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Imaginary tribute bands
Posted by Colin H on 7 May 2009 - 9:58am.
Just a simple trifle to momentarily brighten the day - imagined names for tribute acts that really OUGHT to exist, if only for the epitude of the name. Here's the first few I've brought to mind - I'm sure it's unnecessary to name the acts being 'paid tribute' (otherwise the names are no good!) - any others?
Nott The Hoople
Faux Diddly
Atomic Fraudster
Fairport Contravention
The Who?
Depeche? No
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Try here:
http://www.listopia.co.uk/list.php?l=62
Of the hundreds provided, my favourites are probably Not Was Not Was and the Average Height Band.
On what grounds
did Not Was Not Was end up as the only entry in the "rejected" section? Who knows...
They've since changed their name
to Was Not Was Not Was
Stooly Spin
Steeleye Span and Steely Dan; jazzy self knowing trad arr in 5 part finger in the ear tribute.
Fake That?
Proxy Music?
And a few soloists...
Phony Bennett?
Fraud Stewart?
Fantastic Mick!
:-D
Codplay
Creedence Clearwater Revival Revival
.
They Might Not Be Giants
The Men they Could Hang
,
Oasis
Oh.....
yes.
beat me to it Ha Ha!!
.
Man from C&A...
the Richard Thompson tribute band.
Mockney Rebel
And my old favourite joint Prince/Rem tribute act, Automatic for the Purple.
Brilliant!
Which, of course, leads us into a niche of a niche market for a band performing in tribute to both the Cars and Kraftwerk: Auto-Banned. Oh, the bookings would just fly in...
I Can't Believe It's Not Hütter
is a far better name for a Kraftwerk tribute.
You're right!
Nice one, JQ...
It Ain't Half Man Mum
Lez Zeppelin, and my personal local Hertfordshire favourite The Kings of Langley - excellent double pun
Or
Half Man Half Brisket
or even
Half Lamb Half Brisket
Dire Headbands...
the Dire Straits tribute.
Dire Bolical
And this from a Knopfler admirer! For shame...
It's an old gag...
...but how about the combined Dire Straits/Chris Rea tribute band: Dire Rea.
The Subdural Haematomas
.
Kate Shrub...
.
Fairport Attraction
or Fairground Convention, the Babbacombe Burns interface.
Crowded Scouse
(although they actually exist)
Play some prog
Emerson, Huntley and Palmer
Campervan
Jenny Siss
No
Prog for Psychiatrists
Pink Freud
Ferry cross the dark, corpse-strewn waters of the river Styx
The Sisters of Mersey play Wagnerian Goth rock in the style of Gerry & the Pacemakers. Or at least they would if a real non-tribute band didn't already perform under this name.
Edward's Nuclear Waste Recepticle
.
Byb Dolan
performing songs from legendary albums like "Bland on Bland" and "Bled on the Tacks."
The Scottish Gun Club
Jeffrey Lee Pearson (v, g)
Kid Bingo (g)
Patricia Morrison (b)
Terry Graham Alexander (d)
A Tribute act to two
A Tribute act to two North-East legends: Dire Straits and Chris Rea.
Dire-Rea, anyone?
Imagine the album cover!
Shocking news about Princess Di.
She might not make it, they say.
Oh Retro
Talking of which - how about Retro Tull?
Is not Was Not Was
Easy Tyger - in the unlikely event that a Tygers of Pan Tang tribute band is deemed necessary. Continues the North East theme I suppose
Us hippies are all getting on a bit
Fairly Portly Convention
Jefferson Stairlift
Rolling Gallstones?
The (In)Firm
The Dentures - Walk Can't Run
Aged Zep - Stannah Stairlift to Heaven
2 more
We could do it ourselves - The Word Smiths
Pub rock's pub rock - Decoy Ducks Deluxe
The Word Smiths - fantastic, Tadora!
As for Ducks Deluxe, couldn't we have a revamped reunion version featuring one original member and the rest of the band comprising a load of, er, anonymous old pub rockers (yes, yes, I walked right into that one, didn't I!).
We could call it 'Ducks Deluxe: Redux' and then look forward to a situation in which the line-up falls apart on the eve of a new release on Hux Records only to be regrouped at the 11th hour with the offer of a prestige backing opportunity with Chuck Berry at a black tie event.... only to find that their van packs in on the way to the gig. All of which, quite obviously, will lead to the Word headline:
'Ducks Deluxe: Redux - In Flux, On Hux, With Chucks' Tux - Truck's Luck Sucks'
Toke This
a notorious, drug-abusing boy band...
How about Arse?
An Elbow tribute band who are so good that (waaaiiiittt forrrr itttttt....) you can't tell your Arse from your Elbow!
I'll get me coat.
the beagles
lennon mccartney songs performed in a country-rock style.
(or eagles songs done like merseybeat).
New Riders of the Purple Rain
Stoner country rock from the Paisley Underground.
(Hang on, this is veering into the Crowther magnum opus of some weeks back, make that "Nothing Compares to Henry" and "(Let's party 'till it's) 1969" and all those country funk hits...)
