Best tribute act names

[JottoSW1]

Smith's Tribute Band.

The Queen is a Racist? 🤣🤣

[itu]

I think they were Aussies, Björn Again was an ABBA tribute.

[casapete]

56 minutes ago, NJE said:

Gloucestershire based Dire Straits band called Shire Straits.

Sure I heard of a DS tribute called Dire Strats. 

[Beedster]

15 minutes ago, casapete said:

Sure I heard of a DS tribute called Dire Strats. 

If there isn't there should be

[Guest]

When I was 18, my plan for a band playing nothing but Pixies covers got as far as the name: The Debasers

[la bam]

Tiny Turner?

Stung?

[upside downer]

DJ Mark Radcliffe always said there should have been a Shakin' Stevens tribute act called Stationary Stevens.

[paul_5]

There’s a Jam tribute act called ‘Small Weller’ doing the rounds too.

[Marvin]

@Mace has a band called Fighters Foo I believe.

[Mace]

21 minutes ago, Marvin said:

@Mace has a band called Fighters Foo I believe.

Thanks @Marvin, yes and very much looking forward to playing again soon!  My Father in Law’s band Hells Bells is a great AC/DC tribute

[Marvin]

4 minutes ago, Mace said:

Thanks @Marvin, yes and very much looking forward to playing again soon!  My Father in Law’s band Hells Bells is a great AC/DC tribute

Has you Father in Law's band played at the Palladium in Bideford?

[Mace]

2 minutes ago, Marvin said:

Has you Father in Law's band played at the Palladium in Bideford?

Many times yes, we’ll be there again on 10/7/21 too.  I love the Pally, Ben and the gang are top people - check out today’s choice of tshirt haha!! 

[BillyBass]

21 hours ago, Big_Stu said:

There's, or was, a Scottish tribute to RATM called Radge Against The Machine. Incredibly clever, "radge" is a term of abuse up there, as many words are come to think of it.

That would be one of the bands that @mcnach from this parish plays in.

[inthedoghouse]

There's an Indian guy who does an Elvis tribute called 'Patelvis' 🙂

[Count Bassy]

Val donagain

[Paul S]

A mate is in the Faux Fighters.  Like that name.

I recall some others that have made me grin.  AB/CD was one.  AC/Dshe was a female version.  Dire Fakes.  Small Fakers.  There was talk once of a Carsick Nigel   Don't know if that ever happened.

[Guest]

8 minutes ago, Paul S said:

Faux Fighters

[colleya]

On 28/05/2021 at 07:17, Maude said:

I can't remember who or what now, but wasn't there a band fronted by an Elvis impersonator that didn't play Elvis songs. 

Elvana? 

https://youtu.be/5oni9GQScpQ

[stewblack]

As mentioned above, Bjorn Again us one of the best.

They were the first time I ever heard of a full on tribute band. 

Were they actually the first? Seem to remember them making the news, like it was a new phenomenon. 

Anyhoo, Last Year's Model was my (fictional) EC & The Attractions outfit for a book wot I wrote. 

Been in It Must Be Madness and The More Specials. I'd love to play Tina Weymouth in Stalking Heads. 

[tricky]

Not exactly a tribute band but I have a side project with a comedian pal.. we are a synth duo called  Depressed Mode

[Bassassin]

Long time ago, there used to be a great Thin Lizzy trib in Glasgow called Fat Betty.

I always thought if I was forced/offered enough money to do an Oasis tribute, it'd be the Bullsh!t Beatles.

For reasons I can't quite remember, my last band once played a set where each song started with an intro from a Rush track, under the name The John Rutsey Experience.

A project that never happened (but still could) involved combining Sweden's two finest musical exports, playing Abba songs in the style of Opeth & vice-versa. This was/would have/will be called AbbaRation.

[Mykesbass]

1 hour ago, stewblack said:

As mentioned above, Bjorn Again us one of the best.

They were the first time I ever heard of a full on tribute band. 

Were they actually the first? Seem to remember them making the news, like it was a new phenomenon.

I think one of the reasons Bjorn Again hit the headlines is they very cleverly released an EP of Erasure covers as they would have been if Abba had recorded them. Got them into the charts.

1988 seems to have been a big year for tribute acts - I thought Australian Pink Floyd may have pre-dated BA, but they were both around the same time. Then there's Rutles of course, way earlier, and a Stones tribute who used to feature on Steve Wright's Radio 1 show.

[milesBguitar]

My tribute band is called Cult Fiction - Tribute to The Cult

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, milesBguitar said:

My tribute band is called Cult Fiction - Tribute to The Cult

You weren't tempted by Utter Cult? 

[Rich]

1 hour ago, Mykesbass said:

I think one of the reasons Bjorn Again hit the headlines is they very cleverly released an EP of Erasure covers as they would have been if Abba had recorded them. Got them into the charts.

 

IIRC, that EP was called 'Erasure-ish' and was released as a superb tongue-in-cheek response to Erasure's 'Abba-esque' EP..?