26 Weird and Wild Times Musicians Cameo’d on Television
![26 Weird and Wild Times Musicians Cameo’d on Television](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/0/2/847502_320x180.jpg)
Musicians, for obvious reasons, rule your ears. A catchy song on the radio or on Spotify can worm its way into your brain and live there for the rest of your life. But many musicians aren’t satisfied with simply being the royalty of your earholes, and make an effort to show their (usually beautiful) faces on your television as well. We’re not saying it’s never a good idea — there are certainly plenty of examples of it going well — but more often than not, the results are strange, and even a little off-putting. See, for instance…
Boy George
![Does the A-Team really want to hurt BOY GEORGE THE A TEAM CRACKED.COM Just another day in the life for the Culture Club as they perform for a crowd of testy oil workers. Boy George's crooning wins over the blue-collar crowd before they leave to kill the A-Team, who have been framed for killing the sheriff. Another plot ripped right out of Shakespeare.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/7/847297.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
The B-52s
![A soap opera kinda makes sense for THE B-52S THE GUIDING LIGHT CRACKED COM A blow-dried MC at the Guiding Light's single music venue does the honors: Introducing one of the most innovative rock groups who are now riding the crest of the new wave! Let's have a big hand for the fabulous B-52s! Well, he wasn't wrong.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/5/847295.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
Adam Ant
![Не was no goody two-shoes ADAM ANT THE EQUALIZER CRACKED.COM No, not the Queen Latifah one. Ant was only one 80s music icon to guest-villain on the show. Others include Buster Poindexter, Stewart Copeland from the Police, and Adrock from the freaking Beastie Boys.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/4/847294.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
Snoop Dogg
![No one loves the Llanview ladies like SNOOP DOGG ONE LIFE TO LIVE CRACKED.COM Snoop has made multiple appearances on the soap. I've been a fan of One Life to Live since I was a baby because my momma always had it on. It's cool to come back and hang with the people in Llanview and rock out with them.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/3/847293.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
Justin Bieber
![You had it coming, JUSTIN BIEBER CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION CRACKED.COM Bieber played troubled teen Jason McCann, and was shot in the chest in the show's climax. I shouldn't be saying this but he was kind of a brat, says Marg Helgenberger. Не locked one of the producers in a closet and he put his fist through a cake on the cast's table.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/2/847292.jpg)
Source: 14 More Hilarious, Bad-Ass or Just Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
Britney Spears
![Oops, she cameoed again BRITNEY SPEARS HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER CRACKED.COM As receptionist Abby, she fell in love with a clueless Ted. She ends up spending the night with Barney, who never calls her back. Brit then makes it her mission to warn women about Barney the womanizer. The guest gig went so well that HIMYM brought Spears back for an encore.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/1/847291.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
David Bowie
![Always meet your heroes when they're DAVID BOWIE EXTRAS CRACKED.COM Gervais wrote the Extras scene about meeting your hero and him not being what you thought. And then he did the show and gave us exactly what Bowie was. Later he was doing a benefit in New York and he started in with, 'Chubby little loser... Please welcome Ricky Gervais.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/9/847289.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
New Kids on the Block
![It's the Kimmy Gibler phase of career for NEW KIDS FULLER HOUSE CRACKED.COM After Kimmy buys counterfeit concert tix for her best pal's birthday, NKOTB show up at the house to serenade DJ instead. Added comedy: The birthday girl is whacked out on dentist pain meds. Hard to blame Donnie Wahlberg for sitting this one out.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/0/847290.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
Gene Simmons
![GENE SIMMONS is even creepier without demon make-up MIAMI VICE CRACKED.COM Simmons played Newton Windsor Blade, affectionately known as the Sears and Roebuck of controlled substances. Resplendent in an all-white silk kimono, bad-guy Blade actually helps Crockett and Tubb nail Columbian drug smugglers.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/8/847288.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
The Flaming Lips
![Do you realize 90210 featured FLAMING UPS BEVERLY HILLS 90210 CRACKED.COM Once something is popular, it has the potential to grow and grow and grow, says frontman Wayne Coyne. When Beverly Hills, 90210 called us, if this would have been a year earlier, we would have thought, 'No, we're too cool.' But it occurred to us that would be ridiculous and absurd and funny.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/7/847287.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
Devo
![The kids wanted to get down with DEVO SQUARE PEGS CRACKED.COM The young cast was out of control-they were doing drugs and they were making out and they were coming on to us in a big way, says Devo's Gerald Casale. They might have been 15 or 16, but in their heads they were already 40. I don't think there was a virgin on the set.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/5/847285.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
One Direction