Tom
a tribute to The Who's Tommy - but just featuring the good songs, which are, of course...um...oh and...er...this is quite tricky isn't it?
Sub Atomic Kitten
Then again, perhaps the world doesn't need this.
ZZ Top ...
... pronounced the English way.
Wan Morrison
Sex Thistles
Nearly Dan
Supergramp
Cruftwerk
Very Rafferty (Hit song: Faker Street)
And a classical act: I Can't Believe It's Not Mutter
I´m a country member
Nellie Wilson
Or Wily Nelson
Fleeting Foxes
Antique Monkeys
Hispanic Street Preachers
In a family way...
The Surrogate Mothers of Invention
Aphrodite's Stepchild
Brother-in-law Beyond
And not forgetting...
Husker Don't
Queens Of The Iron Age
The Divine Tragedy
Ben Unfolds Five
Al(most) Green
The Beach Boyos
The Beautiful North
Blur-ry
Curtis May Not Field
M-bow
Fairly Happy Mondays
Level 41
Mildly Ticked Off Street Preachers
Jack Michaelson
Rick Cave and the Bad Apples
Impersonation (a Pet Shop Boys tribute act)
Radiolegs
Quite Good Furry Animals
1pac Shakur
Consultant Dre
Elinem
49 Cent
good stuff
british 50 cent tribute ~ 0.33186 pence and rising
Strange but true
There is a tribute band called Nott The Hoople, been around for many years.
Dud Or Alive
It's poetic justice, anythingcanetcetc...
...if they didn't exist, we'd have to make them up...
Remötley Crüe
Black Sabbatical
Deo
Fleetwood Manc
Shocking Flu
Phoney M
playing in Glasgow last night
The Scottish Tribute Band :
Rage Against The MacChine
Truth funnier than fiction
There is a Scottish Iron Maiden tribute act called 'Irn Made-in'. There's a kind of genius in that!
Great straightedge/post rock tributes
Surely, Fakegazi.
and Godspeed you Slack Emperor.
or...
Minicab for Cutie
Spandau Barely
And post-punk/country/folk/rock/ crossover tribute:
The Scritti Gritty Dirt Band.
Leather Pants = Catch all
Leather Pants = Catch all tribute to 80's hair and arena rock
Unemployment Line = A tribute to Men at Work and the songs of Colin Hay
Or
Steely Danielle
an all female Steely Dan tribute
Haille Unlikely
chances of the above - and also a Rasta tribute band.
As are Steal Pulse and Aswas.
Bon Jehovah
Coming to a Kingdom Hall near you soon. Always close their show with All Along The Watchtower, obviously.
And from Israel: Bon Yahweh
Or if Anthea Turner's husband....
...started his own tribute act to JBJ it would, obviously, have to be called: Yon Bovey
or
Carter The Stoppable Sex Machine
The Others Of Invention
OR
Bob Zimmerframe
The Not So Sensational Alex Harvey (without Alex) Band
The We Are Only In It For The Money Pistols
Have we had
Barely Bragg
or Shania Twin yet?
Tribute act for out there foxy 80's indie
Danielle Fax
Fleetwood Mock
...
Or a PR slogan for a new organic lossless music...
...downloading format:
'Meet Wood Flac'
Tribute band whose members are vampires
...And You Willl know Us By The Trail of Undead
Osmosis...
Surly Manchester Brit Pop Band attempt Mormon classic 'Crazy Horses'.
How about
The Continuity ELP
Reminds me of the song 'Tour Jacket With Detachable Sleeves'
by Half Man Half Biscuit, which contains the tribute bands:
I Can't Believe It's Not Focus
leading to the great one-liner: Are You Knackered, man? No, I'm Jan Akkerman
and an ELP reference to 'H-ELP, more like'
Fantastic! And the funny thing is...
...Jan Akkerman would probably enjoy the gag. For a man whose first language is Dutch, he's remarkably adept at the joys of English wordplay...
And as for ELP, I understand there really WAS briefly a possibility that Jimi Hendrix would join them, leading to the inevitable additional initial problem...
Fantastic TK!
But let's hope, for the sake of peace (and quiet), we can persuade them towards a 'cessation of activities'!
80s-tastic
Gold-suits ahoy for...DEF
Gone West
Haircut 101
Electric Slight Orchestra
Jeff Lynne and a mate.
except
Jeff already did that for Zoom, didn't he
Tom Waits for no-one
Or a reformed 70's band Crusty Bread.
Or the Japanese tribute band to Atomic Rooster - Hiroshima Fried Chicken.
The Beastly Boys
Or the Irish tribute band on a sold out tour - Busy Lizzie
Stevie Wonder Stuff
Bob C-cup And The Silver Bullet Band
Tranny tribute to all-american rocker.
Thought of a gap in the Tribute Band market last night.
From near Southend, the Kings of Leigh-on-sea with their new hit, Es-sex on Fire.
And after a thread gap of six months...
...that's very impressive!