held responsible for your losses)     This page was last updated on 06/08/07 . 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