History Main / BritishRockstar

* The English dub of ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' gives the punk band that appears briefly in episode 21 comically British accents and mannerisms (one of them even calls another one "you wanker").
* ''SHY'' has one in the form of Stardust, a middle-aged British superhero based off of Music/DavidBowie that also pursued a rock career among other things.

* The titular band from ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'' provides the page image. It doesn't help that the film captures them in their decline, as they struggle with the release of their latest album and a concert tour that eventually sees them get second-billed to a theme park puppet show.
* Ben Sergeant and his band in ''ComicBook/TamaraDrewe''.

* Very early example -- the Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures movie ''Film/BikiniBeach'' (1964) had Frankie Avalon playing pop star Potato Bug (a ShallowParody of UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion rockers) in very cringe-worthy IAmVeryBritish mode (apparently all Britons acted like Creator/TerryThomas at the time.)
* ''Film/GetCrazy'' -- among the players at a New Year's Eve show at a venerable ballroom venue is jaded Music/MickJagger expy Reggie Wanker, played by Creator/MalcolmMcDowell.

* Nighy took on a strikingly similar role to the above in the better known ''Film/LoveActually'' as [[TheDanza Billy Mack.]]

* ''Film/TwentyFourHourPartyPeople'' is based on the true story of Factory Records, and Happy Mondays fits the trope to a tee, as they did in real life. At the lowest point, the band is sent to Barbados to record an album and get off heroin, but they in turn start smoking crack and end up selling the studio equipment, and when returning home, Shaun Ryder keeps the masters hostage, however after a gun point negotiation with the label owner Tony Wilson, agrees to hand them over for [[ComicallySmallBribe for £50]].

* ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' had an early episode where the station sponsored a concert with the British band, Scum of the Earth, who stress that they specialize in ''Hoodlum Rock''. The difference from Punk Rock is that they dress in fine suits and ties, speak in erudite English and gleefully commit violent crimes on everyone, including their fans, whenever possible. Their leader is played by Michael Des Barres, a RealLife British rock star whose subsequent acting career would also take him to the above-mentioned "Nina in the Cantina" episode of ''Series/JustShootMe''.

* In one episode of ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' Wayne plays a rock star in his hotel room in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-s2uAovzbQ this]] round of ''Let's Make A Date''. He automatically goes for a British accent.
* The inclusion of Davy Jones in ''Series/TheMonkees''.

* Series/LaverneAndShirley nearly get into a marriage of convenience to two British Invasion rockers (Eric Idle and Peter Noone).

* ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred'': In "The Ballad of Kevin and Tess", Shawn befriends a British musician named Nick Crowley, whose music he loves, when he heals him in the aftermath of his drug and alcohol-fueled binge. When Nick has a similar episode the next day, he insists on being brought to the 4400 Center instead of a hospital so that Shawn can heal him again. Nick invites Shawn to come on tour with him so that he can heal him every time that this happens, but Shawn declines, as he thinks that his ability was meant for something better than continually bringing a rock star back from the brink of death.
* Derek Jupiter, the lead singer of Iron Weasel from ''Series/ImInTheBand''.
* Principal Mitchell from ''Series/KirbyBuckets'' is practically British rock star turned [[SternTeacher Stern Principal]].
* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': [[Creator/StephenFry Dr. Gordon Wyatt]] once performed as Ziggy Stardust-expy "Noddy Comet", "a bisexual spaceman with a taste for glitter, lycra and an exhibitionist's disdain for underwear".

* ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' has heavy rockers named Jeanna Slick, Floyd Stone, and Allen Ash who are members of the band Angel Lust. The trio mistook the zombie horde for fans (admittedly, it's not that much of a stretch). They had such lines as "Oi mate, get off the bloody stage!" and "Zombies? Blimey!" They even destroy a crowd of zombies through ThePowerOfRock.

* Naturally a few of these turn up in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'', like the Guardian of Metal (voiced by Ozzy Osbourne) and the Kill Master (voiced by Lemmy Kilmister).

* Axl Low, the time-travelling goofball of the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' games is designed after this whole aesthetic (''Guilty Gear'' being an {{Animesque}} fighting game chock full of rock/metal references), although it's only in ''Xrd'' he really gets his British accent, despite him being based off an ''[[Music/GunsNRoses American]]'' rockstar.
* ''Videogame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' has Piers, a rock star Gym Leader of the Galar Region ([[FantasyCounterpartCulture the setting's version of England]]) who has massive hair, overstylized clothes and is even written to have what seems to be a Northern accent in the localization. While he's not nearly as wild as other examples due to the kid-friendly nature of the series he is however a Dark Type Trainer and [[spoiler:the leader of [[FootballHooligans Team Yell]], who are his Gym Trainers that he sent out to support his sister Marnie]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "The Otto Show", the B-plot has Bart -- notably inspired by his trip to a Spinal Tap concert (see Film -- Live-Action above) -- get a guitar. He has an ImagineSpot where he becomes one of these:
-->I'd [[FunetikAksent loik to play me latest chaht-toppah]]. It's called, "Me Fans Are Stupid Pigs."
* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'': The episode "Risky Beesness" involved a British rock band who were locked in their room by the villainess who wore a bee costume, could command bees and considered herself a musician. While in their dressing room, they spoke in received British pronunciation, had tea, and showed that the show's writers DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch regarding language in a children's show.

