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Cody's Band (Roadhouse)

Codys Band Road House
You have to forgive us as for a movie we have seen countless times, we have no idea what the name of the band was (or if there was one) in the ultimate guilty pleasure film, Road House. Let’s focus on what we do know: The band was played by a Canadian Blues Rock trio called the Jeff Healey Band, who did very well in Canada in the late 80’s and early 90’s. They sounded right for the part, and Healey was able to gain what we believe was his only acting role showing what he could do as a “blind white guy”. Now what the hell was the name of this band? Seriously, we want to know the name of the band!
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The Clash at Demonhead

Clash at Demonhead The
The very successful rival band of Scott Pilgrim was made up of one of his ex girlfriends and a telekinetic bassist who was dating that aforementioned ex. Rather than go into the convoluted plot, let’s just say that the band’s music was provided by the very talented band, Metric, which is more than enough to make them a serious contender for this Hall of Fame.




The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

Actors:
Brie Larson (Envy Adams, Lead Singer)
Brandon Routh (Todd Ingram, Bass)
Tennessee Thomas (Lynette Lycott, Drums)

Songs you might remember:
Black Sheep

Why you should vote for them:
Musically, they are strong.

Why you should not vote for them:
Shouldn’t the top band of the film get the vote first?

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Clarence Walker

Clarence Walker
What do you mean Stuart Sutcliffe wasn’t the 5th Beatle? On Saturday Night Live we learned that Clarence Walker (Eddie Murphy) played saxophone for the Beatles (or so he claimed) in 1963 before being kicked out. We are suckers for everything that Murphy did on SNL (though not for anything he did in a fat suit), so we felt we had no choice but to nominate him for this.


  

The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Saturday Night Live (1984)

Actor:
Eddie Murphy

Songs you might remember:
None

Why you should vote for him:
Everything Eddie touched on that show was funny; this was no exception.

Why you should not vote for him:
The sketch was a one note appearance. Now how de nominated Mr. Robinson?

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Clarence Hilliard

Clarence Hilliard
From one of the ultimate cult films, “The World’s Greatest Sinner” we have a young man named Clarence Gilliard who realizes that Rock and Roll is power. He becomes a superstar and uses his new found fame to become a political icon and religious cult leader. It should be mentioned that this was the first film scored by Frank Zappa. This is one of those times when they say that a movie is ahead of its time; it is not an exaggeration.




The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
The World’s Greatest Sinner (1962)

Actor:
Timothy Carey

Songs you might remember:
The World’s Greatest Sinner (1962)

Why you should vote for him:
Scorsese loved it. It is easy to see why.

Why you should not vote for him:
Zappa himself hated it. That is easy to see why too.

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Citizen Dick

Citizen Dick
In a ballot that is filled with fascinating candidates, this could be the most intriguing of them all. The case for Citizen Dick from the Cameron Crowe’s grunge scored film, Singles is strong. First off, the band members (except for Matt Dillon) were musical gods, Pearl Jam, which for many is enough to induct them right there. Second they were big in Belgium!  


The case against them is actually strong too; namely we never really saw much of them as an actual band and in the decent soundtrack from the movie, nothing was attributed to Citizen Dick. We know that we say that we are looking forward to how the votes will shake out on many of the acts on our ballot, but damn, we REALLY want to see comments on this one.



The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Singles (1992)

Actors:
Matt Dillon (Cliff Poncier)
Eddie Vedder
Stone Gossard
Jeff Ament

Songs you might remember:
None

Why you should vote for them:
They were huge in Belgium!

Why you should not vote for them:
We did not see much of them in regards to their music.

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Circus Monkey

Circus Monkey
From the rarely viewed 1996 independent film, Bandwagon, we have a band that just wanted to “make it”. We see their trials and tribulations in this decent film, but they are here as the music created for the film (which like the film, was rarely heard) is actually decent. That alone earned them a spot on the ballot.




The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Bandwagon (1996)

Actors:
Lee Holmes (Tony Ridge, Guitar & Vocals)
Matthew Hennessey (Charlie Flagg, Drummer)
Kevin Corrigan (Wynn Knapp)
Steve Parlavecchio (Eric Ellwood)

Songs you might remember:
We are actually assuming nobody remembers anything from this film.

Why you should vote for them:
Musically, this was decent.

Why you should not vote for them:
What are the odds that you saw this?

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Ciji Dunne

Ciji Dunne
In the vanilla soap opera, Knots Landing, Ciji Dunne (Lisa Hartman) was destined to become a star, and did so with her equally nondescript version of music. If you are a fan of this show then in theory Dunne should be a lock. The interesting thing is though, for a show that lasted as long as Knots Landing did, we don’t know anybody who actually watched it.




The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
Knots Landing (1982-83)

Actors:
Lisa Hartman

Songs you might remember:
None

Why you should vote for her:
How about because in the 1980’s you found Lisa Hartman hot?

Why you should not vote for her:
She was forgettable.

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Chuck Clarke & Lyle Rogers

Chuck Clarke and Lyle Rogers
The universally panned Ishtar (though it was not as bad as people thought) gave us the mega star combo of Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty who played Lyle Rogers and Chuck Clarke, two horrific songwriters who hope to be the next Simon and Garfunkel. The first act of the film where they are working on songs (written by Paul Williams) is actually amusing before it derails into a strange place where they are in Morocco and become part of a plot to overthrow the fictional country of Ishtar. The movie may have been awful, but in terms of the music it was entertaining.




The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Ishtar (1987)

Actors:
Dustin Hoffman (Chuck Clarke)
Warren Beatty (Lyle Rogers

Songs you might remember:
Dangerous Business
Hot Fudge Love
The Echo Song

Why you should vote for them:
Out of pity?

Why you should not vote for them:
Do Hoffman and Beatty need anyone’s pity?

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The Christers

Christers The
Never Been Thawed was an eccentric independent film, but had it not been for this quirky piece of cinema, we would never have been introduced to the “Bad Boys of Christian Rock”, The Christers. Before becoming the Christers, they were the “Reacharounds” a Punk band who pose as a Christian Rock band to score funds to complete their album. Basically, they sell out, as generating money for wholesome music was a lot easier, though we enjoyed the oddball characters that surrounded the film even more than the band.




The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Never Been Thawed (2004)

Actors:
Shawn Anderson (Sean Anders)
Al McTavish (Allan Zwolle)
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Steve Bogart

Songs you might remember:
Crucifixerupper

Why you should vote for them:
This was a good movie, a good idea and worth a look.

Why you should not vote for them:
We think we are the only ones who saw this.

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Chris Gaines

Chris Gaines
This website almost went up without this one! When Country Music singer, Garth Brooks was legitimately one of the biggest singers in the United States, like most artists he wanted to explore his range. We imagine he felt pigeonholed, which is why he created “Chris Gaines” who was an alter ego from the Alternative Rock world. The music he created was mediocre, though he could have easily just released this under his own name rather than put on an emo wig and eyeliner. Incidentally, this experiment would mark the beginning of his decline.




The Bullet Points:
Album Appeared:
In the Life of Chris Gaines (1999)

Actor:
Garth Brooks

Songs you might remember:
Lost in You

Why you should vote for him:
It may not be remembered now, but Garth Brooks was huge at the time.

Why you should not vote for him:
Brooks was huge; but Gaines caused his decline.

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