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.بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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.بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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.بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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!بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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!بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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.بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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.بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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,…

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 i…

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!…

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!بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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!بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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.بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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!بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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.بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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.بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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!بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

On this episode of the Rocklopedia Fakebandica, we tackle the hard hitting questions, like is there more to life than being cool? Do we still got it? And were the 1950s really Happy Days? Special guest Galen Black helps us sort it all out!بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

Join us for obscure references, vague reminiscences, and some of the most obscure fake bands we've discussed as we dig into the early years of The Simpsons.بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

Neat, sweet, a groovy podcast/You're invited, come along…um, cast. Yes, it’s time for the most-requested fake band so far, Josie and the Pussycats!بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

The long hot summer is almost over, and each and every parent can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. It’s Back to School time! We talk about student bands, a school of rock, and the most important question of all: how does Oingo Boingo fit in?بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

Marissa Flaxbart, creator of the Sweet Valley Diaries podcast, joins us for a belated tribute to Francine Pascal, creator of the Sweet Valley High series of young adult novels (and a few fake bands, too).بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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.بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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.بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

Our 20th episode (woot!) focuses on two recent shows that took us way back to the '90s heyday of girl bands: Girls5Eva and Queens.بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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!بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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.بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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!بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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.بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

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.بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

On this episode of the Rocklopedia Fakebandica, we are excellent to each other and party on with the fake band that will someday save the world...Wyld Stallyns! [air guitar lick]بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses. Time to hit play on our tribute to one of the greatest fake bands of all time: the Blues Brothers.بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

On this episode, we have a serious talk-apella with all our aca-fans about the movies that taught the aca-world how to sing without musical backup: Pitch Perfect and its various sequels.بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

The second part of our first-ever two-part episode continues our tribute to those who have elevated fake music to an art form all of its own. Today, we induct an actor/writer/musician who is, without doubt, the Greatest of All Time!بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

Our first-ever two-part episode honors those who have elevated fake music to an art form all of its own. Today, we induct a singer/songwriter/actor and a Pulitzer Prize-winner into the Fake Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

On this episode of the Rocklopedia Fakebandica, we answer the single most important question in human history: how do fake bands drive to their gigs? Guest host Jason Torchinsky (The Autopian) is here to talk about the top fake band cars and more!بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

Squeaky sped-up singing voices shouldn’t be a gimmick that’s lasted since 1958, but you should never underestimate humans' desire to hear singing rodents. Which is a long way to say this week's show delves into the incredibly long history of Alvin and the Chipmunks.بقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

On this episode of The Rocklopedia Fakebandica, we go back a long time ago, to a galaxy far, far away, where we discuss two alien fake bands playing questionably named music. We’ll expound on how their very existence highlights the universe building in major blockbuster film franchises, and the tinkering of old classics by filmmakers who should kno…

On this episode, we have our ear to the grapevine, our claymation feet tapping, and our skins puckering in that warm Fresno sun as we discuss the hottest, fakest band to come out of the dried fruit industry: the California Raisinsبقلم The Rocklopedia Fakebandica

This week we go deep, deep, DEEP into musical history following a joke that appeared in everything from The Muppet Show to a contemporaneous history of King Phillip II of Spain. And it involves hitting smaller things with hammers really, really hard.بقلم alan8h

This week is our first episode focusing on Saturday Night Live! So sit back and listen to a bunch of failed middle-aged sketch comedians dissect the works of much older successful sketch comedians.بقلم alan8h

This week, we look at love, fake bands, the fake bands you love, and the fake bands who love to love you back. And we show our love the only way Gen X dudes know how: we made you a mix tape.بقلم alan8h

Meet your hosts and delve into the question of what makes a fake band a fake band. We also chat about AI-generated music and the future of fakeness in bands.بقلم alan8h

On this, the second episode of the Rocklopedia Fakebandica, we talk about one of the most important fake bands in the fake band universe: The Monkees! Find out how four nobodies became somebodies and who charted a course few fake bands could follow. Here they come, walking down the street....بقلم alan8h