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* The Yellow River Boys are a ToiletHumor-themed country rock band whose lineup features [[Creator/TimAndEric Tim Heidecker]] and [[Creator/NeilHamburger Gregg Turkington]] - part of the joke is that official sources, such as the liner notes to the album ''Urinal St. Station'', portray them as being an actual band from the 1970s who mainly performed in underground fetish clubs.
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** Interestingly, GWAR themselves were originally a "fake band" portrayed by a real one - As a joke, Dave Brockie's HardcorePunk band Death Piggy once opened up for themselves as a metal band in viking costumes, which eventually evolved into the concept for GWAR.

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* The film ''Film/VelvetGoldmine'', which centres around transparent NoCelebritiesWereHarmed versions of Music/DavidBowie and Music/IggyPop, featured two fictional backing bands on its soundtrack album. The Venus In Furs was made up of British musicians, including members of Music/{{Radiohead}}, Music/{{Suede}}, and Music/RoxyMusic, and solo artist Music/DavidGray. The Wylde Ratttz was made up of American musicians, including members of Music/TheStooges, Music/{{Minutemen}}, Music/SonicYouth, and Music/{{Mudhoney}}.
* Interesting case in the movie ''Film/{{Singles}}''. Real-life bands Music/AliceInChains and Music/{{Soundgarden}} play themselves, but three members of Music/PearlJam play Matt Dillon's backing band members of the fictitious Citizen Dick, although for some reason they use their real names.

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* The film ''Film/VelvetGoldmine'', which centres around transparent NoCelebritiesWereHarmed versions of Music/DavidBowie and Music/IggyPop, featured two fictional backing bands on its soundtrack album. The Venus In Furs was made up of British musicians, including members of Music/{{Radiohead}}, Music/{{Suede}}, and Music/RoxyMusic, and solo artist Music/DavidGray. The Wylde Ratttz was made up of American musicians, including members of Music/TheStooges, Music/{{Minutemen}}, Music/SonicYouth, and Music/{{Mudhoney}}.
Music/{{Mudhoney}}. Wylde Ratttz had somewhat of a life beyond the movie, recording a self-titled album that stayed on the [[ShelfOfMovieLanguishment shelf of album languishment]] until the musicians were able to secure a self-release in 2020, along with various digital singles released that same year.
* Interesting case in the movie ''Film/{{Singles}}''. Real-life bands Music/AliceInChains and Music/{{Soundgarden}} play themselves, but three members of Music/PearlJam play Matt Dillon's backing band members of the fictitious Citizen Dick, although for some reason they use their real names. A full version of Citizen Dick's "Touch Me I'm Dick" [[note]]a cover / parody of Mudhoney's "Touch Me I'm Sick" performed by the same members of Pearl Jam and Matt Dillon[[/note]] was released as a 7" single in 2015 for Record Store Day, and would also appear on a deluxe edition of the soundtrack album.
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* [[Manga/{{BECK}} Beck/Mongolian Chop Squad]], from the series of the same name. They're a [[TitleThemeTune hit in the USA]].

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* [[Manga/{{BECK}} [[Manga/{{BECK|1999}} Beck/Mongolian Chop Squad]], from the series of the same name. They're a [[TitleThemeTune hit in the USA]].
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* ''Anime/AggressiveRetsuko'', the full series, featured [=OTMGirls=], a struggling idol group briefly catapulted into stardom when Retsuko gets recruited. Creator/{{Sanrio}} produced a full, if brief, album for them.
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* OOIOO started out as a fake band for a photo shoot, then had a FakeRealTurn. When Yoshimi P-We from the band Boredoms was asked to do a photoshoot for the Japanese magazine Switch, she wanted a few of her friends to be a part of it, so it was decided the magazine would present them as a fictitious band called OOIOO. They then decided to make the group a reality, producing a full album and touring with Music/SonicYouth a year later.

