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Jump to navigationJump to search- 18:27, 14 October 2010 diff hist +295 N Brainkrieg New page: From the web site Homestar Runner (01/16/2006). In Strongbad's email "death metal," Strongbad gives out some death metal pointers illustrating his point with this cartoon-within-a-cartoon ...
- 18:26, 14 October 2010 diff hist +154 N Boyzvoice New page: From the film ''Get Ready to Be Boyzvoiced'' (2000). Fake boy band from this Norwegian mockumentary. Wow. Even the Norwegians are making fun of boy bands.
- 18:22, 14 October 2010 diff hist +185 N Jan Levinson New page: In the 10/13/2010 episode of sitcom ''The Office'', Michael Scott's crazy ex-girlfriend Jan Levinson (Melora Hardin) says she has released an album of Doris Day covers on her own label.
- 17:49, 14 October 2010 diff hist +214 N Dr. Leo Spaceman New page: In the live episode of the sitcom ''30 Rock'', the worst doctor since Nick Riveria, has an TV ad for his album, ''Love Storm''. It's supposed to be the best doin' it album, so good it can ...
- 11:28, 14 October 2010 diff hist +66 N Danny Gabriel New page: Pop star from the 1964 novel ''Myself For Fame'' by Royston Ellis.
- 11:23, 14 October 2010 diff hist +217 N Paul Montana New page: From the novel (and before that, play) ''Liverpool Fantasy'' by Larry Kirwan of real band Black 42. An alternate-reality Paul McCartney turns into this famous Las Vegas crooner after the ...
- 12:27, 13 October 2010 diff hist +76 N Kenny & The Merry Pranksters New page: Next big thing on Paradigm Records in the 1990 novel ''Hype!'' by John Gill.
- 12:21, 13 October 2010 diff hist +130 N Wade Coley New page: Country and Western singer From the 1969 novel ''High Lonesome World: The Death and Life of a Country Music Singer'' by Babs Deal.
- 11:40, 13 October 2010 diff hist +273 N The Bingoes New page: From the comic book ''That Wilkin Boy'' (1969-1982). An Archie rip-off... from Archie comics! Teenager Bingo Wilkin had his own band.. Lineup: Bingo, fashion victim Tough Teddy, Samantha, ...
- 11:27, 13 October 2010 diff hist +679 N Lochinvar New page: From the young adult novel ''Ginny Gordon and the Mystery of the Old Barn'' (1951). The Hustlers have sold the swap shop to Joe Dakor, and their new project is a snack barn as a hangout fo...
- 09:35, 13 October 2010 diff hist +73 N Herman E. Calloway and the Dusky Devastators of the Depression New page: From the award winning young adult novel ''Bud, Not Buddy'', set in 1936.
- 09:15, 13 October 2010 diff hist +259 N Static Cling New page: Collingwood High School's hottest rock band in the young adult novel ''Gemini Solo'' by E. M Rees, the 8th book in The Zodiac Club series. Ann Crawford, newly transplanted in Collingwood,...
- 12:42, 12 October 2010 diff hist +4 Twin Trouble
- 12:41, 12 October 2010 diff hist +299 N Twin Trouble New page: Mary-Kate and Ashley and some of their friends go undercover as this fake band to investigate who is sabotaging the Bailey Brothers' concerts. From the 1998 young adult novel ''The Case ...
- 12:38, 12 October 2010 diff hist +156 The Bailey Brothers
- 09:41, 12 October 2010 diff hist +247 Shayne
- 09:35, 12 October 2010 diff hist +104 N Shayne New page: Big teenaged rock star in the 1996 novel ''Heaven Can't Wait'', the first book in the Teen Angel series.
- 09:26, 12 October 2010 diff hist +151 N Dakota New page: Going nowhere band from Louise Wener's 2002 novel, ''Goodnight Steve McQueen''. Wener was a singer/songwriter in the British band Sleeper in the 1990s.
