The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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.

In honor of Easter weekend, we consider one of the most important questions of this most holy of holidays: how many rabbit musicians could we come up with? The answer may surprise you. Or not. We don’t know what surprises you, frankly. 

On April 1, 2025, Val Edward Kilmer, a legend of the silver screen, passed away at age 65. We honor his life the only way we know how: talking about the fake band roles in his illustrious career, from Top Secret! to Song to Song, via SNL, The Salton Sea, and Ghost Ghirls. 

On this episode of the Rocklopedia Fakebandica, we get off our Asteroids and answer the Call of Duty, to Dig Dug through mountains of video game bands to bring you the best of the Pac, Man.  And if we do it right, it won’t take us a Fortnite, maybe just an hour. Wii Golf tomorrow, but today it’s Video Game Music A to Z

Celebrate April Fool's Day and the one-year anniversary of the podcast with The Autopian co-founder Jason Torchinsky and a whole bunch of musical hoaxes.  Or… maybe this podcast has been a hoax this whole time!

In honor of the 20th anniversary of the premiere of NBC’s The Office, we discuss David Brent, Scrantonicity, Andy Bernard, and the other fake bands and musicians from both the UK and US versions.

This week, we skip the green beer, pinching, and shamrocks and instead get our craic from the fake Irish musicians in Once, Sing Street, and Flora and Son. 

This week, we discuss the greatest fake band of the 2020s, or at least our favorite. It's time to talk about the band Lady Parts, the all-Muslim woman punk band from the show We Are Lady Parts!

Hey cool cats, grab a $5 shake and your “I Like Ike” paraphernalia and come celebrate our 50th episode with a look at fake bands in the 1950s.

This week, we mark the coming of Ramadan by doing what three old white guys do… we act like we know what we’re talking about with respect to Islam. At least you’ll learn about Taqwacore and hear K'naan rap some of Don Dellilo's dope rhymes.

On this episode of the show, Alan is on a break and Charles and T. Mike also take a break—a commercial break. In light of the big game last week, we're talking about some big fake bands coming out of the advertising industry. 

Join us on a speedrun through an alphabet of fake hip hop acts in movies, TV, albums, textbooks, and…police actions.