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* OOIOO started out as a fake band for a photo shoot, then had a FakeRealTurn. When Yoshimi P-We from the band Boredoms Music/{{Boredoms}} was asked to do a photoshoot for the Japanese magazine Switch, she wanted a few of her friends to be a part of it, so it was decided the magazine would present them as a fictitious band called OOIOO. They then decided to make the group a reality, producing a full album and touring with Music/SonicYouth a year later.
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* Music/{{Devo}} supply the music for Cube Squared, a fictional Swedish band from the film {{Film/Tapeheads}}: While they aren't played by Devo themselves, the actors mime a Swedish-language version of "Baby Doll". Similarly, "Mr. MX-7", supposedly performed by a metal band called Blender Children in film, is actually by the Goth Rock supergroup The Lords of the New Church with Stiv Bators as lead singer, {{Pop Star Composer}}s Fishbone have a cameo as a country band called Ranchbone, and real life soul-singers Sam Moore (of Sam And Dave) and Junior Walker portray fictional soul duo The Swanky Modes. Full songs by The Swanky Modes, Cube Squared, and Ranchbone were on the soundtrack.

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* Music/{{Devo}} supply the music for Cube Squared, a fictional Swedish band from the film {{Film/Tapeheads}}: ''Film/{{Tapeheads}}'': While they aren't played by Devo themselves, the actors mime a Swedish-language version of "Baby Doll". Similarly, "Mr. MX-7", supposedly performed by a metal band called Blender Children in film, is actually by the Goth Rock supergroup The Lords of the New Church with Stiv Bators as lead singer, {{Pop Star Composer}}s Fishbone have a cameo as a country band called Ranchbone, and real life soul-singers Sam Moore (of Sam And Dave) and Junior Walker portray fictional soul duo The Swanky Modes. Full songs by The Swanky Modes, Cube Squared, and Ranchbone were on the soundtrack.
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*** ...Not that this isn't depressingly common in "live" pop performances nowadays, but still.
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* Music/{{Devo}} supply the music for Cube Squared, a fictional Swedish band from the film ''Tapeheads'': While they aren't played by Devo themselves, the actors mime a Swedish-language version of "Baby Doll". Similarly, "Mr. MX-7", supposedly performed by a metal band called Blender Children in film, is actually by the Goth Rock supergroup The Lords of the New Church with Stiv Bators as lead singer, {{Pop Star Composer}}s Fishbone have a cameo as a country band called Ranchbone, and real life soul-singers Sam Moore (of Sam And Dave) and Junior Walker portray fictional soul duo The Swanky Modes. Full songs by The Swanky Modes, Cube Squared, and Ranchbone were on the soundtrack.

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* Music/{{Devo}} supply the music for Cube Squared, a fictional Swedish band from the film ''Tapeheads'': {{Film/Tapeheads}}: While they aren't played by Devo themselves, the actors mime a Swedish-language version of "Baby Doll". Similarly, "Mr. MX-7", supposedly performed by a metal band called Blender Children in film, is actually by the Goth Rock supergroup The Lords of the New Church with Stiv Bators as lead singer, {{Pop Star Composer}}s Fishbone have a cameo as a country band called Ranchbone, and real life soul-singers Sam Moore (of Sam And Dave) and Junior Walker portray fictional soul duo The Swanky Modes. Full songs by The Swanky Modes, Cube Squared, and Ranchbone were on the soundtrack.
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* Music/{{Devo}} supply the music for Cube Squared, a fictional Swedish band from the film ''Tapeheads'': While they aren't played by Devo themselves, the actors mime a Swedish-language version of "Baby Doll". Similarly, "Mr. MX-7", supposedly performed by a metal band called Blender Children in film, is actually by Stiv Bators And The Zeroes, {{Pop Star Composer}}s Fishbone have a cameo as a country band called Ranchbone, and real life soul-singers Sam Moore (of Sam And Dave) and Junior Walker portray fictional soul duo The Swanky Modes. Full songs by The Swanky Modes, Cube Squared, and Ranchbone were on the soundtrack.

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* Music/{{Devo}} supply the music for Cube Squared, a fictional Swedish band from the film ''Tapeheads'': While they aren't played by Devo themselves, the actors mime a Swedish-language version of "Baby Doll". Similarly, "Mr. MX-7", supposedly performed by a metal band called Blender Children in film, is actually by the Goth Rock supergroup The Lords of the New Church with Stiv Bators And The Zeroes, as lead singer, {{Pop Star Composer}}s Fishbone have a cameo as a country band called Ranchbone, and real life soul-singers Sam Moore (of Sam And Dave) and Junior Walker portray fictional soul duo The Swanky Modes. Full songs by The Swanky Modes, Cube Squared, and Ranchbone were on the soundtrack.
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* Music/{{Madness}}' CoverAlbum ''The Dangermen Sessions, Volume One'' casts them as a recently re-formed Cuban reggae group, The Dangermen.