- 09:20, 12 October 2010 diff hist +72 N Ghoul New page: Horror-rock band touring Canada in MIchael Slade's 1988 novel ''Ghoul''.
- 10:34, 11 October 2010 diff hist +164 N The Bailey Brothers New page: Boy band from the 1998 young adult novel ''The Case of the Rock & Roll Mystery'' by Lisa Eisenberg in the New Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley series of mysteries.
- 18:14, 9 October 2010 diff hist +939 N The Stingrays New page: From the 1986 novel ''Fuel-Injected Dreams'' by James Robert Baker. Now, here was a girl you could be proud to be ashamed of, a tough little dolled-up working-class slut, libidinous jailb...
- 12:00, 8 October 2010 diff hist +177 Jupiter
- 11:50, 8 October 2010 diff hist +107 N Jupiter New page: The school's most popular band in ''Rhythm of Love", the 58th novel in the young adult Sweet Dreams series.
- 09:49, 3 October 2010 diff hist +5 Fireballs from Hell
- 09:48, 3 October 2010 diff hist +101 N Fireballs from Hell New page: Schoolkids' garage band from the 1996 young adult novel also titled ''Fireballs from Hell'' by Rose .
- 19:19, 2 October 2010 diff hist +158 N Frozen Gold New page: Famous Scottish rock band from the 1987 novel ''Espedair Street'' by Iain Banks. Toldfrom the point of view of Daniel Weir, the band's bassist and songwriter.
- 19:10, 2 October 2010 diff hist +60 N Satiety Incorporated New page: Rock band from the novel''Drummer by Richard Carlile (1971).
- 20:03, 30 September 2010 diff hist +95 N Boodles New page: From the second book in the young adult Sleepover Friends novel series, ''Starring Stephanie''.
- 16:29, 30 September 2010 diff hist +111 N U4ME New page: From the 87th book in The Baby-sitters Club series of young adult novels , ''Stacey and the Bad Girls'' (1995).
- 12:10, 30 September 2010 diff hist +4 The New Generation
- 12:09, 30 September 2010 diff hist +1,020 N The Dreadful Alternatives New page: From the 29th book in the Fabulous Five series of young adult novels, ''Melanie Edwards, Super Kisser''. Melanie and her friends attend The New Generation's concert, where they have...
- 09:11, 30 September 2010 diff hist +1,016 N The New Generation New page: From the 29th book in the Fabulous Five series of young adult novels, ''Melanie Edwards, Super Kisser''. Melanie and her friends attend the New Generation's concert, where they have one...
- 08:41, 30 September 2010 diff hist +44 Trevor Morgan
- 08:40, 30 September 2010 diff hist +1,039 N Trevor Morgan New page: From the fifth book in the Fabulous Five series of young adult novels, ''The Bragging War''. Laura McCall is bragging about everything her dad lets her do, and implies that she'll invite...
- 16:18, 29 September 2010 diff hist +122 N Vermilion New page: Madonna-esque rock star from the young adult novel ''Allie's Wild Surprise'', the first book in the The Party Line series.
- 16:22, 28 September 2010 diff hist +31 N Sweet Valley Sweet Valley moved to Sweet Valley High: Proper name
- 16:18, 28 September 2010 diff hist +86 N Johnny Buck New page: Singer mentioned in several of the Sweet Valley High series of young adult novels.
- 11:41, 28 September 2010 diff hist +3 N The Bratz Rock Angelz New page: Oy.
- 11:12, 28 September 2010 diff hist +59 N Crash New page: Current band mentioned in passing in ''Bratz Rock Angelz''.
- 10:17, 27 September 2010 diff hist -104 Trudy Hart
- 17:36, 26 September 2010 diff hist +229 N Trudy Hart New page: LOUIS CHARBONNEAU The Corrupt and the Innocent Corgi, London, 1968 (price: 3s 6d; 176 pages) (first published in Great Britain under the title Way Out by Barrie and Rockliff 1966) de...
