Best tribute act names

[Rich]

1 hour ago, Mykesbass said:

Then there's Rutles of course, 

 

I watched "All You Need Is Cash" again the other day. Brilliant.

[mybass]

Break Wind and Fire....best I’ve ever seen and some 25years ago before tributes were called tribute bands.

Edited June 1, 2021 by mybass

[DawnPatroller]

On 28/05/2021 at 17:12, Waddo Soqable said:

In the earlyish 2000s there was "Abbatoir"  a heavy metal Abba tribute band..

I saw these do a support slot. It was dire. I have got heavy metal running through my veins but even I objected to the girls shouting in place of singing. Worst idea ever.

At one point, my mate leant over and yelled in my ear, "This is really shit!" just as the song ended. Oops.

[Waddo Soqable]

23 minutes ago, MHMSWC#03 said:

I saw these do a support slot. It was dire. I have got heavy metal running through my veins but even I objected to the girls shouting in place of singing. Worst idea ever.

At one point, my mate leant over and yelled in my ear, "This is really shit!" just as the song ended. Oops.

Ha !.. I'd have to hand it to them that the name's quite good though !.

[Mykesbass]

1 hour ago, Rich said:

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

Yes, good memory!

[Doctor J]

Asian Metallica tribute, genuinely, Trapped Under Rice

 

[Beedster]

On 29/05/2021 at 20:35, Rich said:

I watched "All You Need Is Cash" again the other day. Brilliant.

Let me spell it out for you

C-H-E-E-S-E-A-N-D-O-N-I-O-N

 

[Beedster]

Kent's finest exponents of Celtic Soul, Bexley's Midnight Runners

[BillyBass]

On 30/05/2021 at 16:29, Doctor J said:

Asian Metallica tribute, genuinely, Trapped Under Rice

 

That is something you don't normally see, three blokes and a bird, but the bird is on drums!

[pineweasel]

On 29/05/2021 at 19:00, Mykesbass said:

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.

The Bootleg Beatles are the earliest tribute act I remember. Going since 1980 according to Wikipedia 

[LeftyP]

I wonder if a Pretenders tribute band would just be pretending to be a Pretenders tribute band?

[ezbass]

26 minutes ago, LeftyP said:

I wonder if a Pretenders tribute band would just be pretending to be a Pretenders tribute band?

No, they’d just be Kidding.

[Mykesbass]

41 minutes ago, LeftyP said:

I wonder if a Pretenders tribute band would just be pretending to be a Pretenders tribute band?

Shame someone had already taken The Real Thing.

[Waddo Soqable]

Ok, not strictly a tribute band, but I do like "The Disappointer Sisters"..

[Beedster]

11 hours ago, LeftyP said:

I wonder if a Pretenders tribute band would just be pretending to be a Pretenders tribute band?

And would a Placebo tribute be nothing more than a sham? I guess Placebo Placebo.....?

[Guest]

11 hours ago, LeftyP said:

I wonder if a Pretenders tribute band would just be pretending to be a Pretenders tribute band?

Calling themselves Bonnie Prince Charlie would be an unfunny joke that no one would get, but it's the best I can do 😬

[Leonard Smalls]

34 minutes ago, Beedster said:

And would a Placebo tribute be nothing more than a sham? I guess Placebo Placebo.....?

Or they could be called Homeopathy, as in no better than Placebo 😁

 

[Doctor J]

11 minutes ago, Ricky Rioli said:

Calling themselves Bonnie Prince Charlie would be an unfunny joke that no one would get, but it's the best I can do 😬

They could call themselves The Great Pretenders and enjoy the ire when punters figure out there won't be a Fauxddie Mercury

[Supernaut]

16 hours ago, BillyBass said:

That is something you don't normally see, three blokes and a bird woman, but the bird woman is on drums!

 

[Dad3353]

3 hours ago, Supernaut said:

 

Ah, this is new. One can say 'bloke', but not 'bird'. Hmm... 

[Nail Soup]

1 hour ago, Dad3353 said:

Ah, this is new. One can say 'bloke', but not 'bird'. Hmm... 

I’m not sure it’s really new........ I think the term “bird” for a woman has fallen out of general usage quite a few years ago. 

[MacDaddy]

On 27/05/2021 at 19:20, TheGreek said:

I was more impressed with "No Way Sis" than the band they were imitating...

Oasisn't.

 

On 28/05/2021 at 07:00, Ricky Rioli said:

Have there been many other acts which play one band's music in another band style? Depeche Mode played à la Madness would be a fun live experience.

James Last – Plays The Greatest Songs Of The Beatles?

 

On 28/05/2021 at 08:52, Lord Sausage said:

Not a tribute band but there is a feminist, queer, art rock, party band called Vag Halen!

The first tribute band I was aware of were 'Hans Valen'. In Australia back in 1990.

 

On 29/05/2021 at 16:33, inthedoghouse said:

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

I remember a Mexican guy doing Elvis, called 'El Vez'.

[Velarian]

My mate had a Stranglers tribute band called Four More Heroes. 

[Simon.]

On 02/06/2021 at 08:34, Beedster said:

And would a Placebo tribute be nothing more than a sham? I guess Placebo Placebo.....?

The Placebo Effect?

[paul_5]

On 02/06/2021 at 14:50, MacDaddy said:

James Last – Plays The Greatest Songs Of The Beatles?

Surely 'Paul or Ringo Last' would be more apt?