Episodes
3 days ago
3 days ago
This week's writer introduced the world to the hardest-working music geek in all of Ireland, the great Jimmy Rabbitte. While Jimmy may think he's shite, possibly overproduced, and less musical than And And! fecking And, we are all fans of novelist Roddy Doyle, the third member of the Fake Band Hall of Fame's latest class of inductees!
Monday Nov 11, 2024
The 2nd Fake Band Hall of Fame Inductions, Part 1
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
The Fake Band Hall of Fame's new members are two of the biggest TV stars of the past 50 years. Plus, they have also played fake musicians on TV, in movies, on streaming, and even in video games. Please welcome Lynda Carter and Lily Tomlin to the red, fake carpet!
Monday Nov 04, 2024
Political Fake Bands! Because You Aren’t Sick of Politics Already
Monday Nov 04, 2024
Monday Nov 04, 2024
With the election right around the corner, we look at politics and fake bands, and the warnings that Hollywood keeps giving us, over and over again. Get out and vote, then listen!
Monday Oct 28, 2024
Monday Oct 28, 2024
It’s Halloweek, so we’re going to discuss one of the scariest things to ever haunt the world: the many heavy metal fake bands that occupied those “metalsploitation” films of the 1980s. We discuss three of them and wonder if we are wetting our pants from fear...or just age.
Monday Oct 21, 2024
A Fake-a Fake-a Burnin' Love: Fake Bands in Elvis's Early Movies
Monday Oct 21, 2024
Monday Oct 21, 2024
This week, we talk about one of the people that shaped popular culture and changed the world forever. His music and his showmanship are still iconic to this day, and his face adorns as many velvet paintings as Jesus. It’s one for the money… two for the show… three to get ready… fake bands go!
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Meet the Threetles, part 2
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
In the second of our two-part exploration of fake Beatles-related bands, we grapple with the possibility of other fake universes themed on bands. And then you can actually hear Alan's blood pressure shoot up as he talks about 2019's Yesterday.
Monday Oct 07, 2024
Meet the Threetles, part 1
Monday Oct 07, 2024
Monday Oct 07, 2024
In the first of this two-part episode of the Rocklopedia Fakebandica, we wonder once again if we have to explain who the Beatles were. Instead, we use three movies to do it for us. Join us as we discuss the movie versions of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Across the Universe.
Monday Sep 30, 2024
Monday Sep 30, 2024
In episode 1, we declared that A.I.-generated songs do not count as fake bands. So why are we discussing the case of Michael Smith, who allegedly used thousands of A.I.- created songs to bilk millions of dollars from music streaming services? Find out on this week's Rocklopedia Fakebandica!