A

• Afton Cooper - Dallas
• Agar - Saturday Night Live
• The Alabama Porch Monkeys - Bamboozled
• Alien Autopsy - Ghost World
• Alice Bowie - Up in Smoke
• Alphie and Bibi - The Apple
• The American Medical Association - the Illuminatus! trilogy
• The Anarchy Six - Desperate Teenage Lovedolls
• And And And - The Commitments
• Anthem - Spinal Tap
• The Archies - from the animated series The Archie Show
• Arthur Hodgeson and the Kneecaps - All You Need is Cash
• Auden - Get Crazy
• Autobahn - The Big Lebowski

B

• Bad Luck - Gravitation
• Bad News - Actors from the British Sitcom The Young Ones
• Baldwin and the Whiffles - Cry Baby
• The Banana Splits - The Banana Splits Adventure Hour
• The Band with Rocks In - Soul Music
• Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
• The Barbusters - Light of Day
• Barry Jive and the Uptown Five (or Kathleen Turner Overdrive) - High Fidelity
• The BC-52s - The Flintstones
• The Beach Bums - Phantom of the Paradise
• The Bearded Clams - Troma's War
• The Bedbugs - F Troop
• The Beets - Doug
• Bennie and the Jets - from the Elton John song of the same name
• The Be Sharps - The Simpsons
• Big Fun - Heathers
• Billy and the Boingers (originally named Deathtöngue) - Bloom County
• Conrad Birdie - Bye Bye Birdie
• Bisquits - Spinal Tap
• Black Death - The Richard Pryor Show
• Black Plague - The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
• Black Roses - from the movie of the same name
• Bleeding Gums Murphy - The Simpsons
• The Bleek Gilliam Quartet - Mo' Better Blues
• The Blender Children - Tapeheads
• Bloodlust - The Last House on the Left
• Blood Pollution - Rock Star
• The Blow Goes - A Clockwork Orange
• The Blowholes - The Adventures of Pete and Pete
• The Blue Spot Trio - That Thing You Do!
• Blueshammer - Ghost World
• Bonk Bonk Bonk - The Young Person's Guide to Being a Rock Star
• Betty Boop
• The Bouffants - My Boyfriend's Back
• The Bower Family Band The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
• Boyz Unlimited - from the television series of the same name
• The Boylan Sisters - from the stage/film musical Annie
• B. Rabbit - 8 Mile
• B-Rad - Malibu's Most Wanted
• Bread Brothers - A Clockwork Orange
• Breaking Glass
• The Briny Boys - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
• Brother Dwayne and the Dwayneaires - UFOria
• Tommy Brown - Nashville
• Willie Brown - Crossroads
• Blackie Buck - Songwriter
• The Bugaloos
• Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kids
• Jack Butler - Crossroads

C

• The Cadburys - Spinal Tap
• Camel Lips - Serial Mom
• Captain Bart and the Tequila Mockingbirds - The Simpsons
• The Carrie Nations - Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
• The Cattanooga Cats
• CB4
• CFC - Transmetropolitan
• The Chan Clan - The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
• The Chantrellines - That Thing You Do!
• Cherry Bomb - Howard the Duck
• The Chestnut Sisters - The Fastest Guitar Alive
• Childish an Hour - To Heart
• Ciji Dunne - Knots Landing
• Circus Monkey - Bandwagon
• Citizen Dick - Singles
• Clark Kent and His Supermen - The Illuminatus! Trilogy
• Tony Clifton
• James Colt - Hearts of Fire
• Comic Strips - A Clockwork Orange
• Billy Carlos - War of the Worlds (played by the first season's real music composer Billy Thorpe )
• The Country Bears
• The Creatures - Spinal Tap
• Crucial Taunt - Wayne's World
• Crucifixion Junkies - Hammerhead Ranch Motel
• Cube Squared - Tapeheads
• Curt Hennig and the West Texas Rednecks - WCW
• Cyclops - A Clockwork Orange

D

• Dandi and Pandi - WhewThe Apple
• Johnny Dean - Wag the Dog
• Ricky Dean - Duets
• Deathtöngue (see Billy and the Boingers)
• The Delights - American Hot Wax
• Marie deSalle - High Fidelity
• Ronny Desmond - Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
• Diamonds in the Rough - Saving Silverman
• Dingoes Ate My Baby - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Direct from Las Vegas - The Muller-Fokker Effect
• Disaster Area - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
• Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem - The Muppet Show
• Drimble Wedge and the Vegetations - Bedazzled
• Driveshaft - Lost
• DuJour - Josie and the Pussycats
• Duke Fame and the Fame Throwers - Spinal Tap
• The Dutchmen - Spinal Tap