* On the ''California Raisins'' TV specials, the Raisins' main rival is a Mick Jagger-esque rocker named Lick Broccoli.

* Jetta, the [[SixthRanger later addition]] to The Misfits on ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}''. She's apparently [[AmericansHateTingle not popular in her home turf]] but is a part of one of the most popular bands in America. Jetta honestly doesn't like going back to Britain either. This was an enforced trope. Originally, she was going to be a black American woman, however ExecutiveMeddling didn't want a [[FlawlessToken black villain]] (the show later had a black villain in one episode though). It was decided that she could be either white and British or white and Australian. The [[ComicBook/JemAndTheHologramsIDW comic reboot]] [[RaceLift changed her]] to be a half-Japanese and half-black Brit.
* Jagged Stone of ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' is Marinette and Adrian's favourite rock star, and he has a British accent in the English dub. He is also Thomas Astruc's [[CreatorsFavorite favourite]] character. This isn't the case in the original French, where he has an American accent instead.
* Luna from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' is American however she admires many British rockstars. She often [[BriefAccentImitation puts on a British accent]].
* Jinky from ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}'' is a former heavy metal star that has mellowed out and left the industry, with tendencies to relapse into his old persona if cornered (at least, so says his bio). He has a thick Liverpudlian accent to compliment this.

* ''Film/24HourPartyPeople'' is based on the true story of Factory Records, and Happy Mondays fits the trope to a tee, as they did in real life. At the lowest point, the band is sent to Barbados to record an album and get off heroin, but they in turn start smoking crack and end up selling the studio equipment, and when returning home, Shaun Ryder keeps the masters hostage, however after a gun point negotiation with the label owner Tony Wilson, agrees to hand them over for [[ComicallySmallBribe for £50]].

* WesternAnimation/AcrossTheSpiderVerse: Hobie Brown/Spider-Punk becomes this due to his AdaptationalNationality from a New Yorker to a Londoner.

* WesternAnimation/AcrossTheSpiderverse: Hobie Brown/Spider-Punk becomes this due to his AdaptationalNationality from a New Yorker to a Londoner.

UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion helped cement British artists as big players in the international market. As such many bands or singers found in American media will turn out British. They're generally of the Metal or Rock genre with [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes horrible fashion sense]], who [[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll take lots of drugs, drink lots of booze]], have [[TheCasanova incredibly high sexual tallies]] (often [[AnythingThatMoves going for the weird stuff]], too), [[TrashTheSet trash hotel rooms]] and [[ApplianceDefenestration throw TVs out the window]], and are either indifferent or throwing themselves behind [[CharityMotivationSong whatever good cause]] [[ProtestSong might be available]]. Pierced nose and spiky mohawk optional.

** In ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas San Andreas]]'', you meet up with [[Music/TheBeatles Maccer]], the frontman of a band called The Gurning Chimps who are largely parodies of this trope, though their style leans more towards proto-{{Britpop}}, like Music/TheStoneRoses, Music/{{Suede}}, and Music/HappyMondays (he even wears a Reni hat). Kent Paul has moved on to managing him since Love Fist burned out.

* ''VideoGame/RockStarAteMyHamster'' has the player assume the role of the sleazy manager of a British rock band, boosting its publicity by having the stars appear in noxious tabloid stories and accepting offers from dubious (and sometimes {{Fake Charit|y}}ies such as the Nuke Your Granny Society.

* The guest stars in the first issue of ''Comicbook/TheMuppetShowComicBook'' are the Zimmer Twins, an elderly British rock duo named Rick and Leif (parodying [[Music/TheRollingStones Mick and "Keef"]]).

* Henry Mallett in ''Series/{{Spirited}}'', whose appearance appears to have been based on a combination of Adam Ant and [[Music/TheRollingStones Keith Richards]].

One particular trait is that they're likely to avert IAmVeryBritish, opting for a [[UsefulNotes/{{London}} cockney]] or [[OopNorth Northern accent]] (usually Liverpudlian or Mancunian, thanks to the existence of [[Music/TheBeatles famous]] [[Music/JoyDivision rock]] [[Music/NewOrder bands]] [[Music/TheSmiths from]] [[Music/TheStoneRoses those cities]]).

** Exaggeration, because he takes most of the elements in the trope description UpToEleven. Cockney? Check. Excessive drug and alcohol consumption? Check, although ''Forgetting Sarah Marshall'' is during a clean period. Incredible amounts of sex? CHECK. Indifference or random causes? ''Both'': "African Child" is an attempt to make a "cause" song that [[CluelessAesop just proves he doesn't care]]. Horrible fashion sense? Well, it's highly eccentric. Take it or leave it.