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10. The Wonders - That Thing You Do
Tom Hanks's directorial debut tells the story a small-town band in the 1960s who hit gold and becoming bone fide rock stars for a brief but brilliant time. The band only having one song could have been a problem, but 'That Thing You Do' is so damn charming and fun that it carries the film as effortlessly as all the brilliant lead performances.
9. The Cantina Band - Star Wars
The cantina band, also known as Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes, loved to play a jaunty melody non-stop in Mos Eisley's favourite watering hole. Although they were repeatedly parodied for playing only one song, its gone through many dynamic versions, and should be played continuously in every bar on campus.
8. Music With Rocks In It - Soul Music
In Terry Pratchett's hilarious book, a guitar gives the man Imp Y Celyn (Buddy from the Holly) great musical power. Pursued by C.M.O.T Dibbler, a renegade sausage salesman, he creates Music With Rocks In It, and pretty much nearly destroys the world. A film, was made, which isn't nearly as good. Hilarious stuff.
7. The Weird Sisters – Harry Potter (films)
Yet another reason why I wish I was part of the wizarding world: witches and wizards are spared the Muggle atrocities of Bieber and Rebecca Black, and instead get The Weird Sisters. Whilst they’ re the only rock band ever mentioned in the books (maybe wizards just don’ t make good guitarists), they’ re still portrayed by members of Radiohead and Pulp in the films, which makes them pretty darn cool.
6.The School of Rock
Jack Black transformed the lives of a bunch of pre-teens with his very own brand of heavily AC/DC influenced rock that made these kids put away their 'cellos and take up the bass, fake terminal illnesses and listen to Rick Wakeman solos as homework. A quality education if ever there was one, their final song took the battle of the bands by storm and rightly so. There's now way you can stop... The School of Rock!
5.The Blues Brothers The characters Jake and Elwood Blues (actors John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) first appeared in a sketch on Saturday Night Live and went on to release an album (Briefcase Full of Blues) and star in 1980 film The Blues Brothers. On a mission to save the orphanage in which they grew up, Jake comes up with an idea - "The band, Elwood! THE BAND!". Winning over a tough crowd of enemies they made along the way with the infinitely catchy "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love", the sunglass-wearing duo went down in (film) history as blues legends.
4. & 3. Sex Bob-omb and The Clash at Demonhead (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World) Sex Bo-bomb are Scott Pilgrim’s band in Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, a loud raucous rock band. With girl (yes! really!) drummer Kim and vocalist Stephen Stills they somehow make it to the battle of the bands, with their brand of boisterous guitar driven sound. The songs are actually quite catchy and the little intros (We are Sex Bob-Omb and we are here to make you think about death and get sad and stuff!) and you have a microcosm of what made Scott Pilgrim such a great film
Also on the list is The Clash at Demonhead, led by Envy Adams, and Brandon Routh (he of Superman fame) on the bass. Seriously. They cover a song by Metric and it's all you can do to avoid jumping up and down in the aisles.
2. Marty McFly and the Starlighters (Back to the Future) Crucial to Marty's plan to reunite his parents in 1955 is the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance - but no dance is complete without a band. Following the injury of their guitar player McFly (Michael J. Fox) joins the Starlighters on stage and leads them in a stonking rendition of Johnny B. Goode - "Alright guys, this is a blues riff in B, watch me for the changes and try to keep up." Successfully getting his parents together on the dancefloor and then thoroughly freaking out the entire crowd by wandering off into a 1970s-era guitar solo, Marty sheepishly comments "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it."
1. Spinal Tap (This Is Spinal Tap)
With a series of mysterious drummer deaths, album names like 'Smell the Glove', 'We Are All Flower People' and 'Shark Sandwich' and amps that go up to 11, Spinal Tap are without doubt the ultimate rock band. Initially appearing on an unsuccessful sketch show pilot, David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls's band were made famous by the film 'This Is Spinal Tap', which has become a much loved cult classic.
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