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Punk Floyd
Jul 05, 2014
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The Artists
Formed after the end of the Rutles, Dirk McQuickley (Eric Idle) formed the Punk Rock band, Punk Floyd. His wife Martini, who didn’t sing, joined him; not there was a lot of time for her do so if she was so inclined. The punk genre landed to much shorter songs, though his first single from the three-minute debut album (White Dopes on Punk) lasted as long as it took to say the title.
Like the Rutles, Punk Floyd had an extensive fictional discography and for something that appeared so briefly in the Rutles documentary, the backstory was so extensive. That alone makes us seriously consider them.
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
All You Need is Cash (1978)
Actors:
Eric Idle (Dirk McQuickly, Bass, Lead Vocals)
Bianca Jagger (Martini McQuickley, Keyboards)
(Denny Gilmour, Guitar and Backing Vocals)
(Joey Mason, Drums)
Songs you might remember:
Listen to the Noise That the Small Girls Make While They Participate in Various Primitive Games For Their Own Amusement
Why you should vote for them:
Based on the fictional Discography, they helped invent Punk as “White Doped on Punk” was released in 1970.
Why you should not vote for them:
Their “ultimate” album, Comatose, was only ten minutes long.
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Prozzak
Jul 05, 2014
Published in
The Artists
Jay Levine and James Bryan were members of the Canadian band, The Philosopher Kings and looked to create something a little bit different. With that, they created virtual faux British personas and created Simon and Milo, two men always searching for love. As Prozzak, they released four albums, the first of which was a hit in Canada. As always, just making it in Canada, probably isn’t enough to make it for this Hall of Fame.
The Bullet Points:
Albums Appeared:
Hot Show (1998)
Saturday People (2000)
Ready Ready Set Go (2002)
Cruel Cruel World (2005)
Performers:
Jay Levine
James Bryan
Songs you might remember:
Sucks to be You
Why you should vote for them:
This wasn’t a bad act.
Why you should not vote for them:
Outside of Canada, they did not make a dent.
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Professor LePlano and the Planotones
Jul 05, 2014
Published in
The Artists
From the tribute film to the spirit of Rock and Roll, American Hot Wax, we have “Professor LePlano and the Planotones” who were the resident DooWop Group of the film. The film’s rock stars were half people who played themselves and half made up bands, which may make these fictional entries from the film muddled at best, and long shots for entry.
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
American Hot Wax (1978)
Actors:
Kenny Vance
Joe Esposito
Bruce Sudano
Ed Hokenson
Songs you might remember:
Rock and Roll is Here to Stay
Why you should vote for them:
This is from a film that celebrated Rock and Roll.
Why you should not vote for them:
Basically, they pretended they were someone else.
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Pop
Jul 05, 2014
Published in
The Artists
Loosely based on Wham, Pop was a very successful band in the 1980’s and when the duo broke up, one of them had a very successful solo career which saw him knighted and the other was asked to perform in “Battle of the 80’s Has-Beens” Hugh Grant was great as the Andrew Ridgley character, Alex Fletcher who has seen better days in his career, but has a chance to redeem himself with by writing a song for Cora (a Britney Spears clone) which would allow him to sing at her concert. It would turn out good for Fletcher, as we learn in a Pop Up Video closing the film that he reunited with his more successful partner and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Now if they were inducted to that, shouldn’t they be inducted here?
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Music & Lyrics (2007)
Actors:
Hugh Grant (Alex Fletcher)
Scott Porter (Colin Thompson)
Songs you might remember:
Pop Goes My Heart
Why you should vote for them:
Hey…they are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
Why you should not vote for them:
The bands that inspired them are not in the Rock and Roll Hall.
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