Obscure tribute bands

[cetera]

I'm forming a double-tribute to Camel and Toto called.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CamelTo(to)

 

 

I'll get me coat.....😉

[Alanko]

  On 06/04/2025 at 13:04, Stub Mandrel said:

I always fancied being in a Hawkwind tribute.

 

 

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The advantage is that 95% of Hawkwind song names would work as a name for the band. 

 

There was a Hawkwind tribute locally to me looking for a synth player. I was tempted as I have a Moog Rogue and an equally vintage analogue echo unit, but I figured it would get boring quite quickly and I would rather be playing bass.

 

[Stub Mandrel]

  On 07/04/2025 at 08:40, Alanko said:

The advantage is that 95% of Hawkwind song names would work as a name for the band. 

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Undeniable! 😂

[Woodinblack]

  On 07/04/2025 at 08:40, Alanko said:

The advantage is that 95% of Hawkwind song names would work as a name for the band.

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Good plan, I will make a hawkwind tribute called Motorhead

I guess it would be a better name than Lost Johnny!

 

[Jackroadkill]

  On 06/04/2025 at 22:03, chriswareham said:

execrable "Vision Thing" album.

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I think we can all agree with that statement!

[Si600]

I quite like Vision Thing.....

[dudewheresmybass]

  On 05/04/2025 at 21:04, warwickhunt said:

 

There was a Swedish rock band doing ABBA songs in the rock music genre/style... entertaining for 30 seconds per song; they might have even done rock songs in an ABBA style!

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Aren't they called Ghost these days?

[dudewheresmybass]

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[dudewheresmybass]

I would love to do a Death Tribute. However finding guitarists with the required skills and drummers is a little tough. Mind you I'd have to do some very hard work!! lol

 

My thinking has always been that a tribute band should not really be of something that still exists. It seems a bit pointless tbh.

 

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[cetera]

  On 07/04/2025 at 15:21, dudewheresmybass said:

 

Aren't they called Ghost these days?

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No, Ghost are a Blue Oyster Cult tribute....

[dudewheresmybass]

  On 07/04/2025 at 15:25, cetera said:

No, Ghost are a Blue Oyster Cult tribute....

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True enough

[wateroftyne]

  On 07/04/2025 at 15:21, dudewheresmybass said:

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I think you mean 'triplicate post'..?

[dudewheresmybass]

  On 07/04/2025 at 15:27, wateroftyne said:

I think you mean 'triplicate post'..?

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I thought that as i pressed enter the final time 🤣

[Bassassin]

  On 06/04/2025 at 18:57, redbandit599 said:

Or Abbacadaver 💀

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 ABBA / Cannibal Corpse crossover incoming! 😎

 

Apropos of nothing - I have just read that apparently there's a Mexican George Michael tribute who calls himself Carlos Whisper.

 

If that's actually true, this thread's over.

 

 

Edited Thursday at 18:45 by Bassassin

[Jackroadkill]

  On 10/04/2025 at 18:45, Bassassin said:

George Michael tribute who calls himself Carlos Whisper.

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That's possibly the best thing ever!

[Count Bassy]

and the Val Doonican .... Val Doneagain

[uk_lefty]

  On 05/04/2025 at 16:01, lemmywinks said:

 

 

 

I sincerely hope they were called "Nott the Hoople", otherwise what's the point?

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Oi! That was one of my short-lived bands in the 00's. I used to play in a covers band and book bands at the pub I worked in, but the best local live music venue would only really do Tribute acts on Fridays and Saturdays. We thought, at the time, it was a clever send up of all the lazy tribute band names we saw advertised which may as well have just been "Not U2" , "Not...(Insert whatever band name)". What made it really subversive was that we would never play any Mott the Hoople...

 

 

[KingPrawn]

  On 04/04/2025 at 19:11, wateroftyne said:

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

 

 

 

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what a quality outfit

[Sean]

Someone once suggested to me that,  "we should do a Dead Boys tribute band, it'll be awesome. "

 

That's a true story.

[Stub Mandrel]

There's the mighty Deard Zeppelin featuring Tortelvis.
 

 

[uk_lefty]

  On 10/04/2025 at 22:28, Stub Mandrel said:

There's the mighty Deard Zeppelin featuring Tortelvis.
 

 

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There can never be enough Dread Zep in the world.

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[Bassman68]

I’ve always fancied a Shawaddywaddy covers band…

 

Shoddywaddy

[wateroftyne]

  On 11/04/2025 at 07:15, Bassman68 said:

I’ve always fancied a Shawaddywaddy covers band…

 

Shoddywaddy

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Or a Geordie Showaddywaddy covers band…

 

Wadeeswhowaddywaddy

[chriswareham]

  On 10/04/2025 at 20:50, Sean said:

Someone once suggested to me that,  "we should do a Dead Boys tribute band, it'll be awesome. "

 

That's a true story.

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There was a Dead Boys tribute in the US, and when Cheetah Chrome was persuaded to restart the band he recruited the tribute act's singer to replace the late Stiv Bators. That guy rage quit last year, and now my band's lead guitarist is fronting them on their current world tour. Cheetah is the only original member, although I think the original drummer was involved at one point.

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