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* Music/{{Madness}}' Music/{{Madness|Band}}' CoverAlbum ''The Dangermen Sessions, Volume One'' casts them as a recently re-formed Cuban reggae group, The Dangermen.
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* ''Film/YesMan'''s Munchausen by Proxy, who had four of their songs on the official soundtrack, all of which were cowritten and sung by Creator/ZooeyDeschanel. Taken a little bit further in the packaging - the other nine songs on the soundtrack are by Music/{{Eels}}, so the liner notes have an essay about Munchausen by Proxy penned by Eels' Mark Oliver Everett and an essay about Eels supposedly written by Deschanel's character Allison Monier.

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* ''Film/YesMan'''s Munchausen by Proxy, who had four of their songs on the official soundtrack, all of which were cowritten and sung by Creator/ZooeyDeschanel. Taken a little bit further in the packaging - the other nine songs on the official soundtrack album are by Music/{{Eels}}, so the liner notes have an essay about Munchausen by Proxy penned by Eels' Mark Oliver Everett and an essay about Eels supposedly written by Deschanel's Zooey's character Allison Monier.
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* Grey Star on ''Westernanimation/JimmyNeutron'' made several appearances on the show, even once or twice as background characters.

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* Grey Star on ''Westernanimation/JimmyNeutron'' ''Westernanimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' made several appearances on the show, even once or twice as background characters.
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* In an episode of ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', Haruhi and Yuki stand in for members of a fake band called ENOZ -- a SdrawkcabName ShoutOut to a real-life band named ZONE. Meanwhile Haruhi's voice actress is a real singer, who released her songs from this episode as singles.

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* In an episode of ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', Haruhi and Yuki stand in for members of a fake band called ENOZ -- a SdrawkcabName ShoutOut to a real-life band named ZONE. Meanwhile Haruhi's voice actress is a real singer, who released her songs from this episode as singles.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' has 4*Town, a BoyBand voiced by actual singers including Creator/JordanFisher and Creator/FinneasOConnell the latter of which, along with his sister, Music/BillieEilish, wrote three songs for the film.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' had "Binky", a foreign band which had become very popular out of nowhere thanks to their guerrilla marketing (and got [[NamesTheSame Binky]] falsely accused of vandalizing the school). It was later revealed that the band was ''literally'' fake; the producers were using [[VirtualCelebrity vocal synthesizers and hologram generators]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' had "Binky", a foreign band which had become very popular out of nowhere thanks to their guerrilla marketing (and got [[NamesTheSame Binky]] Binky falsely accused of vandalizing the school). It was later revealed that the band was ''literally'' fake; the producers were using [[VirtualCelebrity vocal synthesizers and hologram generators]].
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* 1970s TV drama ''Rock Follies'' revolved around a group called Little Ladies, and two soundtrack albums were hits in the UK (the second also yielded a top ten single "O.K.?") though they spoiled it a little by failing to credit Little Ladies, instead just listing actors Charlotte Cornwell, Julie Covington and Rula Lenska (and for the second album, Sue Jones-Davies).

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* 1970s TV drama ''Rock Follies'' revolved around a group called Little Ladies, and two soundtrack albums were hits in the UK (the second also yielded a top ten single "O.K.?") though they spoiled it a little by failing to credit Little Ladies, instead just listing actors Charlotte Cornwell, Julie Covington and Rula Lenska Creator/RulaLenska (and for the second album, Sue Jones-Davies).
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* ''Music/ConfessionExecutiveCommittee'' introduces LIP×LIP, a popular teen idol duo who have also been turned into {{Virtual Celebrities}}, into their continuity. They have made multiple songs for various projects and even pushed out music out of universe.

