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The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

Everything you ever wanted to know about fake bands in movies, TV, commercials, books, games, art, and elsewhere, but were afraid to ask

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01:08:31

Muslim Fake Bands

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica ·

2025/02/24

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.

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01:03:57

Fake Bands Go Commercial

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica ·

2025/02/17

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.

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01:13:50

99 Problems and Real Bands Ain’t One: The A-Z of Fake...

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica ·

2025/02/10

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

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01:20:51

G’Day Fakies: Australian Fake Bands

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica ·

2025/02/03

This week we celebrate Australia Day by going to where the women glow and the fake bands thunder. Join us as we get under 20th Century Oz, Garage Days, and The Sapphires.

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01:30:58

Scott Pilgrim vs. the Podcast, Part 2

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica ·

2025/01/27

Hey hosers, it's time to head back to the Great White North as we talk fake bands in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.

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01:10:29

O Canada! The Scott Pilgrimverse, Part 1

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica ·

2025/01/20

This week, we celebrate Inauguration Day here in the US by giving 50% of the population exactly what they want: a little more information about Canada. We’re deep diving into the Scott Pilgrim Universe, where we discuss his life, his loves, and the many, many fake bands.

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01:10:18

Quick! Time for P.D.Q. Bach!

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica ·

2025/01/13

We go classical this week with a look at PDQ Bach, his work, his legacy, and whether we should record a full episode just about him.

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01:42:17

Bob Dylan's Many Fake Band Movies (aka "We Cash in on...

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica ·

2025/01/06

Once upon a time you dressed so fine/Listened to a podcast in your prime, didn't you? Sure you did--you listened to this week's show about Bob Dylan's fake band movies.

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01:14:49

Auld Lang Fake: Time to “Get Crazy” in the New Year!

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica ·

2024/12/30

Join us as we end 2024 with a movie filled with sex and drugs and rock and roll, and bad decisions, and a distinct possibility that none of us makes it to the next year. Should be fun. Also, we make bold fake band predictions for 2025!

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01:18:25

Fa La La La La, La La La Fake: Fake Bands from...

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica ·

2024/12/23

We are deep, deep, DEEP in the holiday season right now. And while some of us were a little too Bob Cratchit-ty and wanted the time off to be with their families, Charles said no, let’s slap together a podcast with three random holiday movies with fake musicians in them. Here it is!

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01:13:52

It's a Christmas Nightmare: Emmet Otter's Jug Band...

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica ·

2024/12/16

Join us on a trip back to the late 1970s, the era of disco, stagflation, and holiday specials where there’s really no Christmas content at all. Instead of jingle bells and chestnuts, we had washboards, cigar boxes, and washtubs.

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59:03

Fake Boy Bands from A-Z

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica ·

2024/12/09

Grab three to five friends, gel your hair, unbutton your shirts, practice your harmonies, and work on your dance moves, because it's time to run through 26 fake boy bands, one for each letter of the alphabet.

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01:01:18

Fake from New York, pt. 2: Fake Bands from the Second...

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica ·

2024/12/02

We continue our multi-part series on the fake bands of Saturday Night Live with a discussion of the year that almost killed the show, the long fruitful years after,...and the year that almost killed the show. Kinda like a Double Stuf Oreo, except instead of double stuffed, it’s octuple stuffed, and instead of being sandwiched together with cookies, it’s sandwiched together by turds. Good luck getting that image out of your mind!

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01:00:00

Giving Thanks for Native American Fake Bands

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica ·

2024/11/25

This week, we celebrate that day long ago in Plymouth, Mass., when Americans broke bread with some illegal immigrants. Or Pilgrims. Maybe we should call the immigrants Pilgrims. Anyway, we choose to mark the holiday by discussing Native American fake bands in pop culture. Because let's face it: Native Americans are the reason we have Thanksgiving in the first place. And it's also hard to find fake bands filled with Pilgrims or turkeys.

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58:06

The 2nd Fake Band Hall of Fame Inductions, Part 2

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica ·

2024/11/18

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!

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01:09:50

The 2nd Fake Band Hall of Fame Inductions, Part 1

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica ·

2024/11/11

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!

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01:07:50

Political Fake Bands! Because You Aren’t Sick of...

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica ·

2024/11/04

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!

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01:23:59

Demons, Metal, and Terrible, Terrible Movies: Spend...

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica ·

2024/10/28

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.

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56:10

A Fake-a Fake-a Burnin' Love: Fake Bands in Elvis's...

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica ·

2024/10/21

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!

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57:48

Meet the Threetles, part 2

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica ·

2024/10/15

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.

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