E

• Eddie and the Cruisers
• Eddie Enrico and his Hong Kong Hotshots - The Crying of Lot 49
• The Elementals - Shadowrun
• Ellen Aim and the Attackers - Streets of Fire
• Vince Everett - Jailhouse Rock
• Everybody Gets Laid - PCU
• Evil Petting Zoo - Austin Powers
• The Exits - Boy Meets World
• Extreme Corporal Punishment - SLC Punk!
• Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man - from the song of the same name by The Tragically Hip

F

• Faith +1 - South Park
• The Fabulous Baker Boys
• Johnny Favorite - Angel Heart
• Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes (also known as Bobbarine and the Wookiee Kotters) - the band playing in the cantina in Star Wars: A New Hope
• Fingerbang - South Park
• Johnny Fisher - King Creole
• The Five Heartbeats
• Flamin' Daemons - Spinal Tap
• Flat-top Tony and the Purple Canoes - Mr. Show
• The Folksmen - A Mighty Wind
• Vic Fontaine - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Johnny Fontane - The Godfather
• Mary Rose Foster - The Rose
• 4 Skore - King of the Hill
• Billie Frank - Glitter
• Freak Storm - Johnny Suede
• The Free World - 8 Mile
• Fresh & Tasty - Sealab 2021
• Michigan J. Frog
• Fuck You Yankee Blue Jeans - Clerks
• Future Villain Band - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

G

• Robin Gatner - Girls! Girls! Girls!
• Sueleen Gay - Nashville
• Generation O!
• Getting Gay With Kids - South Park
• The Ghetto Avenue Boys - South Park
• Julie Gianni - Vanilla Sky
• Goggly Gogol - A Clockwork Orange
• Tommy Gnosis - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• The Gospelodeons - Cotton Comes to Harlem
• Macarena Granados - La niña de tus ojos
• Grimley Colliery Brass Band - Brassed Off

H

• Haven Hamilton - Nashville
• Hangman's Joke - The Crow
• Hanover, Hardy, & Dixon - Holiday Inn
• Hard Core Logo
• Robbie Hart - The Wedding Singer
• The Heardsmen - That Thing You Do!
• The Heaven Seventeen - A Clockwork Orange
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Hee-la - Mystery Science Theater 3000
• The Heights
• Herby and the Heart Beats - American Graffiti
• Hey, That's My Bike - Reality Bites
• The Honky Tonk Man - WWE
• Hooray for Everything - The Simpsons
• The Horndogs - The Drew Carey Show
• Hornets Attack Victor Mature - a running joke amongst sections of the music journalism industry
• Hot Sundae - Saved by the Bell
• Hot Waffles - Spinal Tap
• John Norman Howard - A Star is Born
• The Humpers - A Clockwork Orange

I

• Indomitable Spirit Mr. Show
• Insanity (later Suck, The Whom, Lead Balloon, The Surreptitous Fabric and the Blots) - Soul Music
• Ivan and the Terribles - Motel Hell

J

• Mouling Jackson - Americathon
• "Double J" Jeff Jarrett - WWE
• Barbara Jean - Nashville
• Jem and the Holograms - Jem
• Jessie and the Rippers - Full House
• Jocks Wa-Hey - The Young Person's Guide to Being a Rock Star
• John the Balladeer - also called Silver John, in stories by Manly Wade Wellman
• Johnny Casino and the Gamblers - Grease
• Johnny Zhivago - A Clockwork Orange
• John Smith and the Common Men - Doctor Who
• Jolly Green Giants - Wayne's World
• Josie and the Pussycats
• The Juicy Fruits - Phantom of the Paradise
• The Juggs - Married with Children

K

• Sugar Kane - Some Like It Hot
• The Kid - Purple Rain
• The Kinky Wizards - High Fidelity
• Kiss My Ass - Dead Man on Campus
• The Klapper Family - A Mighty Wind
• Kovenant - The Simpsons

L

• Lambsblood - Spinal Tap
• Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution - Lancelot Link/Secret Chimp
• The Larry Davis Experience (also known as The Larry Davis Dance Kings) - The Simpsons
• The Late Term Abortions - Summer of Sam
• The Legend - A Clockwork Orange
• Legends of Brass - That Thing You Do!
• Lenny and the Squigtones - Laverne and Shirley
• Les Garçons de la Plage - The Rutles
• Licorice Comfits - High Fidelity
• Limozeen - Homestar Runner
• The Limp Lizards - Jem
• The Lone Rangers - Airheads
• Lo/Rez - Idoru by William Gibson
• Lonny Lord - Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
• The Lorells - Doctor Who
• Love Fist - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Lucy and the Diamonds - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• Lurlene Lumpkin - The Simpsons
• Lyzzard Skyzzard - Dinosaurs