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* ''Music/ConfessionExecutiveCommittee'' introduces LIP×LIP, a popular teen idol duo who have also been turned into {{Virtual Celebrities}}, Celebrit|y}}ies, into their continuity. They have made multiple songs for various projects and even pushed out music out of universe.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CliffordTheBigRedDog'' had an episode in which Clifford, Cleo, T-Bone and Mac formed one of these called [[WereStillRelevantDammit The Pack Street Dogs]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/CliffordTheBigRedDog'' had an episode in which Clifford, Cleo, T-Bone and Mac formed one of these called [[WereStillRelevantDammit The Pack Street Dogs]].Dogs.
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* Particularly mind-blowing example: In ''Film/TheBluesBrothers 2000'', the titular band enters the "BattleOfTheBands", and has to go head to head with '[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Louisiana_Gator_Boys The Louisiana Gator Boys]]'... which is basically a collection of all the most legendary blues musicians alive at the time of filming, including B.B. King, Music/EricClapton, Music/BoDiddley, Isaac Hayes and Dr. John...
** The Blues Brothers themselves began as a comedy sketch on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', when Creator/DanAykroyd wanted to do something with Blues music on the show, and became a smash hit.

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* Particularly mind-blowing example: In ''Film/TheBluesBrothers 2000'', ''Film/BluesBrothers2000'', the titular band Blues Brothers Band enters the "BattleOfTheBands", and has to go head to head with '[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Louisiana_Gator_Boys The Louisiana Gator Boys]]'... which is basically a collection of all the most legendary blues musicians alive at the time of filming, including B.B. King, Music/BBKing, Music/EricClapton, Music/BoDiddley, Isaac Hayes Music/IsaacHayes and Dr. John...
** The Blues Brothers themselves began as a comedy sketch on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', when Creator/DanAykroyd wanted to do something with Blues music on the show, and became a smash hit.hit and released several real albums.
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* Brazilian heavy metal band Music/{{Massacration}} is composed by the FiveManBand that forms the comedy group Hermes & Renato. The band appeared as a skit back in their own eponymous MTV program, in 2002. They are a downright stereotype of every heavy metal cliché in the book, from being dressed in denim and [[HellBentForLeather leather]] (they adopted a more HairMetal look later on) to singing in Engrish to being [[RockMeAsmodeus devil worshipers]] (one of their videos even has the devil chasing them around... only to ask for their autographs), but the joke made so much of a success among viewers, they have two albums out, which are pretty good, [[MST3KMantra as long as you don't take it all too seriously]]. Oh, and they also helped make heavy metal more popular among Brazilian teens, along with ''VideoGame/GuitarHero''. To understand what their backstory is about, check the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacration article]] on Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}. Think Dethklok, mix it with Spinal Tap, add some black humor-laden slapstick and a blatantly overblown backstory and the end result is Massacration.

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* Brazilian heavy metal band Music/{{Massacration}} is composed by the FiveManBand that forms the comedy group Hermes & Renato. The band appeared as a skit back in their own eponymous MTV program, in 2002. They are a downright stereotype of every heavy metal cliché in the book, from being dressed in denim and [[HellBentForLeather leather]] (they adopted a more HairMetal look later on) to singing in Engrish to being [[RockMeAsmodeus devil worshipers]] (one of their videos even has the devil chasing them around... only to ask for their autographs), but the joke made so much of a success among viewers, they have two albums out, which are pretty good, [[MST3KMantra as long as you don't take it all too seriously]]. Oh, and they also helped make heavy metal more popular among Brazilian teens, along with ''VideoGame/GuitarHero''. To understand what their backstory is about, check the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacration article]] on Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}.Website/{{Wikipedia}}. Think Dethklok, mix it with Spinal Tap, add some black humor-laden slapstick and a blatantly overblown backstory and the end result is Massacration.

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Compare BandToon, where an animated series is based around a band which may or may not [[InkSuitActor exist in real life.]]

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* In the 2008 film ''Film/StTrinians,'' real-life band Music/GirlsAloud perform the closing song, credited as the school band.

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* In the 2008 2007 film ''Film/StTrinians,'' ''Film/{{St Trinians|2007}},'' real-life band Music/GirlsAloud perform the closing song, credited as the school band.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'': In "Yogi's Midlife Crisis", Yogi starts his own rock band with Doggie Daddy, Chopper, Captain Caveman, and Squiddly Diddly. Yogi is the lead singer and guitarist, Doggie Daddy plays the melodica, Captain Caveman plays the drums, Chopper is the bassist, and Squiddly is the backup singer. However, when Squiddly's singing talent outshines Yogi's, he quits the band. Meanwhile, the others form the group Squiddly and the Diddlys.
* ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'': "House Music" features an Australian band titled Syd and the Sydneys. They made Andy's favorite song, "Andy My Boy", and have an old-fashioned vibe to them.
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* ''Film/Studio666'' has Dream Widow, a heavy metal band who met a grisly fate while recording in the same mansion studio that the {{Music/FooFighters}} are now recording in. A self-titled Dream Widow album was released a few months after the movie was - with all songs for the most part written, played, and produced by Dave Grohl.

