Obscure tribute bands

[SteveXFR]

I keep seeing Metallica tribute bands everywhere, there's hundreds of the buggers and most are probably terrible (even worse that the real thing post Newstead). And it got me thinking, every obvious band has their tribute act, but what's the most obscure tribute you've seen?

I once saw a Melvins tribute band which seemed pretty odd. They even had two drummers and were pretty good.

[wateroftyne]

Swedish Gentle Giant tribute, Egentligen Giant. Absolutely mind-blowing.

 

 

 

[ezbass]

One of the BC collective was in a Wishbone Ash tribute, AshboneUwish. As they were friends of mine, I saw them a few times and they were always better than the contemporary version/s of the actual band.

[Sean]

I know and chap who was in a UFO tribute act.

[Jackroadkill]

25 minutes ago, Sean said:

I know and chap who was in a UFO tribute act.

 

It must be Elvis, right?!

[chriswareham]

I was on the same bill as a Mott The Hoople tribute a few years ago. They had a right strop when they found out they were support, and in the end we let them headline. Sadly for them everyone was there to see us, a Joy Division tribute, and the audience promptly scarpered as soon as we finished. To their credit, they proceeded to play for what seemed an eternity until the sound engineer finally pulled the plug on them ... which was before they'd even got to the Bowie penned track that the original band is remembered for.

[BigAlonBass]

5 hours ago, ezbass said:

One of the BC collective was in a Wishbone Ash tribute, AshboneUwish. As they were friends of mine, I saw them a few times and they were always better than the contemporary version/s of the actual band.

I spent an enjoyable couple of years in "Wishblowin' Ash", and we worked the North-East regularly. Bit of a niche Band, but the people who were into the original Band seemed to rather enjoy themselves at our Gigs.