M

• The Machismo Brothers - The Rutles
• The Magical Dreamers - Chrono Cross
• The Main Street Singers - A Mighty Wind
• Desmond Winston Manchester XI - The Royal Tenenbaums
• Earl Manchester - Americathon
• Sonny Mann - It's a Living
• Rex Manning - Empire Records
• Rachel Marron - The Bodyguard
• Ivan Martin - The Harder They Come
• Marvin Berry and the Starlighters - Back to the Future
• Massive Head Wound - The Great White Hype
• Sammy Maudlin - SCTV
• The Mau Maus - Bamboozled
• Max Frost and the Troopers - Wild in the Streets
• The Max Rebo Band (originally Evar Orbus and His Galactic Jizz-Wailers, later The Rebo Twelve) - Star Wars
• Darlene McBride - Mad TV
• Maria Mercurial - Shadowrun
• Mike McCoy - Spinout
• Garnett McGee- Dallas
• Molly McGuire - Hearts of Fire
• Tulsa McLean - G.I. Blues
• The Meaty Cheesy Boys - Jack in the Box commercial
• Meconium - Spinal Tap
• Metal Corpses - Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains
• Ming Tea - the Austin Powers films
• The Misfits - Jem
• Mitch and Mickey - A Mighty Wind
• Mondos - Spinal Tap
• Moop - South Park
• Jimmy Moore - The Wedding Singer
• Mosquitos - Gilligan's Island
• Mucous Membrane - Hellblazer
• The Mud Below - Spinal Tap
• Mumblin' Jim - Psych-Out
• Emma Murdoch - Dark City
• Murph and the Magic Tones - The Blues Brothers
• Music from some Guys from Space - Mystery Science Theater 3000
• Mystery - Detroit Rock City
• Mystik Spiral - Daria

N

• The New Main Street Singers - A Mighty Wind
• The New Originals - Spinal Tap
• Nick Nightingale - Eyes Wide Shut
• No Bozo Jam - Law and Order
• No Vacancy - The School of Rock
• The Norm Wooster Singers - That Thing You Do!
• Nutty Squirrels - scat singing imitation of Alvin and the Chipmunks.
• N.W.H. - Fear of a Black Hat

O

• Octo Raymond and His All Mollusc Orchestra - The Tick
• The Oneders (Changed to The Wonders) - That Thing You Do!
• The Oreos - A Star is Born
• The Originals - Spinal Tap
• Clark Otis - American Hot Wax
• Otis Day and the Knights - Animal House

P

• Pain - CHiPs
• The Paranoids - Thomas Pynchon's spoof of The Beatles in The Crying of Lot 49
• Billy Parker - Hearts of Fire
• Jimmy Parlow - Girls Town
• Nonnie Parry - The Poseidon Adventure
• The Party Posse - The Simpsons
• Del Paxton - That Thing You Do!
• Ruttling Orange Peel - The Rutles
• The Peoples - Spinal Tap
• Phoenix - Phantom of the Paradise
• The Phynx - The Phynx
• The Pinheads - Back to the Future
• Pink - The Wall
• Pink Slip - Freaky Friday
• The Plaids - Forever Plaid and Plaid Tidings
• Plasticine - Doctor Who: No Future and Doctor Who: Happy Endings Virgin New Adventures by Paul Cornell
• Plavalaguna - The Fifth Element
• Priss and the Replicants - Bubblegum Crisis
• Professor LaPlano and the Planotones - American Hot Wax
• Pudding People - Spinal Tap
• Punk Floyd - The Rutles
• Blind Lemon Pie - The Rutles

Q

• The Quadratics - Welcome to the Dollhouse

R

• Jessica Rabbit - Who Framed Roger Rabbit
• Raging Pussies - South Park
• Ranchbone - Tapeheads
• Rasta Billy Skank - Red Dwarf
• Rave Breakers - Spinal Tap
• Linnea Reese - Nashville
• The Regulars - Spinal Tap
• Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes - A Face in the Crowd
• The Righteous Apples
• Nick Rivers - Top Secret!
• Bob Roberts
• James Roberts - Hard to Hold
• Rod Torfulson's Armada featuring Herman Menderchuck (also Armada, also Rod Torfulson's Armada featuring Herman Menderchuck and the Dudettes) - Kids in the Hall
• The Rock-afire Explosion - Original animatronic house band for Chuck E. Cheese Pizza.
• Charlie Rogers - Roustabout
• Jackie Rogers Jr. - SCTV
• The Runaway 5 - Earthbound
• The Rutles