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* ''Film/Studio666'' has Dream Widow, a heavy metal band who met a grisly fate while recording in the same mansion studio that the {{Music/FooFighters}} Music/FooFighters are now recording in. A self-titled Dream Widow album was released a few months after the movie was - with all songs for the most part written, played, and produced by Dave Grohl.
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* {{Film/Studio666}} has Dream Widow, a heavy metal band who met a grisly fate while recording in the same mansion studio that the {{Music/FooFighters}} are now recording in. A self-titled Dream Widow album was released a few months after the movie was - with all songs for the most part written, played, and produced by Dave Grohl.

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* {{Film/Studio666}} ''Film/Studio666'' has Dream Widow, a heavy metal band who met a grisly fate while recording in the same mansion studio that the {{Music/FooFighters}} are now recording in. A self-titled Dream Widow album was released a few months after the movie was - with all songs for the most part written, played, and produced by Dave Grohl.
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* {{Film/Studio666}} has Dream Widow, a heavy metal band who met a grisly fate while recording in the same mansion studio that the {{Music/FooFighters}} are now recording in. A self-titled Dream Widow album was released a few months after the movie was - with all songs for the most part written, played, and produced by Dave Grohl.
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** TMBG also released a series of mp3s collectively known as "Battle Of The Bands", where they did songs portraying various fake bands, such as metal band Demchuk, BoyBand Too + 3, and Creator/ShirleyTemple-esque child star Little Lisa Whitman [[note]]sung by guest vocalist Robin "Goldie" Goldwasser, an adult woman portraying a much younger fake singer[[/note]].

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** TMBG also released a series of mp3s collectively known as "Battle Of The Bands", where they did songs portraying various fake bands, such as metal band Demchuk, BoyBand Too + 3, and Creator/ShirleyTemple-esque child star Little Lisa Whitman [[note]]sung by [[note]]with guest vocalist Robin "Goldie" Goldwasser, an adult woman portraying a much younger fake singer[[/note]].
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* Truck Stop from ''Half-Cocked'', portrayed by real band Rodan. They're initially kind of a fake band in the movie too - the premise is they are a bunch of teens with no musical experience who stole a rock band's van full of equipment and are now pretending to be a touring band to scam enough money to get to the next town and stay a step ahead of the law.

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* Truck Stop from ''Half-Cocked'', portrayed by real band Rodan. They're initially kind of a fake band in the movie too - Interestingly the premise is they are revolves around Truck Stop having a bunch FakeRealTurn - they're a group of teens with no musical experience who impetuously stole a rock band's van full of and equipment and are now pretending to be found themselves posing as a touring rock band to scam enough money to themselves while running from the law, but they gradually get better at their instruments and closer to being an actual band as the next town and stay a step ahead of the law.film goes on.
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* In 2021, well after ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' concluded, character Andy Dwyer's band Mouse Rat released ''The Awesome Album'', featuring originals as heard in the show as well as some {{Cover Version}}s [[note]]One episode had a subplot where Mouse Rat were booked as entertainment for a party at the Pawnee Senior Center, so instead of their own rock songs, they were heard performing pop standards like "The Way You Look Tonight"[[/note]]. The album also features other fictional musicians from the show - Duke Silver is credited with saxophone on two songs, and the last two tracks are credited to the band Land Ho! and their vocalist Scott Tanner (actually Music/{{Wilco}} and Jeff Tweedy respectively)

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* In 2021, well after ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' concluded, character Andy Dwyer's band Mouse Rat released ''The Awesome Album'', featuring originals as heard in the show as well as some {{Cover Version}}s [[note]]One episode had a subplot where Mouse Rat were booked as entertainment for a party at the Pawnee Senior Center, so instead of their own rock songs, they were heard performing pop standards like "The Way You Look Tonight"[[/note]]. The album also features other fictional musicians from the show - Duke Silver Silver, the smooth jazz alter-ego of Ron Swanson, is credited with saxophone on two of the Mouse Rat songs, and the last two tracks are credited to the band Land Ho! and their vocalist Scott Tanner (actually Music/{{Wilco}} and their vocalist Jeff Tweedy respectively)

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