Rock Bands that perform in movies not about rock or rock bands

[BurtWorm]

Today I was remembering that the Feelies played the band at Melanie Griffin's 10th high school reunion in Jonathan Demme's Something Wild. Particularly memorable for me was their sincere rendition of "Fame" (Bowie's, not Alan Parker's). I thought about what a brilliant stroke of Demme's it was to put a cult band in the role of hired musical guns.

And then I remembered another film with a scene with a band in it, and another, and another... I won't say what those were, I'll leave it to anyone who wants to play along.

:headbang:

[Common Sense Party]

1. I always think of The Plimsouls in "Valley Girl" nt

[BurtWorm]

3. Didn't think of that one.

:toast:

[Common Sense Party]

7. Here's the clip to refresh your memory. Back when Cage had hair.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfCMJ_VFbhM

[Daddy_is_a_Dem]

2. Spandau Ballet

in Sixteen Candles..

[BurtWorm]

4. Didn't think of that one, either.

Another toast to you sir.

:toast:

[Common Sense Party]

5. They were in 16 Candles? In which scene?

My memory is just shot...

[Daddy_is_a_Dem]

10. werent they the band playing the dance

when Farmer Ted got her underwear..

[Common Sense Party]

11. I guess I didn't realize it was the actual band. nt

[Daddy_is_a_Dem]

13. I thought they were

I could be wrong....

[Common Sense Party]

14. No, you're probably right. I'll have to find my copy and watch it. nt

[Common Sense Party]

6. Give me hints about your other movies.

I'm coming up blank. I know I've seen others, but I can't picture them now.

[BurtWorm]

27. Cult movie from the mid sixties starts with a band performing the title song

And Richard Dreyfuss is in a movie with a band playing a retro song to fit the period.

[Common Sense Party]

8. There's always Alice Cooper in Wayne's World...

...but that movie's sort of about rock, so I guess that doesn't count.

[electricmonk]

9. Siouxsie and the Banshees in Out of Bounds

Horrible movie so if you missed it you didn't miss much.

[Common Sense Party]

12. Oingo Boingo in "Back to School"

Played "Dead Man's Party" in Rodney Dangerfield's dorm room party:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iypUpv9xelg

[ghostsofgiants]

15. Rise Against makes an appearance in Lords of Dogtown.

[enigmatic]

16. Jim Carroll Band in "Tuff Turf"

Starring James Spader and; the one non-musical scene Jim had in the film w/ Spader unconfortably hilarious, but Jim and the band w/ Robert Downey Jr. on drums!) were tight:


http://recluseshow.blogspot.com/2008/01/voices-jim-carroll-band-from-tuff-turf.html

[MrSlayer]

17. Cannibal Corpse was in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective"

Oingo Boingo was in "Back to School"

Sparks was in "Rollercoaster"

[BulletproofLandshark]

18. Pearl Jam appearing as the members of Citizen Dick in "Singles"

With Matt Dillon's character as lead vocalist and Eddie Vedder on drums! Also features cameos by Soundgarden and Alice In Chains.

[mitchum]

19. My friend Tom's band The March Violets is in "Some Kind Of Wonderful"

I have never seen the movie, though

[swag]

48. I've still got that 12" single of "Grooving in Green."

The old ball and chain makes fun of me whenever I put it on.

[mitchum]

53. Good for you!

He just got back to the states after playing some reunion shows in Leeds. Looks like they may be doing a full European tour later in the year.

[some guy]

20. The Yardbirds in Blow Up

:headbang:

the clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSJGEn4FDys

[BurtWorm]

26. That was the second one I thought of.

:toast:

[kwassa]

42. note guitarists Jeff Beck smashing guitar, and Jimmy Page continuing to play

Train kept a'rollin, all night long, later a hit for Aerosmith.

[BurtWorm]

46. Proto-punkers, they was.

:headbang:

[kwassa]

50. well, the Stones were the first punks ...

and still pretty much are. Stones, Animals, Yardbirds, other blues-based rockers.

All these people knew each other, too, and hung out in the same clubs. Those early days in London are really interesting.

