Fake läder band
Gummiremmar · Läderremmar · Pärl- och sytråd · Satinsrören · Soutache - band · Syntetremmar · Wire /smyckesdelar/trad-band-snore-remmar/. They may have been created solely for movies or TV shows, but these musical acts have developed a lasting legacy—and in some cases, lasting fan bases. The masterminds behind bands like Stillwater, 2gether, Pink Slip, and many others break down what went into making an inherently ridiculous concept something people could take so seriously.
There were fictional groups before—and there have been many more since—but Spinal Tap set the bar for what a fake movie band should look like.
The band laid the foundation for future faux groups to have real success. Not only do you have to consider how to craft a compelling plot, but you also need to ensure that the cast of characters can capture the chemistry and tension of a real band. In the decades since This Is Spinal Tap , there have been plenty of bands from movies and TV shows that have found success outside of the work that birthed them.
Cameron Crowe Almost Famous writer-director : I think the most fun thing about Stillwater was how seriously we took the band. It was important to know where Stillwater was in their career. We learned everything about —the flavor, the feel, the energy, the politics, the history coming up to it, everything. We had the test tapes, and we watched pretty much everything from that time period.
Schaech: It was all about the Beatles.
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All we did was watch the Beatles. They were that boy band. They were definitely the inspiration [for That Thing You Do! But I think that the style of that Cooper font on the sweatshirt is just that early B-boys-style New York, Rock Steady crew, and [what] all those early breakdancing crews had of where you put your crew on the shirt.
Deborah Kaplan Josie and the Pussycats cowriter and codirector : [With Du Jour], we tried to sneak in a certain level of filth there just because that band was so ridiculous. Mark Gunn: I think [MTV] thought they could have it both ways, and they did, which is to both make fun of boy bands and profit off of boy bands—and we all did, frankly. Harry Elfont Josie and the Pussycats cowriter and director : We took the music [of Josie and the Pussycats ] very seriously.
It was probably more of a dumb Disney Channel movie, and I think we needed to give it a more relevant, current flair. The plan was to let the band be the bit, which was totally fine with me. It was just so perfect [that] he got a pink slip. But he wanted me to get it. I remember he told me that after the fact, and I was really grateful. Hach: There was some debate about [Lohan playing Anna].
But being a great singer, I mean, that helped tremendously. So it was pretty obvious: We settled on Lindsay pretty quickly. Hanley: [ Josie and the Pussycats ] was my first job as a vocal gun for hire, and I was very happy to go behind the scenes on this at that time. It was just absolutely painfully terrible, so that was taken out. I failed spectacularly on that one.
Making the (Fictional) Band
Hach: I wanted Gwen Stefani to be in it. We broke it down and tried to make it very what Jesus and the Brides of Dracula would sound like. We got more in tune with the sort of sleazy nature of L. It was layers on layers. We thought [Love Burger] is a band, and they never get past arguing. Because just having known people in bands, they argue about everything.
This is so strange. Emily Haines Scott Pilgrim vs. Mark Webber Scott Pilgrim vs. We spent maybe a week writing and recording, [and] we were given a lot of freedom to write songs we thought were true to the characters. And then when Edgar cast Brie [Larson], she took the character from the pages of the graphic novel to a whole new level, which was very cool to witness.
Deschanel: We thought it would be funny if the songs dealt with very mundane themes like going to the grocery store and dating rules and then very abstract songs about a fictional sheriff. I was just happy we could serve the story by writing and recording some catchy, silly tunes. We were a real band.