The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

The Fake Band Hall of Fame. A hallowed institution. Only the deserving few get in. (Except for that episode when we just let anybody in.) But this week’s entries totally deserve it, because we are inducting the legends behind Spinal Tap. 

It’s been 41 years between This Is Spinal Tap and its upcoming sequel. That’s a long time to not be doing anything.  Luckily for us, the band hasn’t been not doing anything, or at least not doing nothing. Not not doing… nothing… let’s try again.

We’re discussing Spinal Tap between the movies, and maybe even earlier.

You can feel the excitement in this studio as we finally dive into the greatest fake band ever and the movie that really set into motion all the 41 years of human existence since. It’s time to talk This Is Spinal Tap! Be sure to listen to this one in dubbly!

Every great concert starts with an opening band, and ours is a folk trio that if you squint just the right way, you might think they look like the guys in Spinal Tap.  Oh but they’re so different. So so different. A Mighty Wind is blowin’, and by the end we’re all going to be blown by it. Wait, no.

In honor of the return of the excellent animated sitcom “King of the Hill,” three boys who ain’t right talk about the fake bands that appeared in its first run. 

Panic sets into the RF community when this week’s plans fall through, but one plucky family saves the day!

For our 70th episode, we stand on guard for fake bands from the Great White North. From Newfoundland and Labrador to British Columbia, and all the way up in Nunavut, we bring you fake bands from CODCO, Trailer Park Boys, Les Dévadés, Degrassi High, Less Than Kind, Corner Gas, Crash Canyon, Hard Core Logo, Yvon of the Yukon, and North of North. 

Last week, we gave you 25 bands for all 25 states, But after re-counting the stars on the American flag, it seems we have 25 more states to go. No better time than the present! Join us for Montana through Wyoming!

We put away our hamburgers and French fries and our illegal Peruvian fireworks and celebrate Independence Day the way the founders wanted: by listing out a fake band from each state!

Listen up fives, a ten is here to stand on guard for thee. The Great White North battled The Old North State to be our #1 listening demographic, so now it’s time to talk about either Canadian fake bands or fake musicians from 30 Rock. Who will it be?

Johnny what’s the deal boy, Is your band for real, boy?

Real songs about fake musicians named John and Johnny. And you thought we couldn’t be any more niche!

We flip the script this week to talk about real musicians recording real songs. Real songs that just happen to have fake bands in them. From Alexander’s Ragtime Band to Ziggy Stardust, here are some of the best.

It’s Hall of Fame time again!  This time, we throw the doors open and induct a lot of fake band superstars. Because let’s be real, there’s only so much that Fred Armisen and Lynda Carter can talk about with the losers that T. Mike and Alan keep nominating. It’s about to get crowded in the Hall!

In our first episode devoted to folk music (if you discount our Bob Dylan ep), we discuss the many fake bands and artists in Songcatcher, Inside Llewyn Davis, and The Ballad of Wallis Island.

We follow up our DJ A to Z episode by talking with deep house juggernaut DJ 35X.  We learn about his process for creating his songs, his use of artificial intelligence to make that vision a reality, and we take a tour of the DJ 35X Universe and the many fake bands that live there.

It's time to talk about the scandalous immigration policies of this nation. Specifically, the onslaught, the invasion, of DJs infiltrating our fake band world. Every day, another 2.7 fake DJs enter our movies and TV shows, taking jobs away from the hard-working fake rock bands and fictional crooners that built this grand fake band database.  

And honestly, we love it. More content for us! 

We celebrate the greatest movie sequel ever ever EVER by talking about angelic and demonic fake bands. And if we need help, we’ll call for famed symbologist Robert Langdon, of course. It’s Angels and Demons, this week on the Rocklopedia Fakebandica!

Este episodio de la Rocklopedia Fakebandica habla sobre las grandes bandas falsas mexicanas de la cultura pop. Hablamos del mariachi, de Rebelde y de muchas otras bandas increíbles. ¡El Traductor de Google es nuestro amigo!

We celebrate Willie Nelson’s 92nd birthday and his newest release, Oh What a Beautiful World, in the only way we know how: blathering about his roles as a fake musician in Honeysuckle Rose, Songwriter, and Waiting for the Miracle to Come.