14 of the All-Time Raddest (and Lamest) Fictional Bands
![14 of the All-Time Raddest (and Lamest) Fictional Bands](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/5/892165_320x180.jpg)
Ah, the music of the silver screen. From the classic Miami Vice theme to the jizz-loving aliens of the Star Wars Cantina Band, it’s been a wild ride through the world of music and movies. We’ve seen fictional bands rock out, death metal wannabes, and even a TV show-to-chart-topper. It’s been a roller coaster of nostalgia, with 80s classics, cult favorites, and quite a few cash grabs. But through it all, one thing remains constant: the music of the silver screen is always memorable, except in those times where it’s absolutely terrible.
So, without further ado, let us take a look at some of the most iconic, and some of the absolute worst, bands from the world of movies and TV. From Daisy Jones & The Six to Brainkrieg, Uptown Girl to Dethklok, we’ll be exploring the music that has made us laugh, cry, and dance, and also music that made us frantically hunt for the mute button. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride.
Most excellent.
![Rad (and lame) fictional bands Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure WYLD STALLYNS It's Bill and Ted. There would be something deeply wrong with the world if we called their band in any way lame. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/1/3/891513.jpg)
Orion Pictures
Jizz-loving aliens.
![Rad (and lame) fictional bands Star Wars FIGRIN D'AN AND THE MODAL NODES The Cantina Band play a type of music called jizz. We're not kidding here: this is George Lucas' creative genius at work. Anyway, look, we know the song started playing in your head when you saw this, and it's one of the sounds of your childhood, so it's rad. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/0/3/891503.jpg)
Lucasfilm
Legendary, need we say more?
![Rad (and lame) fictional bands This is Spinal Tap SPINAL TAP Spinal Tap needs no introduction, much less defending. Spinal Tap created the music mockumentary genre with an amazingly hilarious movie. Spinal Tap is awesome. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/1/1/891511.jpg)
Embassy Pictures
Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld: rock banding since 2000.
![Rad (and lame) fictional bands South Park TIMMY AND THE LORDS OF THE UNDERWORLD Zidrian Back in 2000, when GWB was president and Osama bin Laden was barely known outside of three-letter agencies (and you, dear reader, were probably not alive yet), South Park was new, fresh, and subversive. This band is from that era. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/1/2/891512.jpg)
Paramount Media Networks
Cera: master of bass... not.
![Rad (and lame) fictional bands M 22N FOR Scott Pilgrim VS. the World SEX BOB-OMB Mickmbol Michael Cera, Allison Pill, and Mark Webber had to practice playing instruments for real. Cera had to make himself worse at playing the bass so the band sounded bad, and he pretty much did a bang-up job. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/1/0/891510.jpg)
Universal Pictures
I2I. Iykyk.
![Rad (and lame) fictional bands A Goofy Movie POWERLINE We know you love A Goofy Movie, and A Goofy Movie couldn't work without Powerline at all. Powerline is the definition of coolness. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/0/7/891507.jpg)
Disney
Adam Sandler in ’The Wedding Singer’? Yikes.
![Rad (and lame) fictional bands The Wedding Singer ROBBIE HART They would take our comedy website license away if we called Adam Sandler anything but unfunny, so here: Adam Sandler as the singer in this movie is just super uncool. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/0/9/891509.jpg)
New Line Cinema
Cartoon-level mediocrity.
![Rad and lame) fictional bands Josie and the Pussycats JOSIE ANDosie THE PUSSYCATS A band from a Scooby-Doo-type cartoon that somehow aged worse than Scooby-Doo, and makes even less sense (at one point, the action moved from Earth to outer space)? Lame. Definitely. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/0/8/891508.jpg)
Hanna-Barbera Productions
TV-show-to-chart-topper.
![Rad (and lame) fictional bands The Heights THE HEIGHTS In 1992, Jamie Walters' song How Do You Talk to an Angel from Aaron Spelling's TV show The Heights became the first song from a TV series to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100 since 1985 - and the show got canceled a few days later. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/0/6/891506.jpg)
Fox
’Metalocalypse’s Dethklok: metal and jingle-ing.
![Rad (and lame) fictional bands Methri Metalocalypse DETHKLOK Dethklok is the world's most popular band in the show Metalocalypse. They combine metal music with funny lyrics, and even have a jingle for Duncan Hills Coffee - and they somehow manage to pull off a blend of the two. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/0/2/891502.jpg)
Warner Bros. Television
Fictional band rocks out.
![Rad (and lame) fictional bands Dan lo S SBURGH ES Daisy Jones & The Six DAISY JONES & THE SIX The actors practiced their instruments, learned the music, and worked on their stage presence, which we respect - but it's kinda hard to get worked up about Fleetwood Mac-type boomer music. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/0/4/891504.jpg)
Amazon Studios
’80s nostalgia overload.
![Rad (and lame) fictional bands The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension THE HONG KONG CAVALIERS The fictional band was played by real-life musicians, including Jeff Goldblum on the keyboard. Somehow, that didn't stop them from being kinda awful... but then again, with that kind of movie, there's only so much you can expect. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/0/1/891501.jpg)
20th Century Studios
Death metal wannabes.
![Rad (and lame) fictional bands BATTLE OF THE CRAPPY HiGH SCHOOL BANDS jugga jigga wugga BK BK Homestar Runner BRAINKRIEG Strong Bad created a death metal band called Brainkrieg. They used words like dentist and deli in their lyrics, and they were so awful that they got last place in the The Battle of the Crappy High School Bands and. 'Nuff said, really. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/0/5/891505.jpg)
The Brothers Chaps
Cult classic.
![Rad (and lame) fictional bands C Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping CONNER4REAL The Lonely Island created Conner4Real, a fictional pop star - and he was basically a pitch-perfect parody of artists at the time, with songs like Equal Rights where he's for gay rights but keeps repeating, not gay! CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/0/0/891500.jpg)
Universal Pictures