![Carly's water bottle sickened ONE DIRECTION ICARLY CRACKED.COM The fellas perform You Don't Know You're Beautiful before Harry pretends to get Jungle Worms from Carly's thermos. It's all a ruse to get Carly to take care of him (and the same trick he used to date Olivia Wilde.)](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/6/847286.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
Ed Sheeran
![Hodor hated cameo stars, especially ED SHEERAN GAME OF THRONES CRACKED.COM I was like: 'Why is Ed Sheeran here? asks Kristian (Hodor) Nairn. He's a great guy, great musician, but why is he in Game Of Thrones? I think it's stupid. I don't mind going on the record on that. I just think it takes you right out of the world.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/4/847284.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
Dave Grohl
![Animal had a score to settle with DAVE GROHL THE MUPPETS CRACKED.COM Grohl: I've been waiting for this for years. Animal: Now we see who best. The epic percussion battle ends with both drum kits reduced to wreckage. Defeated, both Grohl and Animal sigh, you win.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/3/847283.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
Demi Lovato
![This isn't the Disney Channel, DEMI LOVATO GREY'S ANATOMY CRACKED.COM If you ever wanted to see the former tween star stab herself in the heart with a hypodermic needle, have we got the episode for you! Spoiler alert: She's not crazy, she just has a hole in her ear.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/2/847282.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
Lady Gaga
![Changing the lyrics? No prob for LADY GAGA GOSSIP GIRL CRACKED.COM Gagaloo penned a few Gossip Girl-specific verses of Bad Romance for her cameo in a synagogue-turned-performance- space. Let's see, what rhymes with Leighton Meester ...](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/0/847280.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
Katy Perry
![Barney put the moves on KATY PERRY HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER CRACKED.COM Perry scored a People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Guest Star, proving once and for all that the People's Choice Awards still exist.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/1/847281.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
Anthrax
![Behold the hard-core comedy of ANTHRAX MARRIED WITH CHILDREN CRACKED.COM The band got David Faustino in trouble by keeping him out all night at a Metallica concert. The trashed actor wasn't in great shape for filming the next day. It was one of the greatest weeks of my life, says drummer Charlie Benante.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/9/847279.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
Stevie Wonder
![The kids were jammin' on the one with STEVIE WONDER THE COSBY SHOW GRAGKED.COM This episode is the single most influential moment in the history of hip-hop, says Questlove. It was the first time that 99 percent of us who went on to be hip-hop producers saw what a sampler was. It's not an exaggeration to say that this was the incident that truly sucked me into hip-hop.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/7/847277.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
Prince
![Did U happen 2 с the 1 with PRINCE NEW GIRL CRACKED.COM I got a cold email from his manager, says Zoe Deschanel. Hello, I am manager to legendary artist Prince. Не is loving the show New Girl. Не would like 2 в on the show.' I'm like, this has to be a prank! Cast and crew weren't sure His Royal Badness would actually show up, but he was awesome.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/8/847278.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
Sonic Youth
![Gossip Girl had an NYC connection with SONIC YOUTH GOSSIP GIRL CRACKED.COM Showrunner Stephanie Savage saw an online clip of a Sonic Youth show ... and Gossip Girl was playing in the background. And I was like, 'I hope they're not making fun of us!' And it turned out that it was tongue in cheek, but definitely with love, and that they were fans of the show.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/6/847276.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
Jennifer Lopez
![Oh no, you di-int, JENNIFER LOPEZ WILL AND GRACE GRACKED.COM What's more improbable? 1. Jennifer Lopez performing at Karen's wedding? 2. Jack getting a gig as JLo's back-up dancer? 3. Lopez making a return engagement playing two characters during the show's revival? (Hint: All three happened.)](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/4/847274.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
Bruno Mars
![There are better paying gigs, BRUNO MARS JANE THE VIRGIN CRACKED.COM Yet another episode where a music superstar shows up to sing at someone's wedding reception. So why do all the weddings we go to seem to feature bad cover bands singing Can't Feel My Face?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/1/847271.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
Avril Lavigne
![No one can dance to AVRIL LAVIGNE WB SABRINA THE TEENAGED WITCH - CRACKED.COM Avril and her punk-ish band thrash around on stage while the teen witch and her friends sit at cocktail tables and politely bob their heads. Shouldn't somebody be throwing a chair through a window or something? Rock and roll is dead.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/2/847272.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
Alice Cooper
![Eric feared Donna would dump him for ALICE COOPER THAT 70S SHOW CRACKED.COM It wasn't completely out of the question, but she would have had to find a way to get past the snake.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/0/847270.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows
Adele
![America Ferrera made the world safe for ADELE UGLY BETTY CRACKED.COM We made Adele famous, joked Ferrera after the singer's appearance on Ugly Betty. Adele had already won the Grammy for Best New Artist by the time she made her cameo, so check yourself, America.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/9/847269.jpg)
Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows