Apr 212012
Looking to finally place a gleaming RTH No-Prize on your virtual mantle? Then join us in a RTH Scavenger Hunt, where we scour the dusty nooks and crannies of the Internet to find the most wondrous examples of all kinds of weird rock-related ephemera.
Today, we’ll be looking for compelling photos of rock tribute bands. The criteria for winning entries are too complex to begin describing here. Let’s just say the judges need to have their eyeballs singed by the incredible photographic awesomeness you discover. Multiple No-Prizes may be awarded, so keep those URLs (no more than 2 per post, please) pouring in!
I look forward to your responses.
HVB
Check out Wild Child. The No-Prize is mine!
http://www.kprifm.com/common/medialib/224/563026.jpg
Wowsers!
A tribute band that is a tribute to just one band? Or a tribute to a whole genre? That’s too easy! To excel, you must find a way to be a tribute to exactly two specific bands:
http://platinumrockstars.com/boston-styx-tribute-band/
Now, if you can figure out who is who….
That band’s amazing!
Led Zepplica, your “full-figured” Led Zep tribute band!
http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00362/22BGMLEDZEP_362534f.jpg
I worked with this Elvis impersonator throughout most of 1989. His name is Dennis Wise, and he gained some notoriety in 1977-1978 for undergoing plastic surgery to resemble the recently-dead King.
http://photos.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2009/08/11/scaled._art_elvis_t653.jpg?214bc4f9d9bd7c08c7d0f6599bb3328710e01e7b
Here’s another one – The Musical Box, a Gabriel-era Genesis tribute band. The singer is wearing a “slipperman” costume that Peter wore on The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway tour.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GcbPhZsSywU/T0o76RK09hI/AAAAAAAAWfY/gPzgMAiYUE8/s1600/The%2Bmusical%2Bbox.JPG
I should say “…costume identical to the one worn by Peter on…”
Killing it!
Ding ding ding! We have a winner.
Blimey, they look like a New Wave of British Heavy Metal Band!
It might just be the beard of the third guy, but they remind me more of the bad guys from the Phantom Zone in Superman II than The Doors.
I could maybe see Manzarek freeing these guys from their interdimensional prison because they tricked him into thinking Morrison was trapped there.
Huh, that was supposed to go under Mod’s suggestion of Wild Child.
Fan Halen anyone ??
http://a3.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/23/0fb2444c7ff14049a9971dcfdd95e028/l.jpg
What I’m curious about is the chest hair? Real or not.
From left: Hulk Hogan, Val Kilmer, Don Brewer, Jackie Earle Haley
I always wanted to see Cheap Chick.
http://www.oocities.org/dimestore_libertine/cheapchick/about.htm
I know they’re probably considered very old hat these days, but saw Dread Zeppelin about fifteen years ago and they were a hoot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaMfgPMA8f0&feature=related
Holy Moses. Can’t wait to see “Styx ‘n’ Stones.”
I figured as much. I thought it was funny that the next entry was Bostyx, because I thought Wild Child looked like a Jim Morrison impersonator backed by Boston impersonators.
My fave so far!
There needs to be a Phantom Zone tribute band.
http://playeraffinity.com/images/phantom_zone.jpg
Who could forget Hell’s Belles? Angus called them “the best AC/DC cover I’ve heard.”
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150678863296740.414813.150101406739&type=3
Coincidentally (or is it?), that exact shot of the Phantom Zone criminals flying through space in that little square has long reminded me of the cover of KISS Dynasty, the very cover referenced in the PRISS image at the top of this post.
Pick-Up Styx, the world’s greatest Average White Band/Styx cover band project.
Let me see if I can’t win this with…The Misfats:
http://www.misfats.com/flyers/060618210605.jpg
Wow, I’m thinking the only thing worse than Jim Morrison might be a guy who thinks he is Jim Morrison.
This thread is awesome but I can’t see anybody topping this one.
here’s a Beach Boys tribute, “Gidea Park”
http://www.fakebands.co.uk/images/bands/fullsize/200-317.jpg
The female “Angus” is a distant relative of mine.
Oh, my.
I believe these guys are called “BuZZard”:
http://www.tribute-band.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/tribband_photo_300by300/buzzardbass/2891/2_cowboy_hats_cropped.jpg
What’s Axl Rose doin’ in there?
I saw Wild Child once in MIami. I though the Morrison guy exposed himself but it turns out it was just a dildo.
(Standing ovation.)
Come clean: that’s you and mockcarr!
Swede Dreams, anyone?
http://www.hotfrog.co.uk/companies/ABBA-Swede-Dreamz-UK-ABBA-Tribute-Band/images/ABBA-Swede-Dreamz-UK-Tribute_53868_image.jpg
Nice. Deadwood bartender on bass.
I surrender!
Gack! This bunch looks like some “friendly” aliens from a particularly cheesy episode of the original Star Trek series – third season, of course.
Turn the Page!
http://www.musicunlimitedtalent.com/Resources/image4044.gif
No points for guessing who the Hot Rocks are aping…
http://www.talentbookingusa.com/dance-bands/images/hot-rocks-b.jpg
Feh – bad link. Try this…
http://i43.tinypic.com/29mxend.jpg
Me too! And they were marvelous.
Dig the overalls!
That’s pretty hot.
It’s funny ’cause it’s true.
Eight members!
The stuff nightmares are made of.
I hope you don’t think that those guys are just one of those pretty decent Bob Seger tribute bands that you always hear about. They are, in fact, the ULTIMATE Bob Seger tribute band.
The longer I stare at this one, the funnier it gets.
I found one I don’t think I could link to directly, so I placed it after the jump.
Combination Stones tribute band and and faux-Seinfeld ensemble!
Abba would not be caught dead in such cheap looking costumes!
I did a post about my awful experience with a tribute band last year. I’m still reeling from seeing these guys:
http://www.zeppelintribute.com/
Now we know how Sean Penn uses his down time.
Yes! Part two of the trifecta… found!
http://vinceprince.com/photos.html
I’ve also been on a hunt for the third and final piece in the trilogy, but I can’t find just the right piece. There are bands that cover ELO, but only this one, Discovery, seems to go for the Look:
http://www.elodiscovery.com/all/10-11-12-2006/discoverytribute.jpg
If only I could find a larger image for us to better examine.
This one’s for sammymaudlin:
http://bearlyrambling.blogspot.com/2010/12/multi-floyd.html
Then there’s this. Still, wacky afro wigs do not an ELO tribute band make. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfsNYt9V664
They’ve had hits in the UK…
Wait, Morrison? I thought you said Morristown.
That can only lead to the Chicagobetweens and Buffalos Lobos.
Dreading zeppelins is what we all should be doing. Now Mod’s band should be called Led Zeppoles.
Thus begins the Exodus to the aisles.
I vote chestwig. Mostly because it’s a funny word, but still.
I WISH I could grown facial hair that lush. Even fake facial hair that lush…
Who are we to disagree? Wait, it’s ABBA?
no need to get vulgar, jean
close, but no seger
Can i look at the bad link again?
No 14-year old girl to personify Bill Wyman?
Where does one acquire a coat like that, behind a paint factory in December?
Pink Fraud
Well, you might not like early Genesis (I do…a lot) but The Musical Box do a really excellent job of re-creating the look and sound of the Gabriel-led band. In terms of music and skill, they’re one of the very best tribute bands.
I award myself a No-Prize for “Keith Moon” in this unnamed Who tribute band:
http://www.premiertributes.com/grafx/artists/the_who.jpg
The Johnni Hendrix Experience!
http://redandblack.com/media/stills/38m310mg.jpg
Get up offa that thing — with the step-Godfather of soul!
http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/16/07ef14728862443cb019d55831932130/l.jpg
Harry Shearer as Entwistle and some aging B-movie actress with bad cosmetic surgery as Moon? Brilliant!
Is that Ron Jeremy as Bob Seger?
I have to say, this is the one that makes me bust out laughing every time I see it. Oh, Noel Rodding!
Yes tribute band:
http://www.jammagazineonline.com/images/concert-reviews/201107/styx-yes/001.jpg
Oh wait, that was the real thing. Try these guys, complete with a “tribute head” from one of their breakthrough albums:
http://www.tradingboundaries.com/fragile_files/Fragile20Arlingto20Nikon20109.jpg
Hahahaha, etc. Now *that’s* funny! Or is it tragic? I would totally have picked the real thing for the tribute band, and vice-versa.
There are a wealth of Guns n Roses tribute bands out there, but this one must be the lamest:
http://worldwest.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2011/02/18/021811_EXPLORE_TRIBUTE_t620.jpg?fbf2daa044e08a86b24c9c38cd7501865a0e2373
Guns n Hoses, on the other hand, holds some allure:
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ypz41ZXu1qeqjavo1_500.jpg
I dunno, the guy practicing his Slash slouch is pretty compelling. He shows real thrift, repurposing that mop for his Slash-wig.
I like that it’s a tribute to the old decrepit Stones Post-Wyman era!
I’m down with that. This one is killer. Gotta love the white guys!
Yes, even the fake Stones act like the bass player is not a full member of the band.
mockcarr is on fire!
Oh, so NOW I know what they mean when they sing “Have a Cigar”…
Is this a Pixies or Police tribute?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdfkH-ud2EU
Ok, this is not a tribute band, but these guys have better stage presence than the originals:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJdYWjczM7Y
Here’s GABBA, the ABBA in the style of The Ramones tribute: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mcKAKuDE2nw/TkZ28MEkpBI/AAAAAAAAFew/bV7EdCbSAdA/s1600/GABBA.jpg
You nailed that description of the ‘Moon’ in this band. (S)he’s frightening!
Those two female impersonators are pretty convincing!
Talking Heads tribute band, Same As It Ever Was:
http://music.syncweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/167130_10150132212906675_359759096674_8341208_7201868_n.jpg
You’ve gotta admit, that ‘Tina Weymouth’ is uncanny!
I ask this question seriously: what is the point of a publicity shot for a “tribute band” that makes no effort to look like the real thing? What aspect of your creative personality are you trying to display? Or are you just trying to prove to club owners that you don’t look like, you know, the Misfats?
I completely agree. Unless you have a “shtick” like Cheap Chick or Little KISS, I find little interest in seeing a bunch of faceless guys that sound just like a band’s studio output. Part of the fun is the visual, n’est ce pas. Not unlike live shows by bands who don’t add anything to their live shows and end up sounding like they do in the studio
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/7/2012/01/0cdc7dc0510fb895fbdb0e6c9d5591fa.jpg
Stewart Rodd! No-Prize winner!
Look! It’s Raul Weller!
http://www.spotoneventsdirect.co.uk/entertainers/paul-weller-tribute/
Hey, he’s one of the best guitarists in the country!
Are there enough Weller fans out there to give this guy paying work? When are we going to see a Gary Numan clone?
No one has mentioned Lez Zeppelin?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Lez_Zeppelin.jpg
Now all we need is a homosexual Heart.
There are some frightening Journey tribute bands out there, including this one:
http://www.locoloboevents.com/listing/photos/exclusive_1011_photolarge.jpg
The Cured?
http://www.thecured.net/images/gallery/Cured-1.jpg
Ay-yi-YI!
For your viewing pleasure: candid shots of “Maet Loaf” (yes, that’s their tribute band name) in the studio! Be sure to catch up on their riveting account of Maet’s flatulence problem.
http://www.maetloaf.co.uk/Galleries/Greenwood201105/Greenwood.html
How about a tribute to Stevie Wonder and… Jamaroquai?
Jawonderquai:
http://www.cjtazz.co.uk/Tributes/jamiroquai-stevie-wonder-jawonderquai.html
That would be Gary Numan, wouldn’t it?