I found this fascinating

Original pre-Led Zep "Dazed and Confused" by the Yardbirds, with Page on guitar. Same arrangement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GD6jApqf18

[mitchum]

54. Beck is so cool in that scene...not only a master player, but he pretty much codifies...

the image of the sullen badass guitarplayer.
Remember at that same time, Keith Richard was still grinning and bobbing his head like some kind of Beatle wannabee.
Keef eventually adopted that image, but had not yet done so at that time

[mitchum]

21. The Clash are in "King of Comedy", but they don't perform music

[Frank Cannon]

22. The Beach Boys in "The Monkey's Uncle"

Backing up Annette Funicello.

[raccoon]

30. Oh, man, I'm gonna have to see that! nt

[vi5]

23. The Feelies were so stinking good...

I realize that doesn't answer the question at hand, but jesus, any mention of that band gets me going. I loved them so much.

[jonnyblitz]

24. the dude from White Stripes was in Cold Mountain, he played

banjo or guitar (I forget which, it's been awhile), he wasn't with the "whole band" though.

[jonnyblitz]

25. the B-52's were in "the Flintstones" movie.

which fortunately I did NOT see. :scared:

[KG]

28. the Blasters in 'Streets of Fire'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJjj2FszRgI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSVN0tJkfhI&NR=1

the Alvin Bros. know how to rock.

[jonnyblitz]

29. Circle Jerks were in Repo Man. nt

[AllegroRondo]

31. KISS in "KISS meets the Phantom"

boy, did that movie suck!

[BurtWorm]

33. I saw a KISS movie that looked like it was made by a third-grader.

Not bad for a movie made by a third-grader.

:crazy:

[Taverner]

32. All the bands in Repo Man

[EstimatedProphet]

34. Devo in Heavy Metal

[LynneSin]

35. Jason Bonham was the Drummer in "Rock Star" band Steel Dragon

Thanks him to the right of Mark Wahlburg. I think Jason looks alot better today



From what I read, he gave up the partying himself. Was getting to be a bit too much like dad.

[IzaSparrow]

36. David Bowie in Labyrinth

:shrug:

[Pendrench]

37. Weren't ZZ Top in Back to the Future III? n/t

[chaska]

38. Alice Cooper in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf'.

[cyberswede]

39. The Lovin' Spoonful in "What's Up Tiger Lily" n/t

[cyberswede]

40. The Grateful Dead in "Petulia" n/t

[geardaddy]

41. Smash Mouth in "Rat Race" n/t

[Withywindle]

43. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds in "Wings of Desire"

One of my favorites.

[BurtWorm]

45. Good 'un!

:thumbsup:

[Gidney N Cloyd]

44. Blues Traveler in "Kingpin"

End of the movie as the Amish celebrate.

[ET Awful]

47. Red Hot Chili Peppers in 'Thrashin'

:P

[Swede]

60. They were also the bad guys in Pointbreak.

nt

[Joe Fields]

49. Strawberry Alarm Clock in The Party, with Peter Sellers.

[gmoney]

52. They're also in "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls"

as themselves, playing at Z-man's party in the first part of the movie.

[gmoney]

51. LOL... THAT'S THE EXACT THING I WAS THINKING when I read the title!

They were credited as "The Willies" which is also a great name for a band.

I was just disappointed that none of their music made it on to the soundtrack CD... the piece that's playing when Ray shows up is just perfect. (Boy with Perpetual Nervousness?)

[BurtWorm]

55. The Standells perform the title song to "Riot on Sunset Strip"

over the titles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJnqN20y8nI

[Robeson]

56. Simon and Garfunkel in "The Graduate"....

...yeah, certainly folk influenced more than "rock", but never-the-less, an all-time soundtrack.

[Dastard Stepchild]

57. The Weird Sisters for the Harry Potter movie...

was a band comprised of Johnny Greenwood and Phil Selway (Radiohead), Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey (Pulp), Jason Buckle and Steve Claydon. They performed in the dance scene in the 4th movie.

Not quite what you were looking for, but it's the closest I'll get to seeing Radiohead perform in a movie. :)

[BurtWorm]

58. That counts.

:thumbsup:

[BurtWorm]

59. Fine Young Cannibals play Good Thing in a club scene in Tinmen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrOek4z32Vg

[DS1]

61. White Zombie in The Matrix

[Tikki]

62. 1968 movie "Psych-Out"...Strawberry Alarm Clock played....n/t

[AlCzervik]

63. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones were in "Clueless".