- 12:38, 26 September 2010 diff hist +100 N The Angels New page: Rock star from the British television series ''No Excuses''. *http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0771884/
- 11:22, 26 September 2010 diff hist +77 N Kelp New page: Band from the 1986 British young adult novel ''Chartbreak'' by Gillian Cross.
- 11:15, 26 September 2010 diff hist +141 N Coco New page: From the Sweet Valley Twins series young adult novel ''Brooke & her Rock-Star Mom''. Brooke's mom returns and she's the pop sensation Coco
- 11:03, 26 September 2010 diff hist +83 N The Big Boys New page: All gay British boy band from the pornographic novel ''Boy Banned'' by Sam Stevens.
- 21:06, 25 September 2010 diff hist +227 N Birdy Jones New page: Whistler from a series of juvenile fiction by E. W. Hildick. *''Birdy Jones'' (1963) *''Birdy and the Group'' (1968) *''Birdy Swings North '' (1969) *''Birdy in Amsterdam'' (1970) *''Bird...
- 20:48, 25 September 2010 diff hist +59 N Dystopia New page: From Mark Dawson's 2001 novel ''The Art of Falling Apart''.
- 20:41, 25 September 2010 diff hist +159 N Things Fall Apart New page: Eighties English new wave band from the novel ''All The Rage'' by Paul Magrs. They compete in the Eurovision Song Contest with their hit, 'Let's Be Famous'.
- 09:24, 24 September 2010 diff hist +135 N Bosco New page: Aging rocker whose popularity has evaporated, from the 2010 novel ''A Visit From the Goon Squad''. Working on a new album, ''A to B''.
- 09:20, 24 September 2010 diff hist +62 N Cait O'Dwyer New page: Singer from Arthur Phillips's 2009 novel '''The Song Is You''.
- 12:04, 23 September 2010 diff hist +213 N The Flaming Dildos New page: From the 2009 novel ''A Visit From The Goon Squad'' by Jennifer Egan. Bennie Salazar’s punk band. “Joel clobbers his drums as Scotty screams out the chorus What the fuck? / What the ...
- 11:05, 21 September 2010 diff hist +117 Sammy Starfish
- 16:49, 13 September 2010 diff hist +78 The StabFour
- 16:40, 13 September 2010 diff hist +61 N The StabFour New page: Prison Beatles tribute band from episode of ''The Simpsons.''
- 19:30, 6 September 2010 diff hist +128 N Hollis Henry New page: A former female pop star from the science fiction novels ''Spook Country'' (2007) and ''Zero History'' (2010) by William Gibson.
- 10:47, 31 August 2010 diff hist +205 N Stoop Solo New page: Parody rock star from British sketch comedy television series ''Rutland Weekend Television'', Played by Neil Innes. Also appeared on the album ''The Rutland Times'', 1976 Passport Records...
- 08:35, 30 August 2010 diff hist +36 Joey Rand
- 08:33, 30 August 2010 diff hist +291 N Joey Rand New page: Singer Joey Rand turns to dramatic high-rise hotel break-ins in order to cover his gambling debts. His girlfriend Val has doubts about the scheme. Joey convinces her that a big record dea...
- 08:29, 30 August 2010 diff hist +813 N Bobby George New page: Sal Mineo as Bobby George, a struggling singer not talented enough for the big-time. So, he comes up with a stupid publicity stunt in order to get attention. After one of his concerts, he ...
- 13:35, 26 August 2010 diff hist +111 N The Schwartzman Quartet New page: Puppet a capella quartet in kid's show ''Jack's Big Music Show'' *[IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0471488/}
- 13:17, 26 August 2010 diff hist +93 Sammy Starfish
- 18:10, 23 August 2010 diff hist +257 N The Winners New page: Indie band on the way up, thanks to vampirism! In the 2009 indie film, ''SUCK''. Contains a splattering of real rock n rollers and B- stars. *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOHghfrww8I ...
