Episodes

4 days ago
4 days ago
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.

Monday Apr 14, 2025
The Real Fake Band Genius of Val Kilmer
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
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.

Monday Apr 07, 2025
Fake Bands in Video Games, A-Z
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
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

Monday Mar 31, 2025
No Foolin': Musical Hoaxes
Monday Mar 31, 2025
Monday Mar 31, 2025
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!

Monday Mar 24, 2025
Bears, Beets, and (Fake) Bands in The Office
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
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.

Monday Mar 17, 2025
Erin Faux Bragh! Fake Bands from the Films of John Carney
Monday Mar 17, 2025
Monday Mar 17, 2025
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.

Monday Mar 10, 2025
Bashir With the Fake Beard: Why You Should Watch "We Are Lady Parts" ASAP
Monday Mar 10, 2025
Monday Mar 10, 2025
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!

Monday Mar 03, 2025
Fake Bands from the 1950s for Episode 50!
Monday Mar 03, 2025
Monday Mar 03, 2025
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.