Episodes

Monday Aug 19, 2024
Puttin’ the F.A.K.E. in Fake-Ass K-Drama Entertainers
Monday Aug 19, 2024
Monday Aug 19, 2024
Take a ride on the Korean Wave as Charles and two guest experts (Michal Cohen and Kelli Rempel) delve into the fake bands in Doona!, Hospital Playlist, Castaway Diva, and Lovely Runner.

Monday Aug 12, 2024
Mah-Na-Mah-Eep-Opp-Ork-Gleep-Glorp: An Hour of Absolute Gibberish
Monday Aug 12, 2024
Monday Aug 12, 2024
This week, we supplement our usual brand of gibberish with exciting new forms of gibberish from the far future (The Jetsons) and the exotic, erotic, episodic(?) world of Sweden and/or the Muppets Theatre.

Monday Aug 05, 2024
Girl (Bands) You Know It's Fake
Monday Aug 05, 2024
Monday Aug 05, 2024
Our 20th episode (woot!) focuses on two recent shows that took us way back to the '90s heyday of girl bands: Girls5Eva and Queens.

Monday Jul 29, 2024
Monday Jul 29, 2024
Every hero (and supervillain, we guess) has an origin story. This week, we present the story of the guy who created the site that birthed the podcast whose description you are reading RIGHT NOW!

Monday Jul 22, 2024
Legendary Musicians Who Played It Fake
Monday Jul 22, 2024
Monday Jul 22, 2024
They say that everyone dreams of being a rock star, but what do real rock stars dream about? They dream about being real fake rock stars, of course. We discuss how Jimmy Cliff, Huey Lewis, Paul Simon, David Bowie, and Ludacris made their fake-band dreams a reality.

Monday Jul 15, 2024
We Create Our Own Fake Band Supergroups
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Monday Jul 15, 2024
In this guest star-filled episode, we create six fake band supergroups. Whose is the best? And why is it Alan’s? Dammit Charles, stop letting him write these episode descriptions!

Monday Jul 08, 2024
Four Fake Lads from Liverpool Make It Big: The Story of the Rutles
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Monday Jul 08, 2024
This week we dive into the story of the most famous Liverpudlian foursome of all time! No, not those guys--we're talking about Eric Idle and Neil Innes's Rutles.

Monday Jul 01, 2024
Fake Bands We're Watching/Playing/Listening To/Reading About Now!
Monday Jul 01, 2024
Monday Jul 01, 2024
Open up the grab bag and sample an assortment of recent fake bands from such hot and current media properties as Fallout, Starfield, Fisk, Ghosts, Cyberpunk 2077, and, uh, Fantasy Island.