- 07:41, 24 June 2010 diff hist +505 N Amanda Jane New page: From the "Keep This Party Going" episode (21 June 2009) of the HBO vampire soap opera ''True Blood''. Christian popster who's just a little too sexy to be singing Christian pop. She's the ...
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- 18:33, 20 May 2010 diff hist +32 Freddy Spaghetti
- 18:14, 20 May 2010 diff hist +335 N Freddy Spaghetti New page: Children's musician whose concert is canceled after the Pawnee government goes bankrupt and all the parks close in the "Freddy Spaghetti" episode (05/20/2010). Municipal go-getter Leslie K...
- 16:36, 13 April 2010 diff hist +34 N The Ultimate Losers New page: From the movie ''Slacker'' (1991).
- 16:30, 13 April 2010 diff hist +875 N Vincent Boone New page: From the TV series ''Malcolm in the Middle'' (11/02/03). David Cassidy puts in a stunningly good performance as this aging, Wayne Newton-inspired Vegas lounge singer in the "Vegas" episode...
- 16:27, 13 April 2010 diff hist +59 N Wayne New page: Band from the short-lived TV series ''Love Monkey'' (2006).
- 17:03, 12 April 2010 diff hist +1,517 N Billy Wayne New page: From the film ''Oh God, You Devil!'' (1984). Bobby Shelton (Ted Wass) is a struggling songwriter with a loving wife and a crappy agent. When reduced to singing at a wedding, he's approache...
- 10:42, 18 March 2010 diff hist +275 N Ann Margrock New page: The cartoon version of the vivacious and pneumatic real life celebrity Ann-Margret from the "Ann-Margrock Presents" episode (9/19/63) of ''The Flintstones''. The cartoon version is a singe...
- 10:37, 18 March 2010 diff hist +50 N Angels and a Devil New page: From the TV series ''The Muppet Show'' (05/22/80).
- 10:22, 18 March 2010 diff hist +439 N Andromeda New page: Future rock band from the "Space Rockers" episode (2/21/1980) of sci-fi TV series ''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century''. Their evil manager, Lars Mangros (Jerry Orbach), tries to put a mind ...
- 10:09, 18 March 2010 diff hist +43 N Vicki Anderson New page: From the movie ''The Marrying Man'' (1991).
- 09:24, 17 March 2010 diff hist +107 N Cheeno Anderson New page: Shaywan "Cheeno" Anderson is from ''Who Killed Tiffany Jones?'' (novel by "Mavis Kaye" [pseudonym]), 2003.
- 09:17, 17 March 2010 diff hist +147 N Cassie Harland New page: From the X-rated film ''Up 'n Coming'' (1983). A, yes, up 'n' coming young country singer played by Marilyn Chambers. See also Althea Anderson.
- 09:16, 17 March 2010 diff hist +28 Althea Anderson
- 09:07, 17 March 2010 diff hist +100 N Althea Anderson New page: From the X-rated movie ''Up 'n Coming'' (1983). Over-the-hill country singer played by Lisa DeLeeuw.
- 17:15, 16 March 2010 diff hist +117 N Ande Supporting Bands New page: Final name of a teen-age, hard-luck, no-talent garage/barn band from ''Soul Music'' (novel by Terry Pratchett), 1995.
- 17:05, 16 March 2010 diff hist +534 N And And And New page: From the 1991 film ''The Commitments''. Crappy New Wave wedding band trio featuring Ray (Philip Bredin) and future Commitments members Derek Scully (Kenneth McCluskey) and Outspan Foster (...
- 17:04, 16 March 2010 diff hist +82 N The Anarchy Six New page: From the movie ''Desperate Teenage Lovedolls'' (1984). See also The Lovedolls.
- 16:59, 16 March 2010 diff hist +86 N The American Medical Association New page: From ''The Illuminatus Trilogy'' (novel by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson), 1984.
- 10:26, 16 March 2010 diff hist +99 N The Briny Boys New page: All-fish cartoon band from the underwater sequence of the Disney film ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks''.