S

• The Sacred Cows - Get Smart
• Santa Kläws - Mystery Science Theater 3000
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The band The Beatles play on the concept album of the same name.
• Satan's Night Out - The Vampire Lestat
• Satan's Penis - The Drew Carey Show
• The Saturn 5 - That Thing You Do!
• Rasta Billy Skank - Red Dwarf
• Sausalito - Lost In Translation
• Satine - Moulin Rouge!
• Savante - Mad TV
• Scare Tactics - Scare Tactics (DC Comics)
• Scrambled Debutante - Calvin and Hobbes
• Willie Scott - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
• Jet Screamer - The Jetsons
• The Sharks - A Clockwork Orange
• Shasta McNasty
• Shaunda - Mad TV
• Shit - Joe's Apartment
• The Shitty Beatles - Wayne's World
• Sick Dick and the Volkswagons - The Crying of Lot 49
• S1m0ne
• Sister and the Sisters - Sparkle
• Sister Oma and the Clarions - UFOria
• Skaface - Spinal Tap
• Smeg and the Heads - Red Dwarf
• The Smokey Mountain Laurels - Nashville
• The Soggy Bottom Boys - O Brother, Where Art Thou
• The Sorels - Streets of Fire
• Spatzal! - Molvania’s most successful pop music act.
• Spidorr - Mystery Science Theater 3000
• Spittle - Bandwagon
• The Stainless Steel Rats - The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues
• The Stains - Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains
• Steel Dragon - Rock Star
• Johnny Steele - Critters
• Steven Shorter - Privilege
• Stillwater - Almost Famous
• The Stingers - Jem
• Red Stovall - Honkytonk Man
• Street Slim - The Blues Brothers
• Johnny Suede
• The Swanky Modes - Tapeheads
• Sweet Sue and her Society Syncopators - Some Like It Hot

T

• Tammy - Kids in the Hall
• Taranchula - Homestar Runner
• Teddy Noise - Spinal Tap
• The Thamesmen - Spinal Tap
• Three Count - WCW
• Jimmy Thudpucker - Doonesbury
• Timmy! and the Lords of the Underworld - South Park
• Timmy and the Tulips - American Hot Wax
• Titanica - Mr. Show
• Tom, Bill & Mary - Nashville
• Jimmy Tompkins - Loving You
• Trollz - Soul Music
• The Tufnel-St. Hubbins Group - Spinal Tap
• Leather Tuscadero - Happy Days
• Pinky Tuscadero - Happy Days
• Turner Purple - Performance
• The Twobadors - A Mighty Wind
• 2gether
• Johnny Tyronne - Harum Scarum

U

• The Undead - Phantom of the Paradise
• Unity - 2gether
• The Unreliables - The Drew Carey Show

V

• Dorothy Vallens - Blue Velvet
• Deloris Van Cartier - Sister Act and Sister Act 2
• Vanilla, Jade and Ebony - Ghost World
• Carmen Vargas - Bienvenido, Míster Marshall
• Dave Veltri - The Wedding Singer
• The Venus in Furs - Velvet Goldmine
• The Vicksburgs - That Thing You Do!
• Zladko "Zlad" Vladcik - Molvania's entry into the Eurovision song contest
• Lili Von Shtupp - Blazing Saddles

W

• Waffles - Spinal Tap
• The Warner Brothers (and Sister) - Animaniacs
• We're Certainly Dwarfs - Soul Music
• Rusty Wells - Girl Happy
• The Wharvey Gals - O Brother, Where Art Thou
• Connie White - Nashville
• Whoa! - 2gether
• Curt Wild - Velvet Goldmine
• Mike Windgren - Fun in Acapulco
• Winter & Caulder - Newton's Wake by Ken MacLeod
• Stinky Wizzleteats - Ren and Stimpy
• The Wonders (originally The Oneders) - That Thing You Do!
• Wyckyd Sceptre - Mr. Show
• Wyld Stallyns - Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
• The Wylde Rattz - Velvet Goldmine

X

Y

Z

• Zack Attack - Saved by the Bell
• Johnny Zhivago - A Clockwork Orange
• Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
• Zit Remedy (then The Zits) - Degrassi Junior High

Fictional groups that also existed

Some music groups have started off as fictitious, only to later become real bands. For example, the group in the film The Commitments was entirely fictional, but the cast later toured as a real band.

• The Commitments
• Heaven 17
• Josie and the Pussycats
• The Little Ladies from Rock Follies
• The Monkees
• Professor LaPlano and the Planotones
• Spinal Tap
• Toad the Wet Sprocket
• Tyskarna från Lund

See also

• Archive of fictional things
• Fictional character

External links

• The Rocklopedia Fakebandica - fictional musical acts from literature, screen, and other media
• http://www.planotones.com/