- 10:25, 16 March 2010 diff hist +105 N The Amazing Maurice New page: Pied Piper parody from ''The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents'', a book by Terry Pratchett, 2001.
- 18:48, 15 March 2010 diff hist +753 N The Amazing Marvin Suggs and his Muppaphone New page: From the Rita Moreno-hosted episode (10/09/76) of ''The Muppet Show''. Voiced by Frank Oz with an Italian accent, this artiste "plays" "Lady of Spain" by hitting the tribble-shaped muppet...
- 09:34, 15 March 2010 diff hist +347 N The Amazing Joy Buzzards New page: From the comic book ''The Amazing Joy Buzzards'' (2005). Lineup: Biff Ashby on vocals and guitar, Gabe Carlyle on drums, Stevo Varg on bass. They have adventures 'n' stuff. Comic book writ...
- 20:58, 13 March 2010 diff hist +85 N The Amazing Centrifugal Blortcrooners of Alpha 10 New page: From ''The Worst Band in the Universe'' (children's book w/CD) by Graeme Base), 1999.
- 19:28, 12 March 2010 diff hist +127 N Alligator Shoes New page: Alligator Shoes - From the animated TV series ''Home Movies'' (10/27/02). See also Brendan Poppins and the Chimminy Sweeps.
- 19:26, 12 March 2010 diff hist +60 N All Grouch Band New page: Muppet band from the TV series ''Sesame Street'' (May 2001).
- 19:18, 12 March 2010 diff hist +381 N The All Day Suckers New page: From the "How Not to Manage a Rock Group" episode (04/28/68) of forgotten sitcom ''The Mothers-In-Law'' (04/28/68). Popular rock group mentioned by son to his dad as proof that rock groups...
- 19:04, 12 March 2010 diff hist +262 N Alien Autopsy New page: From the movie ''Ghost World'' (2001). A guy (Brett Gilbert) handing out flyers for an alternative rock show says he's in this band, after handing main character Enid (Thora Birch) a flyer...
- 14:24, 12 March 2010 diff hist +368 N Alida New page: From ''Alida'' (2003), one of those MYST-type computer games: "Explore the imaginative world of a gigantic guitar." This rock quartet got so rich so fast, they built a giant guitar-shaped ...
- 13:47, 12 March 2010 diff hist +410 N Alice Bowie New page: Dope-oriented comedians Cheech and Chong throw together this band in their 1978 vehicle ''Up In Smoke''. They appear in a battle of the bands against real L.A. punkers The Dils, The Whores...
- 13:46, 12 March 2010 diff hist +63 N Ali G New page: Rapper/interviewer from the TV series ''Da Ali G Show'' (2000).
- 13:45, 12 March 2010 diff hist +697 N Alexander's Ragtime Band New page: From the movie ''Alexander's Ragtime Band'' (1938). The fictional band of Irving Berlin's 1911 hit, "Alexander's Ragtime Band" is turned into a very fictionalized version of Berlin's life....
- 11:50, 12 March 2010 diff hist +635 N Alcatraaaz New page: From the animated TV show ''The Simpsons'' (02/13/05). In the "Pranksta Rap" episode, after being forbidden to go, Bart sneaks out of the house to go see the Murder 4 Life rap concert feat...
- 19:14, 23 February 2010 diff hist +456 N The Adrien Van Voorhees Seven New page: From the TV series ''Primetime Glick'' (2001). House band for Jiminy Glick's (Martin Short) Comedy Central talk show parody. Adrien Van Voorhees (Michael McKean) is the harpist and band le...
- 19:13, 23 February 2010 diff hist +54 N The Ace Tones New page: Ace Tones, The - From the movie ''Local Hero'' (1983).
- 18:04, 18 February 2010 diff hist +69 Extra Large
- 18:03, 18 February 2010 diff hist +460 N Extra Large New page: Rapper played by Marcello Thedford in the "Mr. Monk and the Rapper" episode (aired 07/20/2007) of detective show ''Monk''. He gets blowed up real good when a time bomb run off of an exquis...